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Creative Writing Institute

About the Institute

Since its founding in 2009, John Cabot University's Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation has become a thriving community of and for writers in Rome. With workshops in the major genres (fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction) and literary translation, the Institute is the place for creative writing students to spend serious time on their writing as they get to know the Eternal City.

In Summer 2025, the Institute is pleased to welcome Nicole Sealey, author of The Ferguson Report: An Erasure, winner of the 2024 OCM Bocas Prize for Poetry and a finalist for the NAACP Image Award in Poetry. She is also the author of Ordinary Beast, a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and The Animal After Whom Other Animals Are Named, winner of the Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize.

Visit the Admissions page and learn how to apply.

For further information about the Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation, please contact the Director, Professor Shannon Russell.

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Join a thriving community of writers at John Cabot University’s Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation in the heart of Rome! Since 2009, our program has offered workshops in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and literary translation, making it the perfect place to hone your craft while immersing yourself in the Eternal City.

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