Creative Writing at The University of Chicago

Welcome to the Committee on Creative Writing at the University of Chicago. Students at Chicago pursue creative writing within the larger context of academic study. While the purpose of the program is, above all, to give students a rigorous background in the fundamentals of creative work by providing them with the opportunity to study with established poets and prose writers, it differs from the professional, free-standing creative writing programs at other universities in seeing itself as an integral part of the university’s intellectual life, and most particularly in providing opportunities for interdisciplinary work. Learn more.

Join us for a reception and reading honoring the Heart of Chicago Writing Contest winners on January 7 at the Smart Museum, 5 PM. For more information, visit the Chicago Studies website.
Local performance and writing collective 2nd Story will perform in the Reynolds Club First-Floor Theatre on January 29 at 5 PM. They'll also be taking applications for a small performance/fiction workshop on February 19. More details to com.
Acclaimed graphic novelist Alison Bechdel will be our Dedmon Writer-in-Residence 2010. Join us on February 16 in Classics 110 at 4:30 PM for a reading, slide show, and discussion about comic writing.
Our first Emerging Writer event of the year will take place on February 25 at 4:30 PM in the Social Sciences Tea Room. We'll be welcoming fiction writer Adam Novy and a student writer of his choice. Students may submit work to katesoto@uchicago.edu to be considered as Novy's featured reader.
Visit poetics.uchicago.edu for information about poetry and poetics events (readings, lectures, conferences) on campus.

Congratulations to our Heart of Chicago Writing Contest Winners!

POETRY
First Prize
Alexandra Geffen, Class of 2011 (tie)
for "Cyclists Pursue the Horizon"
-and-
Sol Lee, Class of 2011 (tie)
for "When Harold's" and "When I Think of Chicago I Think"
Runner Up
Matthew Lemoyne, Class of 2010
for "Night Move (Chicago Song)"

PROSE
First Prize
Michael Carwile, Class of 2011
for "The Second Windy City of Big Shoulders That Works in a Garden"
Runner Up
James Santel, Class of 2012
for "North to Chicago"
- Congratulations to our 2008–09 Annan Prize Winners!
  
  POETRY
  Hannah Walser
  Public Transit
- FICTION
  Aidan Roche
  A Collection of Short Stories
  
  NONFICTION
  Morgan Myers
  A Collection of Short Essays
Send us your news. We'd love to announce the accomplishments of writers at U of C.

Online Class Registration

Janice Knight, Chair

Kate Soto, Coordinator
katesoto@uchicago.edu
773-834-8524 / Walker 411

Committee on Creative Writing
1115 E. 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

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