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Honors Program
English majors with a concentration in Creative Writing are invited to apply to complete a capstone project during senior year to earn Honors in English.
Applying for Honors
Declaring a major or minor
Declare your major in Creative Writing, your minor in Creative Writing, or your minor in Journalistic Writing in just a few steps.
How to declare
Fall Journalism Clinic
Bring your story idea to a panel of expert journalists, all Penn graduates who now work at premier journalism outlets. Register here.
Learn moreWe are home to a faculty of award-winning writers who teach more than sixty workshops each year in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, journalism, playwriting, screenwriting, and writing for children and young adults, as well as innovative workshops in cross-genre, experimental, and hybrid writing, including writing that engages with community organizing, multimedia and visual arts, and performance.
