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APPLICATION FOR CREATIVE WRITING ENGLISH COURSES:

ENGL 134, 135, 455, 458, 460, 466, 467, 468, 472 in Spring 2013.

DATE STUDENT NAME CLASS EMAIL ADDRESS

COURSE NO.

INSTRUCTOR RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE & PHONE NO.

WRITING COURSES PREVIOUSLY TAKEN

Please indicate with whom you studied, e.g., ENG 458, M. Cunningham.

OTHER WRITING COURSES TO WHICH YOU WILL APPLY THIS TERM

Previous experience on student publications (e.g., Yale Daily News) is not necessary; nonetheless, please list any publications experience you do have.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS Applications are due at noon on Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Please consult the course descriptions posted on the English Department website for additional or alternate application requirements and instructions (http://english.yale.edu/courses/creative-writing). The following courses have special instructions: ENGL 455b Writing About Oneself; ENGL 468b/THST 327b Advanced Playwriting Workshop. Paste below a writing sample of approximately 5-10 pages of poetry or about 4500 words of prose, double-spaced. For the statement of purpose, please

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write a short paragraph about why you wish to take this specific writing course. Submit this work electronically to the Drop Box for the course to which you are applying on Classes v2 (search for the course number, e.g., ENGL 454, in Joinable Sites under the Membership tool). Changes may not be made once your application has been submitted. Students who are accepted or placed on the wait-list will receive an email on Friday, January 4, 2013. Please note that students may take only one writing seminar in a semester. If you are admitted to more than one writing seminar, including college seminars, you must notify both instructors and choose only one. Seniors in the Writing Concentration may not enroll in a creative writing class in the semester in which they are engaged in writing their senior project. Questions? Contact the English registrar at erica.sayers@yale.edu or 203432-2226. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE [Paste here.] WRITING SAMPLE [Paste here.]