Penn Creative Writing Program
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Official account for the Creative Writing Program at the University of Pennsylvania
We're so proud of Cosmic Writers’ founder and executive director, Penn Alum Rowana Miller, who has been selected as a 2025 @aspenideas Festival Fellow! Congrats, Rowana!
May 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We're so proud of Cosmic Writers’ founder and executive director, Penn Alum Rowana Miller, who has been selected as a 2025 @aspenideas Festival Fellow! Congrats, Rowana!
Faculty member Syd Zolf has won an Independent Creative Production Grant from the The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, which they'll use to complete their sixth book of poetry, Neutrøis, a project exploring notions of “third,” nonbinary gender. Congratulations to Syd! sachsarts.org/grant-awards...
April 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Faculty member Syd Zolf has won an Independent Creative Production Grant from the The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, which they'll use to complete their sixth book of poetry, Neutrøis, a project exploring notions of “third,” nonbinary gender. Congratulations to Syd! sachsarts.org/grant-awards...
Jeez, it was a tough year for our judges...so much great work. Find out who won here: creative.writing.upenn.edu/index.php/ho...
April 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Jeez, it was a tough year for our judges...so much great work. Find out who won here: creative.writing.upenn.edu/index.php/ho...
Abbey Mei Otis wins Beltran Award for Innovative Teaching:
Congratulations to Creative Writing instructor Abbey Mei Otis, the winner of the 2025-2026 Beltran Award, presented to a faculty member who teaches writing in the extracurricular context of the Kelly Writers House.
Congratulations to Creative Writing instructor Abbey Mei Otis, the winner of the 2025-2026 Beltran Award, presented to a faculty member who teaches writing in the extracurricular context of the Kelly Writers House.
April 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Abbey Mei Otis wins Beltran Award for Innovative Teaching:
Congratulations to Creative Writing instructor Abbey Mei Otis, the winner of the 2025-2026 Beltran Award, presented to a faculty member who teaches writing in the extracurricular context of the Kelly Writers House.
Congratulations to Creative Writing instructor Abbey Mei Otis, the winner of the 2025-2026 Beltran Award, presented to a faculty member who teaches writing in the extracurricular context of the Kelly Writers House.
Check out the beautiful cover art for the Italian translation of Artist-in-Residence Anna Badkhen's Bright Unbearable Reality! Cronache di un mondo in movimento is out now from Gramma Feltrinelli, translated from the original by Gioia Gerzoni. Cover art by Diana Ejaita.
April 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Check out the beautiful cover art for the Italian translation of Artist-in-Residence Anna Badkhen's Bright Unbearable Reality! Cronache di un mondo in movimento is out now from Gramma Feltrinelli, translated from the original by Gioia Gerzoni. Cover art by Diana Ejaita.
Windward Review creative journal (Texas A&M University) invites submissions to Vol. 23: Conversations and catalyzing connections. Especially interested the epistolary and ekphrastic.
Deadline is March 17, 2025, by noon CST.
tinyurl.com/fv3t98u2
Deadline is March 17, 2025, by noon CST.
tinyurl.com/fv3t98u2
February 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Windward Review creative journal (Texas A&M University) invites submissions to Vol. 23: Conversations and catalyzing connections. Especially interested the epistolary and ekphrastic.
Deadline is March 17, 2025, by noon CST.
tinyurl.com/fv3t98u2
Deadline is March 17, 2025, by noon CST.
tinyurl.com/fv3t98u2
March 6, 2025, a 4pm-6pm table reading of Coming Out! A Documentary Play About Gay and Lesbian Life and Liberation by gay historian Ned Katz. RSVP to rbracho@sas.upenn.edu
February 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
March 6, 2025, a 4pm-6pm table reading of Coming Out! A Documentary Play About Gay and Lesbian Life and Liberation by gay historian Ned Katz. RSVP to rbracho@sas.upenn.edu
2025 Penn Creative Writing Prizes now open for submissions! Multiple genres! Cash prizes up to $500! Open to ALL currently enrolled Penn students! Deadline is 12 pm noon March 7. creative.writing.upenn.edu/honors-award...
February 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
2025 Penn Creative Writing Prizes now open for submissions! Multiple genres! Cash prizes up to $500! Open to ALL currently enrolled Penn students! Deadline is 12 pm noon March 7. creative.writing.upenn.edu/honors-award...
Please join English and Creative Writing on March 4th for our annual Majors & More Dinner! RSVP at www.college.upenn.edu/node/1336
The Majors & More program offers a relaxed opportunity to share a meal with faculty, staff and current students while exploring majors, minors and course offerings.
The Majors & More program offers a relaxed opportunity to share a meal with faculty, staff and current students while exploring majors, minors and course offerings.
February 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Please join English and Creative Writing on March 4th for our annual Majors & More Dinner! RSVP at www.college.upenn.edu/node/1336
The Majors & More program offers a relaxed opportunity to share a meal with faculty, staff and current students while exploring majors, minors and course offerings.
The Majors & More program offers a relaxed opportunity to share a meal with faculty, staff and current students while exploring majors, minors and course offerings.