Undergraduate Creative Writing Programs

 

Creative Writing Programs ::
BA, BFA, AFA

 

This directory includes creative writing undergraduate programs. It is still being updated, and we'd appreciate hearing from you if you know of programs not yet listed. Many links will be directly to the English Department of the college website if we can't locate a more specific link to a creative writing program page for that institution.

 

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Alabama

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Auburn University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

The Auburn Circle campus lit mag

 

Jacksonville State University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of Alabama-Birmingham

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of South Alabama

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Alaska

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University of Alaska Fairbanks

English Department

 

Arizona

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Arizona State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of Arizona

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

Arkansas

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Arkansas Tech University

English Department

Creative Writing BFA

 

Hendrix College

Aonian campus lit mag

 

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of Arkansas at Monticello

Arts and Humanities

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of Central Arkansas

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

California

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Antioch University

Creative Writing concentration

 

California Lutheran University

English Department

Creative Writing

Morning Glory campus lit mag

 

California Polytechnic State University

English Department

Creative Writing

 

California State University, Chico

English Department

Creative Writing minor

Watershed campus lit mag

 

California State University, East Bay

English Department

Creative Writing option

Occam's Razor campus lit mag

 

California State University, Fresno

English Department

Creative Writing special study certificate

 

California State University, Fullerton

English Department

Creative Writing Club

Dash Literary Journal

 

California State University, Long Beach

English Department

Creative Writing option

 

California State University, Los Angeles

English Department

Creative Writing minor

Statement campus lit mag

 

California State University, Monterey Bay

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

California State University, Northridge

English Department

Creative Writing option

Northridge Review campus lit mag

 

California State University, Sacramento

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Calaveras Station campus lit mag

 

Chapman University

English Department

Creative Writing BFA

John Fowles Center for Creative Writing

Elephant Tree campus lit mag

 

Humboldt State University

English Department

Writing Practices BA

Toyon - lit mag

 

Long Beach City College

English Department

Creative Writing program

 

Loyola Marymount University

English Department

Writing Emphasis

LA Miscellany campus lit mag

 

Mills College

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Writers Series

 

Monterey Peninsula College

Creative Writing classes

Amamnesis - campus lit mag

 

Palomar College

Bravura campus lit mag

 

Pasadena City College

English Department

Creative Writing

 

Pepperdine University / Seaver College

Humanities division

Creative Writing BA

Expressionists campus lit mag

 

Pomona College

English Department

Creative Writing

 

Saint Mary’s College of California

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

San Diego State University

English & Comparative Literature Department

English BA

pacific REVIEW lit mag

 

San Francisco State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

San Jose State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Sonoma State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Stanford University

English Department

Creative Writing Program

Stegner Fellowship

Leland Quarterly campus lit mag

 

University of California Berkeley

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of California Chico

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of California Davis

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of California Irvine

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of California Los Angeles

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of California Riverside

Creative Writing Department

Creative Writing BA

 

University of California San Bernardino

English Department

Creative Writing BA

Writing Center

 

University of California Santa Cruz

Literature Department

Creative Writing BA

 

University of Laverne

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of Redlands

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

University of Southern California

English Department

Creative Writing BA

 

Colorado

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Adams State College

English Program

Creative Writing major / minor

 

Arapahoe Community College

English Department

Creative Writing AA

Writers Studio

Progenitor campus lit mag

 

Colorado College

English Department

Creative Writing track

Visiting Writers Series

 

Colorado Mesa University

The Literary Review campus lit mag

 

Colorado State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Mesa State College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

The Literary Review campus lit mag

Pinyon national lit mag

 

Naropa University

The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

Writing & Literature BA

 

State College of Western Colorado

English Program

Creative Writing emphasis

WordHorde

 

University of Colorado Boulder

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

University of Colorado Colorado Springs

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of Colorado Denver

English Department

Creative Writing option

 

University of Denver

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Connecticut

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Central Connecticut State University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Connecticut College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Eastern Connecticut State University

English Department

Writing minor

 

Fairfield University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Southern Connecticut State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Trinity College

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

University of Connecticut

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Long River Review campus lit mag

 

University of Hartford

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Cardin Series

 

Wesleyan University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Shapiro Creative Writing Center

 

Yale University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

YUM campus lit mag

 

Washington D.C.

