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Creative Writing
UW is one of the few universities that devote its fully funded MFA program entirely to prose. We offer a wide range of courses and experiential learning opportunities to help our students shine. Ongoing collaborations with literary agents and Wyoming Public Radio provide chances to network and make practical applications from the classroom to the writing desk.
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Our faculty practice the writing crafts taught at UW. They write novels, public dialogues and philosophical meditations showing students how life could look post-graduation.
Among our exceptional faculty, Dr. Jeff Lockwood's mystery series is available at Barnes & Noble, and you can view his TED-Ed, Are locust plagues unstoppable? Online. Dr. Harvey Hix received the Fulbright Distinguished Lectureship and most recently published Counterclaims: Poets and Poetries. Students have the opportunity to learn from faculty who have pursued careers in writing and now hold the connections to help aspiring writers succeed.
Program Requirements
Creative Writing graduate students take a range of courses over two years, including Practicum in College Teaching, Rhetoric and Composition: History, Theory, Practice and thesis hours.
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Admission Requirements
Students will submit an application and are subject to additional requirements from the Creative Writing Program, including a writing submission.
Writers are experts at creatively wielding their written words to communicate—an important skill employers prioritize in the hiring process. Words can take writers far because long-lasting careers require strong communication. Knowledge of prose can guide graduates through their professional endeavors regardless of the setting.
Creative Writing Careers
Where UW Alumni are Making a Difference
Students choose to pursue Creative Writing at UW for several reasons. Joining the program provides access to a variety of resources and benefits aspiring writers are excited to have.
Smaller Class Sizes
UW has all the Creative Writing resources a large state school may offer. However, our small class sizes allow students the chance to encounter more collaborative interactions between peers and professors. Typically we admit 8 new students each year to the MFA program.
Teaching Opportunities
Our students share their knowledge in a variety of positions at UW. These career-enhancing opportunities help develop a firm grasp of Creative Writing by educating others on the subject matter. Teaching is meant to supplement students' learning but never fill their schedules.
Experiental Learning
Connections with a variety of media outlets at UW grant students the ability to be hands-on. They get to work alongside professionals at organizations like The Owen Wister Review, Western Confluence and Wyoming Public Radio.
Financial Support
]]>ULAB Creative Writing Certificate Course Returns
The 2023 iteration of the workshop will include six weeks of Friday-Saturday sessions featuring lectures, readings, writing practice, and peer and instructor feedback
The Department of English and Humanities at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) is set to host yet another iteration of its Creative Writing Certificate Course this summer, between July 21-August 26, 2023.
In regards to the choice of creative nonfiction for the focus of this year's genre-based workshop, the posters published by ULAB's Department of English and Humanities mention: "The goal of any piece of nonfiction is to tell the truth and the goal of the creative nonfiction workshop is to discuss the many styles and techniques that can be used to tell that very truth."
The 2023 iteration of the workshop will include six weeks of Friday-Saturday sessions featuring lectures, readings, writing practice, and peer and instructor feedback. At the end of the course period, participants will receive a certificate of completion and showcase a completed piece of writing with the possibility of subsequent publication. Over the course of the workshop, the sub-genres explored in the realm of creative nonfiction will include memoir, travel writing and reportage, op-eds and reviews, and personal essays.
Noora Shamsi Bahar, writer, translator, and senior lecturer at North South University, who had participated in one of the previous workshops, said, "I thoroughly enjoyed the different sessions of the creative writing workshop organised by ULAB. Given that Bengali is my third language, I never thought I'd be able to translate anything from Bengali to English but sessions at ULAB inspired me and I have developed an interest in translating."
This year's sessions will be facilitated by eminent academics, writers, and professionals in their field, such as Professor Kaiser Haq, Professor Syed Manzoorul Islam, Professor Azfar Hussain, Professor Shamsad Mortuza, Arifa Ghani Rahman, and Maisha Hossain.
As there is limited space, a maximum of 15 participants will be selected to attend the workshop. The course fees for this iteration will be BDT 8,000 for 12 sessions, with the deadline for registration being July 19, 2023. Interested participants can register here.
Creative Writing - Teaching Resources
Everyone has a story to tell and sharing it can be a source of pleasure and power. Inspire your pupils and help them sharpen their creative writing skills with this collection of classroom resources for primary and secondary schools.
These resources could be used to celebrate National Writing Day, which takes place on Wednesday, 21 June 2023. National Writing Day is an annual day dedicated to celebrating and practising creative writing for pleasure and self-expression.
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