Spotlight
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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![Photo from overhead of student arranging type in letterpress workshop](/sites/default/files/styles/cta_image/public/2024-02/Letterpress_margins.jpg?itok=PUhNp6-4)
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![Creative Writing at the University of Pennsylvania](/sites/default/files/styles/cta_image/public/images/takeover/Bloch_editing.jpg?itok=fXxNFSYk)
Fall 2024 courses
Highlights of our Fall 2024 courses include Writing Real Science, Poetry Lab, Writing and Politics, Nontraditional Writing for Young Adults, and Writing and Witnessing.
Search for coursesWe 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.