The OWL will be closing for the Spring semester on Friday, May 2, the last day of classes. No papers will be processed after that date. However, the OWL will be open during Summer I and Summer II sessions.
Please read the following:
- What We Do/What We Do Not Do
- This tool is for Penn State York students only! Only papers submitted with a valid Penn State e-mail account will be accepted.
- Papers must be submitted as a Word document(.doc file extension). If you are using Word 2007, please be sure to save your document so that it is Word 97-2003 compatible [Save As -> Word 97-2003 Document]. The OWL is not yet equipped to handle Word 2007 documents (.docx extension). Thanks.
- Use the Browse button to submit your file.
- Only one submission per paper will be accepted
The Penn State York Online Writing Lab (OWL) is intended to assist students develop quality writing skills. To use this tool, fill out and submit the form below. All fields MUST be filled in. If you have any questions about any of the fields in the form, click the 
next to each field for more information.
Please note, it may take a few minutes for the form to be submitted. Clicking on submit once is sufficient. Also, a copy of the form will be e-mailed to you as confirmation of a successful submission.