Prerequisites

The SMU Writer’s Seminar in New York serves as a culmination of the SMU Continuing Studies Creative Writing Program, and as such, carries several prerequisites. Students with a complete manuscript and successful completion of one of these five paths may apply:

1. Novel Track
   • Creative Writing Introduction
   • Novel One: Elements
   • Novel Two: Synthesis
   • Novel/Narrative Nonfiction Three: Polish
   • Novel 2.5 and Novel 2.75 (advanced accountability courses) highly recommended
2. Manuscript Evaluation Track
   • Manuscript Evaluation
   • Novel/Narrative Nonfiction Three: Polish
3. Private Tutorial Track
   • Private Tutorial in Fiction or Nonfiction
4. Narrative Nonfiction Track
   • Creative Writing Introduction
   • Narrative Nonfiction One: Elements
   • Narrative Nonfiction Two: Synthesis
   • Novel/Narrative Nonfiction Three: Polish OR Chapter Revision Tutorial
5. Past participation in the SMU Writer's Seminar in New York

Click here for course schedules, including Manuscript Evaluation and Tutorial courses and Novel/Narrative Nonfiction Three.

Application form for the 2009 seminar available in spring, 2009.

Click here to view the rubric utilized by the Selection Committee.