Creative Writing Program
In the Creative Writing Program at Emory students study both art and craft: the literary traditions in which they write and the elements of craft in poetry, fiction, playwriting, screenwriting, and creative nonfiction. The program fosters their development as writers, through an emphasis on reading as a writer, generating material, and revision.
For Fall 2010 and later courses, the course prefix for Creative Writing courses changed from "ENG" to "ENGCW."
Faculty
- Chair/Director
- Natasha TretheweyP1691632Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing
Education
- BA, University of Georgia, 1989
- MA, Hollins University, 1991
- MFA, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1995
Departments
- English, Core Faculty
- Creative Writing, Core Faculty
- American Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- creative writing
- contemporary poetry
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Natasha TretheweyP1691632Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing
Education
- BA, University of Georgia, 1989
- MA, Hollins University, 1991
- MFA, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1995
Departments
- English, Core Faculty
- Creative Writing, Core Faculty
- American Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- creative writing
- contemporary poetry
- Core Faculty
- Jericho BrownP0457553Assistant Professor
Education
- PhD, University of Houston,
- MFA, University of New Orleans,
- BA, Dillard University,
Departments
- Creative Writing, Core Faculty
- English, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- Poetry
- Creative Writing
- Modernism
- African American Literature
Jim GrimsleyP6149515Senior LecturerDepartments
- English, Core Faculty
- Creative Writing, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- contemporary fiction
- playwriting
Joseph SkibellP9394681ProfessorEducation
- BA, University of Texas at Austin, 1981
- MFA, University of Texas at Austin, 1996
Departments
- English, Core Faculty
- Creative Writing, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- creative writing
- contemporary literature
- drama
Natasha TretheweyP1691632Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative WritingEducation
- BA, University of Georgia, 1989
- MA, Hollins University, 1991
- MFA, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1995
Departments
- English, Core Faculty
- Creative Writing, Core Faculty
- American Studies, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- creative writing
- contemporary poetry
Lynna WilliamsP4365356Associate ProfessorEducation
- BJ, University of Missouri, 1975
- MFA, George Mason University, 1990
Departments
- Creative Writing, Core Faculty
- English, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- creative writing
- contemporary American literature
Kevin YoungP3635556Atticus Haygood ProfessorEducation
- AB, Harvard University, 1992
- MFA, Brown University, 1996
Departments
- English, Core Faculty
- Creative Writing, Core Faculty
Academic Interests
- creative writing
- modern and contemporary poetry
- African American literature
- film
Courses
- Creative Writing 100-Level Courses
- ENGCW 190: Freshman Sem:Creatve WritingGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- FSEM
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionTopics/genres vary. Emphasizes writing and reading as elements in intellectual exploration. Does not satisfy first-year writing requirement.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Periodic Speaker series
- Creative Writing 200-Level Courses
- ENGCW 270: Introduction To Creative WritingGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Introductory workshop in creative writing covering at least two genres from the following: fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, creative nonfiction. Counts as a prerequisite for 300-level intermediate workshops but not for Advanced Fiction, Advanced Poetry, or Advanced Playwriting. May not be repeated for credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ENGCW 270W: Introduction To Creative WritingGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Introductory workshop in creative writing covering at least two genres from the following: fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, creative nonfiction. Counts as a prerequisite for 300-level intermediate workshops but not for Advanced Fiction, Advanced Poetry, or Advanced Playwriting. May not be repeated for credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ENGCW 271: Introduction to Poetry WritingGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Introductory workshop in poetry writing. Counts as a prerequisite for 300-level intermediate workshops but not for Advanced Fiction, Advanced Poetry, or Advanced Playwriting. May not be repeated for credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ENGCW 271W: Introduction to Poetry WritingGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Introductory workshop in poetry writing. Counts as a prerequisite for 300-level intermediate workshops but not for Advanced Fiction, Advanced Poetry, or Advanced Playwriting. May not be repeated for credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ENGCW 272: Introduction to Fiction WritingGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Introductory workshop in fiction writing. Counts as a prerequisite for 300-level intermediate workshops but not for Advanced Fiction, Advanced Poetry, or Advanced Playwriting. May not be repeated for credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ENGCW 272W: Introduction to Fiction WritingGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Introductory workshop in fiction writing. Counts as a prerequisite for 300-level intermediate workshops but not for Advanced Fiction, Advanced Poetry, or Advanced Playwriting. May not be repeated for credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- Creative Writing 300-Level Courses
- ENGCW 370R: Creative Wrt: Intermed FictionGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Intermediate level workshop in writing fiction. ENG 270, 271, or 272 required as prerequisite. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ENGCW 370RW: Creative Wrt: Intermed FictionGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Intermediate level workshop in writing fiction. ENG 270, 271, or 272 required as prerequisite. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ENGCW 371R: Creative Wrt: Intermed PoetryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Intermediate level workshop in writing poetry. ENG 270, 271, or 272 required as prerequisite. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ENGCW 371RW: Creative Wrt: Intermed PoetryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Intermediate level workshop in writing poetry. ENG 270, 271, or 272 required as prerequisite. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ENGCW 372R: Creativ Wrt:Interm PlaywritingGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Intermediate level workshop in writing plays.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- ENGCW 372RW: Intermediate PlaywritingGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Intermediate level workshop in writing plays. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Lecture
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 150
