Admission

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