Creative Writing Concentration
The creative writing concentration is an opportunity for students with a demonstrated interest and aptitude for creative writing to develop their skills in fiction, poetry, drama, and/or creative nonfiction in the context of a formalized program.
Curriculum & Courses
Creative writing courses at Haverford are open to all students. Only a handful of English majors per year, however, are accepted into the creative writing concentration. Creative writing concentrators take two courses in creative writing (one of which can count toward the English major) and write a senior thesis composed of an original creative text (usually poetry, fiction or drama) and a rigorous critical introduction.
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Creative Writing Concentration
Creative Writing courses at Haverford are open to all students. Only a handful of English majors per year, however, are accepted into the Creative Writing Concentration.
The Creative Writing Concentration entails:
- two courses in creative writing (only one of which is counted toward the major).
- writing a senior thesis composed of an original creative text (usually poetry, fiction or drama) and a rigorous critical introduction.
Admission to the Concentration:
- Students interested in completing a Creative Writing Concentration must: 1) have taken or be in the process of taking two college creative writing courses by the spring of their junior year. 2) apply for acceptance to the Concentration by submitting a portfolio of creative work to the Director of Creative Writing in March of junior year.
- Each portfolio is read closely by the departmental concentration committee.
- Admission depends on the number of applicants and the committee’s assessment of whether the work demonstrates a readiness to generate a substantial literary project.
Associated Programs and Concentrations
Research & Outreach
Khanna wrote “Playing House,” which explores themes of freedom and futurity against the backdrop of masculine violence and psychological imprisonment.
Rippel hopes to pursue graduate degrees in Public Policy and Law, with an eye toward doing nonprofit work, and community work in communities of color.
For her thesis, the English major wrote two linked short stories, centered on themes of mental illness and coping.
Berkel's internship through the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship in Dalun, Ghana informed her academic interests and encouraged her to rethink her interests concerning literature.
After Graduation
Taylor is continuing her studies in a Ph.D. program at the University of Chicago.
Chan works as a mental health therapist in private practice as well as the editor of NW Kids magazine.
Eisenberg is a writer and teacher of writing who is working on a reported memoir and a novel.
The English major works for the Chester Theatre Company and Smith College.
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