Creative Writing Portfolio Requirements
Do stories, images, and ideas stir in your mind, urging you to shape them into language that captures your unique perspective? Creative Writers at ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ wield the written word as a tool for discovery, developing the courage and skill to express their authentic voices. Guided by experienced faculty in immersive workshops across every genre, students hone their technique through bold experimentation, close reading, and thoughtful revision, and share their work with a supportive community through performances, publications, and readings.
Requirements
Candidates must submit a portfolio that includes several representative writing samples. The portfolio must include some poetry and fiction, but may also include work from other genres such as nonfiction and dramatic writing. The submission should be 10-20 pages total. Applicants are evaluated on overall academic achievement as well as writing skills and experience. Due to the large amount of reading required, applicants should have a high level of reading comprehension.
For any questions, please contact admissionteam@idyllwildarts.org.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be uploaded to a file sharing/hosting site such as Google Drive, Dropbox, YouTube, Vimeo, etc. Copy and paste the link(s) to your submission(s) in your application in the relevant field. Please be sure to set your permissions to allow us to view your files.
For those submitting several works, please either combine them all into a single file (such as a PDF or Powerpoint) or add them all to a folder in your chosen file hosting site and submit the link to the folder rather than submitting links to each item individually.
Admission Policy
ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ admits students of any sex, race, religion, color, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or gender identification to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, color, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or gender identification in administration of its educational policies, scholarship and financial planning, and athletic and other school-administered programs.