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Admission

 

Admission to The University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop-Low Residency (CWL) 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.

Please note that an applicant must hold a Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited university. No exceptions can be made to this requirement.

Completed Applications Due: Summer/Fall: January 1 Spring: October 1

 

Please be sure to read the entire page before emailing with questions. As a Low-Residency program, we endeavor to have all of our information readily available on our website.

 

 

Application Procedure:

 

PART I

 

CWL Applicants must submit the following items to the Graduate Admissions Office:

 

• A paid application for admission to the Graduate School (online) NOTE: CWL is listed under Film, Theatre and Communication Arts.

  Office of Graduate Admissions 205 Administration Building University of New Orleans 2000 Lakeshore Dr. New Orleans, LA 70148 Phone: (504) 280-1155

  Director Creative Writing Workshop--Low Residency Department of English University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA 70148  Phone: (504) 280-6329

   

  Submit electronically or by mail:

• Official notification of GRE scores. The UNO code is R 6379

• Official transcripts from ALL institutions attended, not just the ones from which degrees were earned. If transcripts contain transfer credit, a transcript must also be sent from the university where that credit was earned.

 

PART II

 

CWL Applicants must submit the following items to the Creative Writing Workshop-Low Residency (CWL):

 

1. The Low Residency MFA Application, which can be found at the bottom of this page.

    

2.  To Submittable applicants will submit:

   • An essay, also called the Statement of Purpose, detailing your reasons for applying to our M.F.A. program. 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.

   • 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 to 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 two plays of any length

        

Both the statement of purpose and the writing sample should be submitted as a single document via Submittable.

3. Scanned copies (PDF only) of ALL transcripts should be emailed to: lowresmfa@uno.edu

Email subject line: Transcripts for STUDENT'S NAME

4. Scanned copies of GRE Scores should be sent as email attachments to lowresmfa@uno.edu 

Email subject line: GRE Scores for STUDENT’S NAME.

5. Three letters of recommendation should be sent as email attachments. There is no form required, and letters should be emailed to lowresmfa@uno.edu.

The subject line should read: Recommendation for STUDENT’S NAME.

 

 

HELPFUL NOTES

 

Uploading your personal statement and manuscript : We now accept manuscript submissions only through Submittable. Before you go to the Submittable portal, you should prepare your manuscript document. Your personal statement should appear at the beginning of the document, followed by the creative manuscript.

About Transcripts: The University requires offical copies of transcripts from all colleges or universities you have attended, not simply the one that granted your degree. If you have transfer credit on your transcript, we must also have official transcripts from the institution that granted that credit. Note also that "official" means that the transcript is issued from the institution that granted the credit directly to the University of New Orleans. Sealed transcripts issued to the student are not considered official. In most cases, official transcripts can be ordered from the web sites of the issuing institutions. NOTE: this applies ONLY to transcirpts sent to the UNIVERSITY. The Creative Writing Program asks only for an unofficial copy of your transcript.

 

Application Fees:

There is a $20 application fee (plus late fees, at certain times) for the University Application. The Program Application is free.

 

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Step 1: Fill Out This CWL Program Application

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Type the password you see in the graphic below in this box:

(The form will not send unless this case-sensitive password is entered correctly.)

Semester and Year you plan to begin	Select Semester Fall Spring Summer Select 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013      Genre Select Poetry Fiction Nonfiction Screenwriting Playwriting
Name:	First Last
Address
City		State or Province	Please select... ALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WASHINGTON D.C. WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING ALBERTA BRITISH COLUMBIA MANITOBA NEW BRUNSWICK NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR NORTHWEST TERRITORIES NOVA SCOTIA NONAVUT ONTARIO PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND QUEBEC SASKATCHEWAN YUKON
Zip		Country
SS#	(no spaces or dashes)	Date of Birth
Email		Telephone

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Education(begin with most recent)

University: Dates:
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Undergraduate GPA: Graduate GPA:

GRE Scores: Verbal Quantitative: Analytical: Test Date:
Note: The GRE is required unless you already have a master's degree or higher in a related field. Please indicate scores here even if you already have an advance degree. If you have not yet taken the GRE you may be admitted provisionally but must then take the test within your first semester of study. GRE scores greatly assist in the application process, however.

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List the names of the three people who are well acquainted with your qualifications to write to the Program in support of your candidacy:

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Other comments or questions:

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