1- Be three pages long; single spaced.
2- Identify each of your portfolio's submissions by title. Please use quotations when referring to your submission titles in the cover letter-e.g., "When Lightning Strikes: A Study of Inspiration";
3- Provide an analysis of the submissions contained in the portfolio. To do this, avoid extensive summary;
4- Demonstrate sustained writing self-awareness. Awareness includes your ability to be reflective about your own writing strengths and weaknesses;
5- Point to specific examples from your submissions that illustrate the claims you have made about yourself as a writer
6- Demonstrate knowledge of the writing, revising, and editing process by showing how this knowledge applies to the submissions in your portfolio;
7- Describe your strategies for researching and integrating sources;
8- Reflect on the ways in which you have written/revised to accommodate audience needs, expectations, and/or values.