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.
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- Submission Deadline for Spring Courses: March 1.
- Sherry Memorial Visiting Poet
- Dedmon Writer-in-Residence Program
- Vare Writer-in-Residence Program
- Kestnbaum Writer-in-Residence Program
- Arts at Chicago
- CW listhost
- English Department
- ISHU
- MAPH
- Poem Present
- Poetry and Poetics
- Writers Studio at the Graham School
- Writing Program (LRS)
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Janice Knight, Chair
Kate Soto, Coordinator
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