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American University

Literature Department

Creative Writing Minor

 

George Washington University

English Department

Creative Writing BA

Wooden Teeth campus lit mag

Le Culte du Moi campus lit mag

 

Georgetown University

English Department

Writing Program

 

Delaware

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University of Delaware

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Florida

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Broward College

P'an Ku campus lit mag

 

Eckerd College

Literature Department

Creative Writing BA

Eckerd Review campus lit mag

 

Flagler College

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Florida Gulf Coast University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

Mangrove Review campus lit mag

 

Florida State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

The Kudzu Review campus lit mag

 

Saint Leo University

English Department

Professional Writing specialization

 

Stetson University

English Department

Creative Writing BA

Touchstone campus lit mag

 

University of Central Florida

English Department

Creative Writing BA

The Cypress Dome campus lit mag

 

University of Florida

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of Miami

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of South Florida

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Thread campus lit mag

 

University of Tampa

English & Writing Department

Writing BA

Quilt campus lit mag

 

University of West Florida

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

The Troubadour campus lit mag

 

Georgia

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Agnes Scott College

English Department

Creative Writing major

Aurora campus lit mag

 

Berry College

English Department

Writing concentration

Ramifications campus lit mag

 

Brewton-Parker College

English Department

Creative Writing BFA

Oracle campus lit mag

 

Emory University

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

Georgia College & State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

The Peacock's Feet campus lit mag

 

Georgia Regents University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

The Sandhills Writers Conference

Sand Hills Magazine campus lit mag

 

Georgia Southern University

Writing & Linguistics Department

Writing & Linguistics BA

Creative Writing minor

Creative Writing Club

 

Georgia State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Visiting Writers Series

Underground campus lit mag

 

Mercer University

English Department

Creative Writing Track

The Dulcimer campus lit mag

 

Savannah College of Art and Design

Creative Writing overview

Creative Writing BFA

 

Spelman College

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of Georgia

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

stillpoint campus lit mag

 

University of West Georgia

English Department

Creative Writing minor

eclectic campus lit mag

 

Valdosta State University

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

Hawaii

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Hawai'i Pacific University

English Department

Writing minor

Wanderlust campus lit mag

 

University of Hawaii at Manoa

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Idaho

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Boise State University

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

College of Idaho

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

Idaho State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Black Rock & Sage campus lit mag

 

Lewis-Clark State College

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

University of Idaho

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Fugue national lit mag

 

Illinois

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Augustana College

SAGA campus lit mag

 

Bradley University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

Broadside campus lit mag

 

Benedictine University

Writing & Publishing BA

 

Chicago State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Columbia College Chicago

English Department

Poetry BA

Fiction BA/BFA

Creative Nonfiction BA / minor

Playwriting BA/BFA

 

DePaul University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Threshold campus lit mag

 

Eastern Illinois University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

English Club / Writer's Ink

 

Illinois State University

English Department

Writing minor

 

Illinois Wesleyan University

English Department

Writing concentration

Tributaries campus lit mag

 

Knox College

English Department

Creative Writing major

Catch campus lit mag

Cellar Door campus lit mag

Quiver campus genre webzines

 

Lewis University

English Department

Creative Writing major / Creative Writing minor

Jet Fuel Review lit mag

Windows campus lit mag

 

Loyola University Chicago

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Millikin University

English Department

Writing major

 

North Central College

English Department

Writing emphasis

North Central Review lit mag

 

Northwestern University

English Department

Creative Writing major

Prompt campus lit mag

 

Roosevelt University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Writing Department

