Creative Writing Undergraduate Application Form and Submission

Complete this form and submit a portfolio representative of your best creative writing by:

June 28 for Fall term (ENGL-2710)
June 28 for Fall term (ENGL-4710)
September 30 for Winter creative writing courses

Please complete a separate form and portfolio for each course.

Items marked with an asterisk * are required.

Student Information

First Name *

Last Name *

Email Address *

Phone Number *

Student Number *

Street Address (Number and name) *

City *

Province/State *

Country *

Postal/Zip Code *

Academic Information

Entering Semester # *

Degree Credits Earned *

We recommend students take creative writing courses in ascending order, though we recognize that this may not always be possible or desirable.

Please be reminded that students may take ENGL-3710 more than once, for credit, as it is a Special Topics course, and designed differently every year.

Course Selection *

ENGL-2710 - Creative Writing I

ENGL-3710 - Creative Writing II: Special Topics

ENGL-4710 - Creative Writing III

List all previous Creative Writing course(s) that you have taken (including non-credit), and instructor names(s):

List previous university English course(s) that you have taken and that may relate, and instructor name(s):

Please indicate your reasons for wishing to enroll in this course, and the ways in which you see yourself contributing to the workshop:

Portfolio Submission

Please attach your creative writing portfolio submission(s) under the course(s) of your choice, for consideration in the forthcoming teaching year. Only the creative writing admissions committee will have access to your portfolio.

Please save your files in Rich Text Format (RTF).
From MS Word, choose File - Save As... from the menus. Change the Save as type: to 'Rich Text Format'.

ENGL-2710 - Creative Writing I Submission

Files must be less than 2 MB.
Allowed file types: rtf.

As part of the 2710 application process, students MUST complete the following exercise. The exercise is in TWO parts; students must choose ONE poetry assignment and ONE fiction assignment, and “inhabit” these texts as part of the portfolio application.

If you are applying to ENGL-2710 - Creative Writing I, the portfolio you upload and attach to this online application form must include:

one completed Prose Exercise (PDF format)
one completed Poetry Exercise (PDF format).
10 to 15 (double-spaced only) pages representative of your best work (include a range of genres and styles; no particular form, genre or subject matter is preferred)

ENGL-3710 - Creative Writing II: Special Topics Submission

Files must be less than 2 MB.
Allowed file types: rtf.

If you are applying to ENGL-3710 - Creative Writing II: Special Topics please note: while this course will focus on a specific genre/mode/topic with that focus changing from year to year, students need not tailor portfolios accordingly. As with portfolios for the other creative writing seminars, students should simply submit a sampling of their best writing.

The portfolio you upload and attach to this online application form must include 15 to 20 (double-spaced only) pages representative of your best work.

ENGL-4710 - Creative Writing III Submission

Files must be less than 2 MB.
Allowed file types: rtf.

If you are applying to ENGL-4710 - Creative Writing III the portfolio you upload and attach to this online application form must include 15 to 20 (double-spaced only) pages representative of your best work (no particular form, genre or subject matter is preferred).

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