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Applying to Creative Writing

Creative Writing Portfolio Submission Guidelines

Portfolio Guidelines

Your portfolio can be a short story, a personal essay, a selection of poems, a script, a novel excerpt, a 4-6-panel comic, a recorded feature of performance writing (a link to an online platform alongside a transcript) or a combination of these.

Portfolios should be 5 to 10 double-spaced pages. Please also include a 150-word cover letter in which you tell us what inspires your writing.

Two people are sitting in a cozy reading room with bookshelves. One is on the left in an armchair, engrossed in creative writing while holding a plush toy. The other, wearing a green shirt, is reading a book on the right. A typewriter and plants are scattered around them.

Uploading Your Portfolio

You will be able to upload your portfolio to your  after you submit your application to °µÍøTV.

Portfolio submissions received before Feb. 15 will automatically put you in the running for one of our creative writing scholarships.

±Ê±ô±ð²¹²õ±ðÌýcontact the Writers Institute if you have any questions or the Admission Office if you have any trouble logging in to your River Hawk Portal.

Two people are seated at a table, focused on writing in notebooks. The person in front wears glasses and a floral dress, while the person in the back wears a yellow shirt. Both have pens and there are balloons in the background.