FACULTY		Creative Writing at San Francisco State University offers students a chance to develop their writing under the tutelage of an actively publishing faculty and visiting writers in poetry, fiction and playwriting. All of our tenure/tenure-track faculty are also advisers who can help you plan your academic program. Contact the Creative Writing Department for their office hours and phone numbers.
CURRICULUM		Our curriculum in poetry, fiction, and playwriting is both solid and innovative. A special feature, one that sets our programs apart from all others, is the Creative Process classes (CW 510 and CW 810). Along with our core curriculum of workshops and literature courses, we are constantly refining and reinventing the Creative Process area. According to many of our students, these variable topic courses on the art, technique and theory of writing are most valuable for their progress as writers. Each course combines extensive reading with complementary writing assignments and exercises. Please check out the Fall 2008 Course Descriptions.
RESOURCES		We have excellent resources such as the Poetry Center, as well as the advantage of the vast literary world of the San Francisco Bay Area. The Humanities Building where the Creative Writing classes meet is only a few blocks away from the Pacific Ocean.
STUDENTS		Students come from all over the world to enroll in our undergraduate and graduate programs. SFSU is famous for its cultural and ethnic diversity. The intense competition for admission to our graduate programs makes for an exceptionally gifted and committed student body. Our Graduate Student organization, The Wordsmith's Guild, works hard to develop a sense of community in the Creative Writing Graduate Programs.
LITERARY MAGAZINES		Our students publish two literary journals: Fourteen Hills and Transfer.
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS		The department offers many awards to our most promising students.
PROGRAM		We offer three degrees in our program: The B.A. in English: Creative Writing, the M.A. in English: Creative Writing, and the M.F.A. in Creative Writing.
INFORMATION		To learn more about our program, check our page for application and financial aid information as well as the section on Creative Writing in the SFSU Bulletin. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us at the address below. For information on other writing programs, see the Associated Writing Programs Web site. For information of interest to all writers, see the Poets & Writers Web site.

Creative Writing Department
College of Humanities
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
415-338-1891

last updated May 22, 2006 by Barbara Eaton