To Include or Not: Racy Topics in Creative Writing Application Material

ClaudiaECatalan
Sun, 27 Dec 2015 19:29:26 +0000

Hi everyone -

I am new to this site, so please inform me if I am on the wrong discussion board. Here is my question:

I am currently gathering my written material to apply to Chapman’s MFA Creative Writing Program; however, I am concerned about my fiction material because its setting is (basically) placed in one of Dante’s inferno layers of hell. This style of writing does not pool over into my non-fiction, but it is something that I like to explore in fiction. Being that Chapman is a Christian affiliated university, should I avoid submission of my fiction material? After all, my preferred genre is non-fiction and I would hate to offend anyone on the submission review board – especially to the point that it would result in rejection.

The political answer would be that I should want a program that is best for me and my styles of writing, so it shouldn’t matter. But that’s not what I am looking for. I want to know your opinion.

Please share

-Claudia

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