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.
Category: The Classroom
These posts have to do with the goings-on within the department- whether it be a story from the day, a department notification, or field trip.
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From Poets‘ Poem-A-Day, the inspiration for Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Sympathy I know what the caged bird feels, alas! When the sun is bright on the upland slopes; When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass, And the river flows like a stream of glass; When the first bird sings…
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From Heather: Students, do not forget that we are going to Word for Word’s Food Stories this Thursday evening. Details below. ALSO, I need to know if you are able to view the CW google calendar. I am updating it frequently and you all should be able to access it and be receiving notification reminders.…
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Welcome back to school, where a new year and fresh semester awaits! Kicking off our Creative Writing poetry unit is the annual Poetry Out Loud— a poetry recitation contest that will take a district-wide winner to compete state-wide, then to Washington DC for a chance to win a hefty scholarship. Creative Writers are offered a…
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From Molly Bond, Class of 2015, fondly known as Smolly within our Cdub circle. If you’re like me, you’re so nervous about this audition that you’re spending all your time sobbing in bed with a cup of coffee and a tear-soaked cat. To make things easier for you, we’re trying to demystify the audition process…
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For anybody who liked our previous Creative Writing short video, please turn your attention to the second in our series: http://sotacdubs.tumblr.com/post/13888192353/workshopping The video covers workshopping, a major part of our department, where we bring in pieces and get into groups to give and get critique. Enjoy! -Reba
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Support Creative Writing’s annually published arts journal by submitting your works to either umlautkingdom@gmail.com or dropping them off at Room 202. Submissions can be anything that can be printed– poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography, paintings, sheet music, etc. This is a department requirement. Submit three to five pieces and help continue our Umläut legacy! Learn more…
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Hey! Here is the first (in what we hope will be a plentiful series) of short films aimed towards introducing and familiarizing life as a C-dub (a Creative Writing student) to anybody interested. Here’s a link to the video, on our new Tumblr http://sotacdubs.tumblr.com/post/13253560647/shadowing Here’s a few other links you might be interested in checking…
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For all those interested in applying to SOTA’s Creative Writing department, you must submit your applications and portfolios by 3 p.m. Friday, December 2. This round of auditions will be held on January 17th, so be sure to show your shiny, eager faces when the time comes to interview. -Reba
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From Heather: LIT REVIEWS: due Monday, December 5. Lit reviews must be handed personally to Maia in class on the 5th and be checked off. Reading and submissions: due Thursday, November 8. Proof of these is to be handed personally to Heather in class on the 8th and be checked off. SOTA performances: due on Monday, December…
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Unstuck is hosting an entry fee-free micro-lit contest for all their followers on Twitter! Fiction, poetry, and non-fiction entries can be entered in exactly twelve tweets, each with 140 words or less, and the winning pieces will be posted in UnstuckMag‘s Twitter feed. The theme is Lovemarks, so for all of you micro-fiction, micro-poetry, micro-essay…
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