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2025 prize winners
Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Creative Writing Prizes in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, journalism, scriptwriting, and reviews.
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Declaring a major or minor
Declare your major in Creative Writing, your minor in Creative Writing, or your minor in Journalistic Writing in just a few steps.
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Fall 2025 courses
Highlights include Writing for Young Adults, Poetry Lab, Experimental Playwriting, and a workshop inspired by poet Leslie Scalapino.
Search for coursesWe are home to a faculty of award-winning writers who teach more than sixty workshops each year in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, journalism, playwriting, screenwriting, and writing for children and young adults, as well as innovative workshops in cross-genre, experimental, and hybrid writing, including writing that engages with community organizing, multimedia and visual arts, and performance.