Writing emphasis

 

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

English Department

Creative Writing specialization

Grassroots campus lit mag

 

University of Chicago

English Language & Literature Department

Creative Writing concentration

The Writer's Studio

 

University of Illinois at Chicago

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

Western Illinois University

English & Journalism Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Indiana

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Ball State University

English Department

Creative Writing major

The Broken Plate campus lit mag

 

Butler University

English department

Creative Writing concentration

Writer's Studio

 

Calumet College of St. Joseph

English & Professional Writing program

Against the Grain campus lit mag

 

DePauw University

English Department

Writing major

A Midwestern Review campus lit mag

 

Earlham College

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Indiana State University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Indiana University Bloomington

English Department

Creative Writing concentration / minor

 

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

English Department

Creative Writing program

 

Indiana University South Bend

English Department

Creative Writing program

 

Indiana Wesleyan University

Modern Language & Literature Division

Writing major / Writing minor

Caesura campus lit mag

 

Purdue University

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

Saint Mary's College

English Literature & Writing Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

Taylor University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of Evansville

English Department

Creative Writing BA/BFA

Ohio River Review campus lit mag

 

University of Indianapolis

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

University of Southern Indiana

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Amalgam campus multidisciplinary journal

FishHook campus lit mag

 

Valparaiso University

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

Wabash College

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Iowa

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Central College

English Department

Writing emphasis

 

Coe College

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

Babel campus lit mag

Fantasticoe campus lit mag

The Pearl campus nonfiction mag

 

Drake University

English Department

Writing major / minor

Periphery campus lit mag

 

Grinnell College

English Department

Creative Writing

Grinnell Review campus lit mag

 

Loras College

English Department

Creative Writing program

The Limestone Review campus lit/scholarly mag

 

Morningside College

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of Iowa

English Department

Creative Writing track

 

University of Northern Iowa

Languages & Literatures Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Kansas

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Emporia State University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

Quivira campus lit mag

 

Kansas State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Pittsburg State University

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of Kansas

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Wichita State University

English Department

 

Kentucky

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Asbury University

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

Centre College

English Department

Creative Writing minor

Vantage Point campus lit mag

 

Eastern Kentucky University

English & Theatre Department

Creative Writing option

Aurora campus lit mag

 

Morehead State University

English Department

Creative Writing BFA

Inscape campus lit mag

 

Murray State University

English & Philosophy Department

Creative Writing BA, BFA

 

Northern Kentucky University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Spalding University

Creative Writing BFA

 

Thomas More College

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

Western Kentucky University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration / minor

 

Louisiana

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Louisiana State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

delta campus lit mag

 

Loyola University New Orleans

English Department

Writing Concentration

 

Tulane University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Tulane Literary Society

 

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

English Department

Creative Writing BA

 

University of Louisiana Monroe

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Helicon campus lit mag

 

University of New Orleans

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Ellipsis campus lit mag

 

Xavier University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

New Voices campus lit mag

 

Maine

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Bowdoin College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Colby College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Podcasts Visiting Writers Series

 

University of Maine at Farmington

English Department

Creative Writing BFA

 

University of Maine at Orono

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

National Poetry Foundation

 

University of Southern Maine

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Maryland

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Bowie State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Frostburg State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Frostburg Center for Creative Writing

Bittersweet campus lit mag

 

Goucher College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Preface campus lit mag

Kratz Center for Creative Writing

 

Johns Hopkins University

English Department

Writing Seminars

Writing Seminars major

Word Planet campus lit mag

 

Loyola College

Writing Department

Writing major

Writing minor

Modern Masters Reading Series

 

Montgomery College - Rockville

English Department

Creative Writing

The Red Jacket campus lit mag

 

Mount St. Mary's University

Lighted Corners campus lit mag

 

Salisbury University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Towson University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of Baltimore

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of Maryland - Baltimore County

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of Maryland - College Park

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Stylus campus lit mag

 

