The University of Illinois at Chicago has announced several new courses for Spring 2008 in their Writers Series program. The upcoming courses include

Creative Nonfiction
Short Forms
Characters and Settings and Point of View
Proposal Writing

These four are traditional classroom courses, and they meet on the UIC campus just west of the Chicago Loop.

Visit the Writers Series website to read course descriptions, check schedules and prices, get on the email list for future course notifications (some courses may be offered online in the future!) and read the Chicago Tribune article about two of the instructors.

For any of you who have a New Year's resolution to get serious about your writing this year, taking a university-level course might be a great way to start!