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Creative Writing

The English Department is home to a thriving Creative Writing program. Our faculty have collectively published dozens of 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, a book publisher, Acre Books, and the nationally prominent literary journal The Cincinnati Review. Our PhD program was ranked eighth in the country by Poets & Writers.

Visiting Writers Series

Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry Reading by Marianne Chan, Emma Hudelson, and Maggie Su
September 18, 2025; 5:30 PM EST 
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library

Fiction Reading by Nathan Hill
October 23, 2025; 5:30 pm EST
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library

The Writer and the Literary Agent: A Conversation Featuring Emily Forland and Nathan Hill 
October 24, 2025; 3:30 pm EST
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library

Poetry Reading by Jimin Seo
November 6, 2025; 5:30 pm EST
Elliston Poetry Room, 646 Langsam Library

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