Washington College

English Department

Creative Writing minor

Rose O'Neill Literary House

 

Massachusetts

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Amherst College

English Department

Creative Writing Center

 

Bentley University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration / minor

 

Boston College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

The Stylus campus lit mag

 

Boston University

English Department

Creative Writing classes

Clarion lit mag

 

Brandeis University

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

Where the Children Play campus lit mag

Laurel Moon campus lit mag

 

Bridgewater State College

English Department

Writing concentration

The Bridge campus lit mag

 

Curry College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Emerson College

Writing, Literature & Publishing Department

Writing, Literature & Publishing BA, BFA

 

Harvard University

English Department

Creative Writing program

The Harvard Advocate campus lit mag

 

Holyoke Community College

Creative Writing AA

Pulp City campus lit mag

 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Writing and Humanistic Studies

Creative Writing concentration

 

Northeastern University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

Hanson Writing Competition

Spectrum campus lit mag

 

Salem State College

English Department

Creative Writing Concentration

 

Smith College

English Language and Literature

Creative Writing classes

The Poetry Center at Smith College

 

Tufts University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of Massachusetts - Amherst

English Department

Creative Writing Specialization

 

University of Massachusetts - Boston

English Department

Creative Writing minor

The Watermark campus lit mag

 

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

English Department

Creative Writing option

Temper campus lit mag

 

Wellesley College

English Department

Creative Writing Program

 

Western New England College

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

Williams College

English Department

Creative Writing honors

 

Michigan

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Albion College

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Albion Review lit mag

 

Adrian College

English Department

Writing emphasis

Opportunities/Organizations

The Star campus nonfiction mag

 

Calvin College

English Department

Writing minor

Festival of Faith and Writing

 

Central Michigan University

English Language & Literature Department

Creative Writing concentration

Central Review campus lit mag

 

Eastern Michigan University

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

Bathhouse campus lit mag

Bathhouse Reading Series

 

Grand Valley State University

Writing Department

Creative Writing emphasis

fishladder campus lit mag

Vinette campus nonfiction mag

Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series

 

Hope College

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

OPUS campus lit mag

 

Michigan State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Red Cedar Review lit mag

 

Northern Michigan University

English Department

Writing minor

The Lightkeeper campus lit mag

 

Saginaw Valley State University

English Department

Creative Writing major

Cardinal Sins

 

Siena Heights University

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

University of Michigan

English Department

Creative Writing program

 

Wayne State University

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

Western Michigan University

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Minnesota

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Augsburg College

English Department

Writing concentration

Murphy Square campus lit mag

 

Bemidji State University

English Department

Creative Writing BFA

Rivers Meeting campus lit mag

 

Bethel University

English Department

English Literature & Writing major / Creative Writing minor

 

Carleton College

English Department

Creative Writing option

Creative Writing Contests

 

College of Saint Benedict

English Department

Writing minor

Literary Arts Institute

Writers Writing

 

Concordia College

English Department

Writing major

 

Hamline University

English Department

Creative Writing BFA

Creative Writing concentration

Creative Writing minor

 

Macalester College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Minnesota State University Mankato

English Department

Creative Writing BS, BA, BFA / minor

 

Normandale Community College

Creative Writing AFA

 

North Hennepin Community College

Creative Writing AFA

 

St. Catherine University

English Department

Writing concentration

 

St. Cloud State University

English Department

Creative Writing BA

Upper Mississippi Harvest campus lit mag

 

St. Olaf College

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

Southwest Minnesota State University

English Department

Literature/Creative Writing BA

 

University of Minnesota

English Department

Creative Writing program

Ivory Tower campus lit mag

dislocate national lit mag

VG/Voices From the Gaps Women Writers and Artists of Color

 

University of St. Thomas

English Department

Writing emphasis

 

Winona State University

English Department

Writing concentration

 

Mississippi

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Belhaven College

English Department

Creative Writing BFA

The Brogue campus lit mag

 

