The Writing Program at Seattle Pacific University supports writing instruction from a student’s first year until graduation. The program also hosts pedagogy workshops, facilitates faculty writing groups, and oversees the annual WRI 1000 and 1100 best essay awards and their companion “How I Learned to Write” lecture series.

For information about the SPU’s revised General Education curriculum (beginning 2026–27) and its impact on the SPU’s writing curriculum, go here.

For more information, please contact Dr. Traynor Hansen, Assistant Professor of English and Director of Campus Writing.