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.

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Once upon a time, cats were lonely, so they wanted someone whose only purpose in existence was to love and cherish cats. Thus, the Creative Writers were born. Out of the glowing bundle of soft and squishy warmness and fluff was a stack of Post-It notes that absolutely adored cats. Cats named that stack Midori, and that was that.

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  • CW Bonding Day

    Senior Tuesday saw to the department-wide scavenger hunt, a CDub tradition that shall be upheld for years to come… Tomorrow, Juniors Wednesday. Epic won’t even begin to cover it.

  • Congratulations, Giorgia!

    Congrats to junior Giorgia (alliteration? I think so) for the publication of her poem “The Coast” in Sugar Mule!

  • 826 Valencia Annual Write-A-Thon

  • san francisco poetry festival

    July 26th-29th Poets, both emerging and established, gather in San Francisco from around the world to participate in four days of free poetry, workshops and music at various venues around the city.  Go to sfipf.org to get all the details.

  • Dave Eggers book signing

    DAVE EGGERS Booksigning at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza San Francisco Events Start: 07/17/2012 12:00 pm Bestselling author, DAVE EGGERS will sign his latest novel, Hologram for the King, one man’s fight to hold himself and his splintering family together in the face of the global economy’s gale-force winds. 15% of the sale of each…

  • The Commons SF (Bernal Heights Poetry Reading)

    reposted from Craigslist: Saturday, June 23, is an afternoon poetry read in Bernal Heights. Red Hill Jumps! is an occasional spoken word gathering sponsored by The Commons SF. This time around we’re featuring Bernal resident poets. Open mic, $1 a poem. That is, poets are paid $1 a poem. Must live between Bayshore and Mission,…

  • CW Poetry Salon

    If you’re anything like me, you just spent the past weeks of summer slowly becoming one with the internet and all the nice things it has to offer. Well, let’s fix that, get in touch with the real world, shall we? Cdubs Abigail and Nick are hosting a poetry salon this Saturday, June 9th, from…

  • summer creative writing programs

    Do you love creative writing so much that you would like to participate in a creative writing summer program?  If so, you are in luck.  Teen Ink has compiled a list of the best creative writing programs for high school students: http://www.teenink.com/Summer/

  • orchestra concert at SOTA

    Paul Yardborough

  • national playwriting competition

    From the SOTA mainstage to New York, here is an opportunity to keep the momentum from the Playwriting Unit going: YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS INC.