Creative writing courses are open by application to Harvard College  undergraduates, graduate students, staff, and students from other  institutions eligible for cross registration. Priority is given to  Harvard undergraduates.  Writing workshops are offered each term in  fiction, poetry, nonfiction, screenwriting, and playwriting.  Workshops  are small, usually no more than twelve students, and concentrate on one  genre. 

Without approval of the department, no student may take more than two  Creative Writing courses in any one year. A course may be repeated for  credit provided the student has the permission of the instructor and the  Director of Undergraduate Studies of the Department.

All applications are due on the first day of classes each term in the English Department office.

Fall term 2011 - Wednesday, August 31 at 4 p.m.

Spring term 2012 - Monday, January 23 at 4 p.m.

NO EXCEPTIONS. The Department cannot accept applications by e-mail.  Hard copies must be delivered. Creative writing classes will not meet  during the first week.