This page covers everything you need to know in order to put together your best possible application to our program.
For most graduate programs in creative writing, including ours, the most important part of your application is a sample of your creative work. We base admission decisions primarily on a written sample of the prospective student’s creative work submitted in the genre the student intends to study. If you want to study fiction, you should send us a short story or a portion of a novel, preferably the beginning. Poets should send poems; nonfiction writers should send their best narrative nonfiction of any type.
We read applications on a rolling basis. Once your file is complete, we try to make a decision on your application within one week. Our summer program begins July 15.
Supporting materials that accompany an application (including transcripts, letters of recommendation, and a personal statement identifying the student’s reasons for pursuing graduate study) are used to help consider the other positive attributes a student might contribute to the university and program communities respectively.
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For the Personal Statement:
For the Writing Sample:
Phone: (352) 588-7404
Toll Free: (800) 707-8846
Fax: (352) 588-7873
Email: grad.admissions@saintleo.edu
Office of Graduate Admissions
Saint Leo University
33701 State Road 52
PO Box 6665, MC 2248
Saint Leo, FL 33574
Admissions Office Hours:
Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Select Saturdays: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Closed Sundays