Delta State University

English Department

 

Millsaps College

The Stylus campus lit mag

 

Mississippi State University

English Department

Creative Writing BA

 

Mississippi University for Women

Languages, Literature & Philosophy Department

Creative Writing concentration

The Dilettanti campus lit mag

 

Missouri

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Drury University

English Department

Writing major / minor

Currents campus lit mag

 

Lindenwood University

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Missouri Southern State University

English & Philosophy Department

Creative Writing BA

bordertown campus lit mag

 

Missouri State University

English Department

Creative Writing BA

 

Northwest Missouri State University

English & Modern Languages Department

Writing minor

 

St. Louis University

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Creative Writing minor

Creative & Professional Writing certificate

Kiln campus lit mag

 

Southeast Missouri State University

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor, Small Press Publishing minor

Journey campus lit mag

 

Stephens College

Creative Writing BFA

 

Truman State University

English & Linguistics Department

Creative Writing BFA (pending approval)

Windfall campus lit mag

 

University of Central Missouri

English & Philosophy Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of Missouri

English Department

Creative Writing program

 

University of Missouri-Kansas City

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Montana

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Montana State University, Billings

English & Philosophy Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Rocky Mountain College

Creative Writing BA

 

University of Montana

English Department

Creative Writing program

The Oval lit mag

 

Nebraska

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Creighton University

English Department

 

University of Nebraska, Kearney

English Department

Writing emphasis

The Carillon campus lit mag

Reynolds Review campus lit mag

 

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of Nebraska, Omaha

English Department

Creative Nonfiction concentration

 

Nevada

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College of Southern Nevada

English Department

Creative Writing AA

Red Rock Review lit mag

 

New Hampshire

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Chester College of New England

Creative & Professional Writing Program

Turnstyle Creative Writing Program - summer program for high school students

Compass Rose lit mag

 

Colby-Sawyer College

Humanities Department

Creative Writing BA / minor

Chargeusse campus lit mag

 

Dartmouth College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Franklin Pierce University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Nevermore campus lit mag

 

New England College

English Department

Creative Writing BA

 

Southern New Hampshire University

English Department

Creative Writing BA

 

University of New Hampshire

English Department

Writing minor

 

New Jersey

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College of New Jersey

English Department

Creative Writing minor

Lion's Eye campus lit mag

 

Drew University

English Department

Writing minor

 

Fairleigh Dickinson University

English Department

Creative Writing BA

 

Kean University

English Department

Writing option

Creation Space campus lit mag

 

Montclair State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Princeton University

Creative Writing BA

The Nassau Literary Review campus lit mag

 

Ramapo University

Trillium campus lit mag

 

Richard Stockton College

Arts & Humanities Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Rowan University

Writing Arts Department

Creative Writing concentration

Avant campus lit mag

 

Rutgers University - Camden

English Department

Creative Writing option

Writers House

 

Rutgers University - Newark

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

William Patterson University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

New Mexico

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Institute of American Indian Arts

Creative Writing Program

Creative Writing AFA, BFA

 

New Mexico Highlands University

Picayune Literary Magazine campus lit mag

 

New Mexico State University

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Santa Fe Community College

School of Liberal Arts and Core Studies

Creative Writing certificate

 

Santa Fe University of Art & Design [formerly College of Santa Fe]

Creative Writing Department

Creative Writing BA

Glyph - campus lit mag

 

University of New Mexico

English Language & Literature Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

New York

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Adelphi University

English Department

Creative Writing track

 

Barnard

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Baruch College

English Department

Creative Writing specialization

Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program

Encounters campus lit mag

 

Binghamton University - SUNY

English, General Literature & Rhetoric Department

Creative Writing specialization

Ellipsis campus lit mag

 

Brooklyn College of CUNY

English Department

Creative Writing BFA

 

Canisius College

English Department

Creative Writing program

Quadrangle campus lit mag

 

Colgate University

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Creative Writing Fellowship

 

