• Creative writing workshop participation   - 50%
• 5 assignments (10% each) – 50%
• Two reviews – not graded, but must be submitted to pass the course

There is no final exam.

Note: concerning the Creative Writing Workshop: You will post several examples of new, "finished" writing you have done for this course  and worked on with care and considerable attention. Writing you submitted to previous workshops or other classes (including high school) is unacceptable. The page distribution will be as follows:

• Either: 2 short stories – 5 pages minimum for each
• Or: 4 poems
• Or: 1 short story and 2 poems

These pieces will be posted on-line and the whole class will respond.

Five Assignments and Two Reviews:  Five times during the term I will assign you stories to read from your text or poems to read online. You will be expected to write a story or poem of your own along the lines of the work you are reading. These will be seen by me and marked. They are for my eyes only, not for the response of your classmates.

In addition to these five assignments, you will be responsible for the following two special assignments:

1. One review from a writer's viewpoint of literature in performance (a public reading by an author of his or her work, a play, etc.)
2. A  written review of a current Canadian book – either a novel, a collection of short stories, a personal memoir, or a poetry collection or anthology. I’d prefer these NOT to be best sellers, but rather "small press" publications, and the work of new ("emerging") writers.

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More information:

• Computer Requirements and Internet Access
• Moodle, Our Online Learning Environment 
• Academic Integrity
• Evaluation
• Suggested Time Commitment
• Required Material