The low-residency model works the way working writers do: the creative engagement happens in the course of life itself.

Your time at Antioch will be spent alternately in two rhythms: (a) five 10-day residencies where you will attend classes and form a community of working writers, and (b) four 5 month-long project periods where you will read and write, exploring issues of tradition and craft. During your two years at Antioch, you will work with 4 different project period mentors, plus a variety of residency workshop leaders. Your work will be subject to extensive narrative critiques. You will also complete some special projects in translation, field study, and independent research.

10-Day Residencies
An extensive community-building engagement with language, literature, and social issues

• Seminars and Lectures—Small and large classes on craft taught by graduating students, faculty, and visiting faculty
• Genre Workshops—10 hours of intensive peer and faculty review of student work
• One-on-One Meetings—Plan out your individual study with your faculty mentor for the term
• Community—Meet with students and faculty in your class and genre
• Readings—Experience new work by faculty and students
  
  

June 19 - 29, 2008 - Residency Schedule - PDF

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5-month Project Periods
An apprenticeship of words and craft, a time of exploration and risk in your ongoing life as a writer

• Correspondence with Mentor—During your time at Antioch, you will select to work with 4-5 different faculty mentors
• Reading and Writing—You'll turn in new and revised creative work, and read to explore issues of craft
• Special Projects

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In Antioch's low-residency model, our program is ungraded. Students work in a different professional one-to-one mentorship each term, receiving detailed critiques and a final narrative evaluation that help hone their craft.