College of Saint Rose

English Department

Writing minor

 

Columbia University School of the Arts

English & Comparative Literature Department

Creative Writing major

Quarto campus lit mag

 

Cornell University

English Department

Creative Writing concentratiion

Writers at Cornell blog

Rainy Day campus lit mag

 

Dowling College

School of Arts & Sciences

Creative Writing track

 

Dutchess Community College - SUNY

English & Humanities Department

Creative Writing AA

 

Fordham University

English Department

Creative Writing option

 

Hamilton College

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

Hobart & William Smith Colleges

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Thel campus lit mag

 

Hofstra University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Font campus lit mag

 

Hunter College -CUNY

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

The Olive Tree Review campus lit mag

 

Ithaca College

Writing Department

Writing BA

 

Keuka College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Le Moyne College

English Department

Creative Writing Program

 

Long Island University, Brooklyn

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Downtown Brooklyn campus lit mag

 

Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus

English Department

Writing concentration

Poetry Center

Confrontation lit mag

 

Manhattanville College

English Department

Creative & Professional Writing concentration

 

Marymount Manhattan

English Department

Creative Writing minor

The Marymount Manhattan Review campus lit mag

 

Medaille College

English Department

Medaille Prelude campus lit mag

Write Thing Reading Series

 

Nassau Community College

English Department

Creative Writing Project

Luna campus lit mag

 

The New School

Riggio Honors Program: Writing & Democracy

12th Street campus lit mag

 

New York University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

West 10th campus lit mag

 

New York University School of Continuing Studies

Creative Writing concentration

 

Pace University - NYC

English Department

Writing & Literature concentration

English/Publishing BA/MS

Aphros campus lit mag

 

Pace University - Pleasantville

English & Modern Language Studies Department

Creative Writing minor

VOX campus literary magazine

 

Pratt Institute

Writing Program

Writing BFA

 

Purchase College - SUNY

School of Humanities

Creative Writing BA

 

St. John's University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

St. Lawrence University

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

Sarah Lawrence College

Writing Program

 

Skidmore College

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

State University of New York at Brockport

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Jigsaw campus lit mag

 

State University of New York at Buffalo

English Department

Creative Writing focus

 

State University of New York at Fredonia

English Department

Writing minor

 

State University of New York at Geneseo

English Department

Writing track

 

State University of New York at Oswego

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

State University of New York at Plattsburgh

English Department

Writing Arts BA

Z Platt campus lit mag

 

State University of New York at Postdam

English & Communication Department

Creative Writing BA / BFA

 

University of Rochester

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Vassar College

English Department

Creative Writing Program

 

North Carolina

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Appalachian State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

The Peel campus lit mag

 

Davidson College

English Department

Creative Writing courses

Libertas campus lit mag

 

Duke University

English Department

Creative Writing courses

The Archive campus lit mag

 

East Carolina University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Elon University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Colonnades campus lit mag

 

Gardner-Webb University

English Department

Creative Writing track

 

North Carolina State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Queens University

English Department

Creative Writing BA

 

St. Andrews Presbyterian College

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

Salem College

English program

Creative Writing program

 

University of North Carolina-Asheville

Literature & Language Department

Creative Writing major

 

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

English & Comparative Literature Department

Creative Writing program

 

University of North Carolina-Greensboro

English Department

Creative Writing courses

 

University of North Carolina-Wilmington

English Department

Creative Writing BFA

 

Wake Forest University

English Department

Creative Writing courses

 

Warren Wilson College

English Department

Creative Writing Program major / minor

 

Western Carolina University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

North Dakota

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University of North Dakota

English Department

Writing & Editing certificate

 

Ohio

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Ashland University

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

Bluffton University

English/Language Department

Writing minor

 

Bowling Green State University

English Department

Creative Writing Program

Creative Writing BFA

 

Capital University

English Department

Creative Writing major

ReCap capus lit mag

 