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ENGCW 373R: Creative Writing: Adv FictionGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionSpring semester. Admittance by assessment of readiness for advanced work by intermediate level instructor in genre. Intensive workshop in the writing of fiction for advanced students. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ENGCW 373RW: Creative Writing: Adv FictionGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionSpring semester. Admittance by assessment of readiness for advanced work by intermediate level instructor in genre. Intensive workshop in the writing of fiction for advanced students. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ENGCW 374R: Creative Writing: Adv PoetryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionSpring semester. Admittance by assessment of readiness for advanced work by intermediate level instructor in genre. Intensive workshop in the writing of poetry for advanced students. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ENGCW 374RW: Creative Writing: Adv PoetryGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionSpring semester. Admittance by assessment of readiness for advanced work by intermediate level instructor in genre. Intensive workshop in the writing of poetry for advanced students. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ENGCW 375R: Creative Writing: Adv DramaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionSpring semester. Admittance by assessment of readiness for advanced work by intermediate level instructor in genre. Intensive workshop in the writing of playwriting for advanced students. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ENGCW 375RW: Creative Writing: Adv DramaGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionSpring semester. Admittance by assessment of readiness for advanced work by intermediate level instructor in genre. Intensive workshop in the writing of playwriting for advanced students. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ENGCW 376R: Creativ Wrt:Interm Non-FictionGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Intermediate level workshop in nonfiction genres that often use fictional techniques. ENGCW 270, 271, or 272 required as prerequisite. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ENGCW 376RW: Creativ Wrt:Interm Non-FictionGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Intermediate level workshop in nonfiction genres that often use fictional techniques. ENGCW 270, 271, or 272 required as prerequisite. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ENGCW 377R: Creativ Wrt:Interm TranslationGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Intermediate level workshop in the theory and practice of translation. ENGCW 270, 271, or 272 required as prerequisite. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ENGCW 377RW: Creativ Wrt:Interm TranslationGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Intermediate level workshop in the theory and practice of translation. ENGCW 270, 271, or 272 required as prerequisite. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ENGCW 378R: ScreenwritingGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- HAP
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Intermediate level workshop in form and structure of screenwriting. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ENGCW 378RW: ScreenwritingGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- HAPW
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionEvery semester. Intermediate level workshop in form and structure of screenwriting. May be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ENGCW 379: Creative Writing: Spec. TopicsGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionCredit, variable; maybe be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit when topic varies. Specific topics to be announced. Typical subjects include the novel, first person narrative, formalist poetry, and nonrealistic forms. ENGCW 270, 271, or 272 required as prerequisite.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Periodic Speaker series
- ENGCW 379W: Creative Writing: Spec. TopicsGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GERs
- WRT
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionCredit, variable; maybe be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit when topic varies. Specific topics to be announced. Typical subjects include the novel, first person narrative, formalist poetry, and nonrealistic forms. ENGCW 270, 271, or 272 required as prerequisite.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Seminar
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- 175
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Periodic Speaker series
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- ENGCW 397R: Creativ Writing: Ind StdyGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 8
- GERs
- WRT
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionCredit, variable; maybe be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit. Project description and written permission of instructor required before registration. ENG 270, 271, or 272 required as prerequisite.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Directed study
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- variable
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ENGCW 397RW: Creativ Writing: Ind StdyGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 8
- GERs
- WRT
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionCredit, variable; maybe be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit. Project description and written permission of instructor required before registration. ENG 270, 271, or 272 required as prerequisite.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Directed study
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- variable
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
- Creative Writing 400-Level Courses
- ENGCW 495R: Creative Writing HonorsGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 8
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionOffered every semester. Credit variable; may be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit. Prerequisite: academic eligibility and approval of honors project director. A tutorial designed primarily to assist honors candidates in preparing their projects.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Independent Honors research
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- variable
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- ENGCW 495RW: Creative Writing HonorsGeneral Information
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 8
- GERs
- None
- Variable GER
- None
Course DescriptionOffered every semester. Credit variable; may be repeated for a maximum of eight hours credit. Prerequisite: academic eligibility and approval of honors project director. A tutorial designed primarily to assist honors candidates in preparing their projects.
Contact Hour Information- Course Type
- Independent Honors research
- Weekly Contact Minutes
- variable
- Additional Course Plus Component
- Not Applicable
- Writing Requirement
- Yes
Honors Program
See “Honors Program” under the curriculum section of the catalog and consult the department for further details.
For more information, see The Emory College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program.
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