{"id":1253,"date":"2022-12-01T23:44:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T07:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/engl\/?page_id=1253"},"modified":"2025-08-17T07:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T14:30:09","slug":"creative-writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/engl\/graduate\/creative-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h3 style=\"text-align: left\">About the Ph.D. Track in Creative Writing and Literature<\/h3>\n<p>The Ph.D. program provides dual emphasis in literature and creative writing, culminating in the dissertation, which combines critical analysis with creative originality. Doctoral candidates not only read and write texts as finished products of scholarship in researching their creative work\u2019s literary and historical milieu, but also consider the text as writers create it, then compose texts as writers, a process that goes to the source of the study of literature and of literature itself. This integration of literature and creative writing is reflected in the structure of the dissertation, which introduces the creative work within a context of critical inquiry, bringing together the examination and embodiment of the literary act, a new model of scholarship and creative innovation.<\/p>\n<p>For complete information, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cwphd\"><strong>https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cwphd<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spacer \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spacer\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Admission\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Requirements for admission to study in the Ph.D. program in Creative Writing and Literature include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>B.A. degree in any area of study<\/li>\n<li>GPA, undergraduate and graduate (if applicable)<\/li>\n<li>Creative writing sample (25 pages of prose or 10-12 pages of poetry)<\/li>\n<li>Critical writing sample (10-25 pages)<\/li>\n<li>Statement of purpose (no more than three pages)<\/li>\n<li>Three letters of recommendation<\/li>\n<li>Resume\/CV<\/li>\n<li>Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate coursework<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application deadline: December 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/engl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2023\/01\/IMG_0578_copy.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          For More Information:\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cwphd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt;&gt; See Ph.D. in Creative Writing &amp; Literature Website &lt;&lt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Potential applicants may contact:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Janalynn Bliss, Graduate Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature<br \/>\nDepartment of English<br \/>\nTaper Hall 431<br \/>\nUniversity of Southern California<br \/>\nUniversity Park Campus<br \/>\nLos Angeles, CA 90089-0354<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">(213) 821-0477<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/engl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2023\/01\/alumniimages.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"parent":921,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-content-detail.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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