Jiménez-Porter Writers' House

undergraduate creative writers rarely have the time and resources needed to pursue their passion alongside their academic work. open to all majors, the jiménez-porter writers’ house (jpwh) is a two-year living & learning program providing participants with hands-on experience in the field of creative writing, while allowing them to complete their degrees in any area of study. the program was conceived and developed primarily for upper-division students, but will consider applications from academically talented incoming freshmen who have a solid focus on creative writing. transfer students are welcome to apply. writers’ house students engage in a rigorous course of study requiring them to create, submit and revise original work (shorts stories, poems, or scripts) in order to be submitted for possible publication. during the length of the program, participants engage in a variety of literary activities: one-on-one manuscript advising, colloquia, open mic series, the publication of stylu