Announcements

CREATIVE WRITING CERTIFICATE APPLICATION

The Creative Writing Certificate Program is currently accepting applications for the Spring 2025 semester.  The priority deadline is October 1, 2024, but we will continue to accept applications until available space for the spring semester has filled. 

Please Note: We are only accepting applications for the fiction sequence at this time, since the Intro to Poetry class CRW 325P will not be offered in the Spring.  Students interested in pursuing the poetry sequence should apply during the next application period February 1 - March 1, 2025, for admission in Fall 2025.

The application has TWO parts:

1) Fill out the CREATIVE WRITING CERTIFICATE APPLICATION

2) Upload your Writing Sample to the WRITING SAMPLE FOLDER

WRITING SAMPLE

Fiction: up to 2,500 words total (one story, several stories, or a novel excerpt)

Please include your Name and EID on the writing sample and in the file name: Last_First_EID

 

CREATIVE HONORS PROJECT APPLICATION 

The Creative Writing Certificate Program is currently accepting applications to the Honors Project, CRW370H for Spring 2025.  This class is intended for advanced students in creative writing who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to writing and wish to work under supervision on a particular project to culminate in a final creative thesis.

The Honors Project class, CRW 370H, is an extra class taken in addition to the 18 credits required for the certificate, and it does not count as one of the "elective" classes required to complete the certificate. Students taking 370H must still fulfill all of the required 18 credits for the certificate in addition to the honors project class.

Eligibility:

A University GPA of at least 3.33 and a Creative Writing Certificate GPA of at least 3.66 are required for the Honors Creative Writing Certificate to be awarded, as stipulated in the Undergraduate Catalog. Applicants must have completed or be enrolled in CRW 355F or 355P at the time of application.  DEADLINE: October 1, 2024

The Honors Application has TWO parts:

1) Fill out the CREATIVE WRITING HONORS PROJECT APPLICATION

2) Upload your Thesis Proposal and Writing Sample in ONE document to the HONORS APPLICATION FOLDER

    Please include your Name and EID on the writing sample and in the file name: Last_First_EID

 

 

Hothouse Literary Journal:  LAUNCH PARTY

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

4:00pm-5:00pm

Glickman Conference Center RLP 1.302E.

 

Please join us as we celebrate the launch of the latest issue of Hothouse Literary Journal.  There will be copies of the journal, refreshments, and information for students interested in joining the editorial staff.  Hothouse is a completely student-run literary journal focusing on undergraduate writing, published by the UT English Department and the Undergraduate Creative Writing Program.

 

WRITING CONTESTS

The submission window for the Parker Prizes and Kruger Fellowships will open on January 1, with a deadline of March 1, 2025. 

 

2024 Writing Contest Winners Announced

Congratulations to the Winners of the Kruger Fellowships and Parker Prizes for student writing. 

KRUGER Fiction 

1st Place    Lara Palmqvist - "In Another Life"

Runner-up  Stephanie Degnore - "Where the Light Shines Brightest"

Runner-up  Varun Jawarani - "Lakshana"

KRUGER Poetry 

1st Place    Aguilar Alfredo - "After Three Beers My Tia Talks About The Border"

Runner-up  Safiyya Haider - "Assimilation Is Performance Art" 

PARKER Fiction

1st Place     Molly Tompkins - "Bolt from the Blue"

Runner-up   Charlie Sharpe - "A Horse of Course” 

Runner-up   Ashley Rummel - "The Artists" 

PARKER Poetry

1st Place     Leah Piñon - "The World Ends Through the Mirrors in Your House"

Runner-up   Boppana Pradhitha - "Alternate Methods of Crying"

PARKER Lit Crit

1st Place     Molly Tompkins - "Celestial, Beautiful, and Social Bodies" 

Runner-up   Lane Dent - “Our False Perception of Nature”,

 

Congratulations to all the contest winners and honors thesis students! 

 

 

 

 

 

Announcements

CREATIVE WRITING CERTIFICATE APPLICATION

The Creative Writing Certificate Program is currently accepting applications for the Spring 2025 semester.  The priority deadline is October 1, 2024, but we will continue to accept applications until available space for the spring semester has filled. 

Please Note: We are only accepting applications for the fiction sequence at this time, since the Intro to Poetry class CRW 325P will not be offered in the Spring.  Students interested in pursuing the poetry sequence should apply during the next application period February 1 - March 1, 2025, for admission in Fall 2025.

