Creative Writing Institute Summer Courses

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.

 

Graduate Courses in Creative Writing

John Cabot University's Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation will be offering graduate courses in creative writing during the summer of 2018. The workshops in poetry, fiction writing, and "How to Read Like a Writer," will run from May 21 to June 22.

Undergraduate Courses in Creative Writing

John Cabot University's Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation will be offering three undergraduate courses in creative writing during the summer of 2018. The workshops in poetry, fiction writing, and "How to Read Like a Writer," will run from May 16 to June 22.

2018 Writer in Residence

We are pleased to announce that our 2018 Writer in Residence at the 9th Annual Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation will be Dolen Perkins-Valdez, celebrated novelist and professor of Creative Writing at American University in Washington, D.C. Learn more about our past and upcoming Writers in Residence.

Faculty for Summer 2018

Creative Writing Faculty for Summer 2018 include Susan Bradley Smith, poet and professor at Curtin University in Australia; Michael Carroll, award-winning fiction writer; Elizabeth Geoghegan, novelist, nonfiction author, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at John Cabot University. See more.

Online Information Sessions

Professor Carlos Dews will be holding exclusive webinars to discuss graduate and undergraduate Creative Writing courses at John Cabot University. The next webinar is on Tuesday, March 20th at 7PM EDT.