Creative Writing Admission Guidelines
Applicants of all skill levels are encouraged to apply. Please contact Ms. Pollack with any questions or for assistance.
Portfolio Guidelines
1. Please submit a 2-6 page sample of your writing. Your writing sample can be one longer piece or a combination of shorter pieces that you feel best represents you. The samples can be complete or incomplete and can be in any writing genre or format (short story, poetry, song lyrics, scripts, personal essay, or anything you think is suitable).
2. Please provide a statement of purpose of 2 pages or less (typed) that briefly tells us who you are, what you hope to gain from the Creative Writing Program, and what you have read or watched lately that has been inspirational or interesting to you as a writer.
Submission Deadline:
The Creative Writing program would like to receive your portfolio seven (7) days prior to your interview date in order to review it before we meet with you.
You may upload your portfolio as part of your Creative Writing Interview & Interest Form in early January, or you may email your materials to Ms. Pollack at the link above, mail or deliver to Marin School of the Arts, C/O Rebecca Pollack, 625 Arthur, Novato, CA 94947
Please provide a self-addressed, stamped 11 x 14 envelope if you would like your writing samples returned to you.
Deadline: 7 Days Before interview
interview Guidelines
Once you’ve selected Creative Writing as a program interest on your MSA Student Information Form, you will be contacted in early January to choose your interview time and share portfolio materials. If are not contacted by January 20, please email Shannon Miller, Program Specialist.
The Creative Writing Interview includes:
1. Creative Writing Portfolio – submitted before audition (see portfolio guidelines)
2. Interview – a short conversation with Ms. Pollack and current students in the program
3. Writing prompt – a 20-minute prompt based on a selection of images
Applicants of ALL skill levels are encouraged to apply. Please contact Ms. Pollack with any questions or for assistance.