Admissions

Admission to The University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop is highly selective and is based primarily on the quality of the applicant’s writing. Your writing sample, therefore, is the most important part of your application. In putting your sample together, you should emphasize quality rather than length. Your writing sample should be in a single genre, the one in which you intend to specialize. Students may download application material on this page or request that an application packet be sent to them through the mail.

 

PART 1

CWW applicants must submit the following items to the Graduate Admissions Office

• A paid application for admission to the Graduate School (online) NOTE: CWW is listed under Film, Theatre and Communication Arts.
• Official notification of GRE scores
• An official copy of college transcripts

 

PART 2

CWW applicants must submit the following items to the Director of the Creative Writing Workshop

1. A Personal Information Sheet

• Download the Personal Information Sheet >>
• Print out and mail the Personal Information Sheet with your other documents

 

2. A writing sample with a cover sheet clearly labeled either “Fiction,” "Nonfiction," “Poetry,” “Playwriting” or “Screenwriting.” The specifications for manuscripts are:

• Fiction applicants should send up two short stories or a 30-page novel excerpt
• Nonfiction applicants should send two pieces or a 30-page book excerpt
• Poetry applicants should send ten poems
• Screenwriting applicants should send a feature-length film script
• Playwriting applicants should send 2 plays of any length

 

3.Three letters of recommendation

There is no form required, and letters may arrive separate from other application materials. Each letter should arrive in a sealed envelope that has been signed on the flap.

 

4. An essay, also called the Statement of Purpose, detailing your reasons for applying to our M.F.A. program. This statement of purpose is in addition to the one required for the graduate assistantship application. Generally, statements are one to two pages and should give us a sense of who you are beyond what you can tell us by filling in blanks on a form.

 

5. Unofficial copies of all transcripts

 

PART 3

Graduate Assistantships

There are a number of assistantships available. If you'd like to apply for a graduate assistantship, you can download the Graduate Assistantship Application.

The assistantship application will ask for a statement of purpose. You must write a separate statement for that application.