CREATIVE WRITING

at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco

Welcome! CW develops the art and craft of creative writing through instruction, collaboration, and respect. This blog showcases STUDENT WRITING and how to APPLY to Creative Writing.

Author: SOTA Creative Writing

  • For any and all interested in participating in a school-wide, open-to-the-public art auction, read on. It takes place in the Audre Lorde room in the Women’s Building on October 1, with a pending admission fee (assume fairly cheap). Available for auctioning are pieces from all departments, including writing consultations from the Creative Writing department. Free…

  • The Creative Writing department often is taught by local artists–Artists in Residence–and beginning on August 29, we will be hosting Erik Ulman, composer and Stanford lecturer, for a week. He will be teaching a Writing Through Music unit, in which students will learn how to utilize music and sound in their writing. This week we’ve…

  • Atticus Graven, a 2010 Creative Writing alumnus, visited the class this past Thursday. He now attends Pennsylvania’s Ursinus College, and recently was admitted to the rather exclusive Ursinus College Writing Fellowship, where for at least two hours a week he helps fellow students with their essays, personal projects, and writing overall; as a part of…

  •    The year is starting off nicely with some fun community activities: writing buddies brought each other special treats (and clothes) today, we played a few games, and the freshmen had a chance to be publicly initiated- i.e., Heather had them all sit in a row in front of everybody and had them chew on…

  • This fall, the creative writing students are taking over the running of the creative writing website and adding a blog to the mix.  Rebecca S. and Midori C. will be providing  us with photos and news and other goodies related to the Creative Writing Department, the School of the Arts, and the greater literary community.  If…

  • Welcome to the new website for the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts Creative Writing Department.  It’s a work-in-progress, so, like good writing, it’s all about the revisions.  For all information about the Creative Writing Department, please visit the original website at: sfsota-creativewriting.org.