Jiménez-Porter Writers' House
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About the Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House
The Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House is a unique Living-Learning Program that offers students at the University of Maryland a literary center for the study of creative writing across cultures and languages.
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Become a Jiménez-Porter Writers' House Student
As a Jiménez-Porter Writers' House student, you will join a multicultural hub of writers from across campus that work together improve their writing and craft.
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As a member of the Writers’ House community, there are many ways to grow your creative writing practice. The Writers’ House curriculum offers space and support for you to workshop your writing in community with other writers, and also helps you build tools for self-publishing through the capstone chapbook project.
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Undergraduate creative writers rarely have the time and resources needed to pursue their passion alongside their academic work. Open to all majors, the Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House (JPWH) provides participants with hands-on experience in the field of creative writing, while allowing them to complete their degrees in any area of study.
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Learn MoreThe Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House is a campus-wide literary center for the study of creative writing across cultures. Writers’ House residents live in a close community of 50 to 60 undergraduate students who share an interest in creating stories, poems, and plays. Students attend colloquia, share their writing with each other in a supportive workshop environment, and attend additional special events together. Writers’ House students organize Litfest, our annual literary bash, every spring. Writers’ House offers a two-year program, although rising seniors may complete the program in one year if they have adequate space in their schedules. Transfer students may apply to the program.
Any member of the campus community may join the editorial staff of Stylus, the campus-wide literary journal housed and supported by Writers’ House. Advanced students who have finished the course of study may also apply to the third year Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship program.
Members of the public are invited to attend the free and open Writers Here and Now visiting author series.
Questions? Email us at JPWritersHouse@umd.edu.
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