There are two ways to obtain course credit for work done at the Chesapeake Writers’ Conference.

1. College students are eligible to receive transferable course credit for their experience at the Chesapeake Writers’ Conference. You would take “ENGL 395 Topics in Writing: Chesapeake Writers’ Conference Seminar in Creative Writing” for two credits from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. More details about this option are available below.  If you plan to apply to the conference as a college student wishing to pursue the course credit option, please be sure to check the appropriate box in your submittable application. Once accepted to the conference, you will sign up for the credit option when you register. SMCM students will need to sign up for the course during summer enrollment. To learn more about this option, visit the ENGL 395: College Credit page.
2. Teachers interested in earning Continuing Professional Development credit can take the teachers’ seminar,  “EDUC 790: Graduate Topics in Education Studies (The Chesapeake Writers’ Conference).”  Participants in the teachers’ seminar will attend a genre-specific workshop like other conference-goers (either fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction), but will also meet each morning to engage in question of writing pedagogy. To learn more about this option, visit the EDUC 790: Teachers’ Seminar page .

You can contact Conference Director, Crystal Oliver, with questions about the course credit options. chesapeakewritersconference@smcm.edu