The application has TWO parts:

1) Fill out the CREATIVE WRITING CERTIFICATE APPLICATION

2) Upload your Writing Sample to the WRITING SAMPLE FOLDER

WRITING SAMPLE

Fiction: up to 2,500 words total (one story, several stories, or a novel excerpt)

Please include your Name and EID on the writing sample and in the file name: Last_First_EID

 

CREATIVE HONORS PROJECT APPLICATION 

The Creative Writing Certificate Program is currently accepting applications to the Honors Project, CRW370H for Spring 2025.  This class is intended for advanced students in creative writing who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to writing and wish to work under supervision on a particular project to culminate in a final creative thesis.

The Honors Project class, CRW 370H, is an extra class taken in addition to the 18 credits required for the certificate, and it does not count as one of the "elective" classes required to complete the certificate. Students taking 370H must still fulfill all of the required 18 credits for the certificate in addition to the honors project class.

Eligibility:

A University GPA of at least 3.33 and a Creative Writing Certificate GPA of at least 3.66 are required for the Honors Creative Writing Certificate to be awarded, as stipulated in the Undergraduate Catalog. Applicants must have completed or be enrolled in CRW 355F or 355P at the time of application.  DEADLINE: October 1, 2024

The Honors Application has TWO parts:

1) Fill out the CREATIVE WRITING HONORS PROJECT APPLICATION

2) Upload your Thesis Proposal and Writing Sample in ONE document to the HONORS APPLICATION FOLDER

    Please include your Name and EID on the writing sample and in the file name: Last_First_EID

 

Panel Discussion: CAREERS IN CREATIVE WRITING

Thursday, September 12, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Glickman Conference Center, Room RLP 1302E

 

What can you do with a Creative Writing Certificate?  Come hear four graduates of the program talk about their literary career paths!  The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience

Panelists

Sam Babiak earned a B.A. in English Literature with a certificate in Creative Writing with Honors from the University of Texas at Austin. Before joining Aevitas in 2023, she was the Program Director for the Writers’ League of Texas. She loves talking to writers about their craft and has moderated panels and conversations with the WLT, the Texas Book Festival, the San Antonio Book Festival, HavenCon, and BookPeople.

Lindsey Ferris has worked full-time at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing since 2021, first as a publicity assistant and now as an Associate Publicist.  Prior to that she held internships at Pegasus Books, CLASH Books, and Bat City Review Literary Magazine.  Lindsey graduated from UT-Austin in 2021 with Bachelor Degrees in Linguistics and English Literature, as well as a Certificate in Creative Writing.

J Evan Parks is a writer and creative currently living in Austin, TX. He is a graduate from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied both English and Japanese, and was inducted into the Japanese National Honor Society in 2020. While at UT, he was the Head Writer and Executive Producer of the show Down to Film on the University’s student-run television channel, TSTV. In his spare time, you can find him re-watching old sitcoms or dreaming up critical analyses of the Rocky franchise.  Evan is currently the Director of Member Services & Digital Content at the Writers' League of Texas.

Olivia Hesse is the Texas Book Festival’s Event Production and Logistics Coordinator, responsible for organizing volunteers, general setup, and assistance with logistics for Festival Weekend and year-round programming. She holds bachelor's degrees in English and Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and a Certificate in Creative Writing. She served as the Events Production intern for TBF prior to joining full-time.

 

WRITING CONTESTS

The submission window for the Parker Prizes and Kruger Fellowships will open on January 1, with a deadline of March 1, 2025. 

 

2024 Writing Contest Winners Announced

Congratulations to the Winners of the Kruger Fellowships and Parker Prizes for student writing. 

KRUGER Fiction 

1st Place    Lara Palmqvist - "In Another Life"

Runner-up  Stephanie Degnore - "Where the Light Shines Brightest"

Runner-up  Varun Jawarani - "Lakshana"

KRUGER Poetry 

1st Place    Aguilar Alfredo - "After Three Beers My Tia Talks About The Border"

Runner-up  Safiyya Haider - "Assimilation Is Performance Art" 

PARKER Fiction

1st Place     Molly Tompkins - "Bolt from the Blue"

Runner-up   Charlie Sharpe - "A Horse of Course” 

Runner-up   Ashley Rummel - "The Artists" 

PARKER Poetry

1st Place     Leah Piñon - "The World Ends Through the Mirrors in Your House"

Runner-up   Boppana Pradhitha - "Alternate Methods of Crying"

PARKER Lit Crit

1st Place     Molly Tompkins - "Celestial, Beautiful, and Social Bodies" 

Runner-up   Lane Dent - “Our False Perception of Nature”,

 

Congratulations to all the contest winners and honors thesis students! 

 

 

 

 

 

Ongoing Opportunities

Check back often for more links to publishing, contest, and internship opportunities.