CRW 600: Creative Writing Residency

Each nine-day residency, held on the Converse campus in the summer and January, begins the new semester with a demanding program of creative writing workshops in which student work is discussed and evaluated. The residency will comprise workshops, daily seminars, craft lectures, panel discussions and readings by faculty members, visiting writers, editors and agents. This course may be repeated for credit, but only one Creative Writing Residency may be completed per semester. Students must attend and participate in the residency in order to participate in the mentoring semester. Residencies are a key component of the mentoring semester process.

During each residency students must participate in the following:
• Seven intensive three and a half hour workshops that engage students in critical, supportive discussions of their own work and issues of craft, literature and aesthetics
• A series of one-on-one conferences with writer/mentors to establish a study plan and sequence of readings for the coming semester
• A minimum of six craft lectures, special topics seminars and/or panel presentations.
• A minimum of six readings and Q/A presented by faculty, MFA students and visiting writers.
• Complete all required reading and writing assignments for workshops, lectures and seminars.
• Complete all required forms, including the evaluations, your study plan, and any other forms pertaining to the program given to you by the MFA faculty and staff.