Welcome

Welcome to the Creative Writing department 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.

Upcoming Events
  • See our EVENTS page for our full Spring schedule including readings and talks by Debra Gwartney, Michael Henry Heim, George Saunders, Jonathan Harr and Ivan Brunetti.
  • And visit poetics.uchicago.edu for information about poetry and poetics events (readings, lectures, conferences) on campus.
News and Info

 

Online Submission Form

Online Class Registration

Related Links
Quick Contacts

Janice Knight , Interim Chair
jknight@uchicago.edu
773-702-9191/Ro 411

Julia Klein, Coordinator
jnklein@uchicago.edu
773-834-8524/Walker 411

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