Case Western Reserve University

English Department

Creative Writing courses

 

Cleveland State University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Split Lark reading series

 

College of Wooster

English Department

Year One campus lit mag

 

Denison University

English Department

Writing concentration

Exile campus lit mag

 

Hiram College

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

John Carroll University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

John Carroll Review campus lit mag

 

Kent State University

English Department

Writing minor

Wick Poetry Center

 

Kenyon College

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Marietta College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Miami University

English Department

Creative Writing major

Inklings campus lit mag

 

Oberlin College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Ohio Northern University

English Department

Creative Writing major

Polaris campus lit mag

 

Ohio State University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Ohio University

English Department

Creative Writing BA

Sphere campus lit mag

 

Ohio Wesleyan University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Otterbein College

English Department

Creative Writing major

Quiz & Quill campus lit mag

 

Tiffin University

School of Arts & Sciences

Creative Writing minor

 

University of Akron

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of Cincinnati

English & Comparative Literature Department

Creative Writing major

 

University of Findlay

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of Toledo

English Language & Literature Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Wittenberg University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Wright State University

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Youngstown State University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

Poetry Center

 

Oklahoma

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Cameron University

English & Foreign Languages Department

Creative Writing track

 

Oklahoma City University

English Department

Writing Track

The Scarab campus lit mag

 

Oklahoma State University

English Department

Creative Writing option

 

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

English Department

English BA

 

University of Central Oklahoma

English Department

Creative Writing major

Creative Studies Writers' Institute

Arcadia lit mag

New Plains Review journal of social commentary

 

University of Oklahoma

English Department

Writing track

 

Oregon

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Clackamas Community College

English Department

Creative Writing courses

 

Eastern Oregon University

English/Writing program

Writing concentration

Oregon East campus lit mag

 

Lewis & Clark College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

The Lewis & Clark Literary Review

 

Linfield College

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

Marylhurst University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

M Review campus lit mag

 

Oregon State University

School of Writing, Literature, & Film

Writing minor

 

Pacific University

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

Portland Community College

Creative Writing courses

Alchemy campus lit mag

 

Portland State University

English Department

Writing minor

 

Southern Oregon University

English & Writing program

Creative Writing concentration

Cognito campus lit mag

West Wind Review lit mag

 

University of Oregon

English Department

Creative Writing minor

Northwest Review lit mag

 

Western Oregon University

English Department

Writing major / minor

 

Willamette University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Pennsylvania

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Allegheny College

English Department

Creative Writing track

The Allegheny Review lit mag

 

Arcadia University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Bucknell University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Cabrini College

Woodcrest campus lit mag

 

Carlow University

Humanities Division

Creative Writing minor

 

Carnegie Mellon University

English Department

Creative Writing BA

Gladys Schmitt Creative Writing Center

The Oakland Review campus lit mag

 

Cedar Crest College

English program

Writing concentration

Writing minor

 

Chatham University

English Department

Creative Writing BFA

Minor Bird campus lit mag

 

Clarion University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Dickinson College

English Department

Creative Writing minor

The Dickinson Review campus lit mag

 

Drexel University

English & Philosophy Department

Writing & Publishing certificate program

Maya campus lit mag

 

Duquesne University

English Department

Writing concentration

 

Franklin & Marshall College

English Department

Creative Writing track

 Dispatch campus nonfiction mag

Plume campus lit mag

 

Gannon University

English Department

Writing empahsis

Totem campus lit mag

 

Gettysburg College

English Department

Writing concentration / minor

The Mercury campus lit mag

 

Haverford College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

The Haverford Review campus lit mag

 

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

English Department

Writing minor

New Growth Arts Review campus lit mag

 

Kutztown University

English Department

Professional Writing BA

Shoofly campus lit mag

 

LaSalle University

English Department

Writing track

 

Lehigh University

English Department

Creative Writing program

 

Lock Haven University

English Department

Writing concentration

The Crucible campus lit mag

 

