Creative Writing

The English Department is home to a thriving Creative Writing program. Our faculty have collectively published fifty books of fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, and criticism. They have won awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the Fulbright Program, as well as University-wide awards for outstanding teaching and mentoring. For undergraduates, we offer a track within the English major, as well as a certificate in Creative Writing. For graduate students, we offer a PhD. Students at all levels focus on either fiction, poetry, or literary nonfiction. We are home to an undergraduate journal, Short Vine, and the nationally prominent literary journal The Cincinnati Review. Our PhD program was ranked eighth in the country by Poets & Writers.

Fiction and Poetry Reading by Kristi Maxwell and Molly Reid 
September 7, 2023; 5:30 p.m. EST
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library

Poetry Reading by Emily Jungmin Yoon 
October 12, 2023; 5:30 p.m. EST
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library

Poetry as Radicalization and Liberation for BIPOC & Marginalized People Conversation Series, featuring Anthony Cody and Felicia Zamora 
October 24, 2023; 5:30 p.m. EST
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library

Poetry Reading by Anthony Cody
October 25, 2023; 5:30 p.m. EST 
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library 

Fiction Reading by Sidik Fofana
November 8, 2023; 5:30 p.m. EST 
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library