To Apply

First, complete the on-line application to the Graduate School at their web site:

submit all materials by
the recommended deadline
January 15, 2006
we continue to review applications throughout the Spring Semester, but we urge you to complete the process by mid-January for the best chance of acceptance

• applicant status sheet [should be submitted on-line]
• statement of purpose [should be submitted on-line]
• transcripts
• test scores [either GRE or MAT]
• fees [may be paid on-line with credit card]

Second, send the following materials to the Creative Writing office.

The Program in Creative Writing
Department of English Box 870244
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa AL 35487.0244

• three letters of recommendation
• a writing sample

writing samples should include:

• 30 pages of prose or
• 10-20 pages of poetry or
• a substantial representation of your work in both forms or in other forms, including digital media. Note: all manuscript samples must arrive snailmail: we cannot receive digital files. If you wish us to consider digital media as all or part of your sample, please contact the program director for guidelines.

Photos of Janine Miller portraying Minerva in the UA Centennial Pageant in 1931 and of Big Bill Little, legendary UA football player, portraying himself circa 1892, courtesy of Hoole Special Collections.

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