Welcome, Class of 2029! We can’t wait to see you in workshops in the Program in Creative Writing. Every fall, we reserve 3 of 12 sought-after spaces in each introductory workshop for first-year students like you so that you can immerse yourself right away in the craft of creative writing by taking a small class with some of the most acclaimed writers in the world.
Katie Farris, Zoe K. Heller, Aleksandar Hemon, Yiyun Li, Jack Livings, Jenny McPhee, Lynn Melnick, Joyce Carol Oates, Kathleen Ossip, Ed Park, Patricia Smith, Lynn Steger Strong, and Lloyd Suh are among the award-winning faculty teaching introductory workshops open to first-year students. Graduating Princeton seniors often tell us they regret not taking creative writing courses sooner in their undergraduate careers. Don’t delay what may be the best classroom experience you have at Princeton!
Introductory CWR courses are open enrollment but fill very quickly. Advanced classes have prerequisites and require departmental permission to enroll. View all CWR courses and review all course enrollment info.
If you’ve always wanted to study creative writing but have never written creatively before, just jump in and try it out: introductory classes are designed for motivated beginners.