Lycoming College

English Department

Creative Writing major

Tributary campus lit mag

 

Mercyhurst College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration / minor

 

Penn State

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Center for American Literary Studies

Kalliope campus lit mag

 

Penn State-Altoona

English program

Creative Writing major / minor

Hard Freight campus lit mag

 

Penn State-Erie

English program

Creative Writing major

 

Robert Morris University

Rune campus lit mag

 

St. Vincent College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Generation campus lit mag

 

Seton Hill University

English Department

Creative Writing specialization

Eye Contact campus lit mag

 

Slippery Rock University

English Department

Creative Writing BS

 

Susquehanna University

English & Creative Writing Department

Creative Writing major / minor

Writers Institute

FUSE (Forum for Undergraduate Student Editors)

Essay campus nonfiction mag

RiverCraft campus lit mag

The Susquehanna Review national undergrad lit mag

 

Swarthmore College

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of Pennsylvania

Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing

Creative Writing major / minor

The Kelly Writers House

 

University of Pittsburgh

English Department

Writing major

Collision campus lit mag

 

University of Pittsburgh-Bradford

Writing BA

 

University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg

English Department

Writing major

 

University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

Writing Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of Scranton

English & Theatre Department

Creative Writing program

Esprit campus lit mag

 

Ursinus College

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Waynesburg University

English & Foreign Languages Department

Creative Writing track

 

West Chester University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

Poetry Center

 

Wilson College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Bottom Shelf Review campus lit mag

 

York College

English & Humanities Department

Professional Writing major

Creative Writing minor

The York Review campus lit mag

 

Rhode Island

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Brown University

English Department

Literary Arts Program

Honors in Creative Writing

Honors in Nonfiction Writing

Prospect campus nonfiction mag

SOMOS campus lit mag

 

Bryant University

Literary & Cultural Studies Department

Professional & Creative Writing minor

 

Providence College

English Department

Creative Writing major / Writing minor

 

Rhode Island College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Shoreline campus lit mag

 

Rhode Island School of Design

English Department

English concentration

 

Roger Williams University

Creative Writing Department

Creative Writing BFA

 

University of Rhode Island

English Department

Creative Writing focus

 

South Carolina

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Clemson University

English Department

Creative Writing focus

 

College of Charleston

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

Creative Writing minor

Miscellany campus lit mag

 

Converse College

English Department

Creative Writing BA, BFA

Concept campus lit mag

 

Francis Marion University

English Department

Professional Writing major

Snow Island Review campus lit mag

 

Presbyterian College

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of South Carolina

English Department

Writing Intensive major

 

Winthrop University

English Department

Writing major / minor

 

South Dakota

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Dakota Wesleyan University

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Prairie Winds campus lit mag

 

University of South Dakota

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Vermillion Literary Project

 

Tennessee

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Austin Peay State University

Languages & Literature Department

Creative Writing minor

The Red Mud Review campus lit mag

 

Belmont University

English Department

Writing emphasis

 

Carson-Newman College

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Fisk University

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Rhodes College

English Department

Literature & Creative Writing concentration

The Southwestern Review campus lit mag

 

Tusculum College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

The University of Memphis

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

English Department

Writing concentration

 

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Vanderbilt University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Texas

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Abilene Christian University

The Shinnery Review campus lit mag

 

Baylor University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

The Phoenix campus lit mag

 

Lamar University

English & Modern Languages Department

Writing concentration / minor

Pulse campus lit mag

 

Midland College

English Department

Creative Writing courses

 

Rice University

English Department

Creative Writing courses

R2: The Rice Review campus lit mag

 

St. Edward's University

School of Humanities

Creative Writing track

 

Sam Houston University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Southern Methodist University

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

Stephen F. Austin State University

English Department

Creative Writing BFA

 

Texas A&M University

English Department

Creative Writing Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Texas State University-San Marcos

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center

 

Texas Tech University

English Department

English BA

Harbinger campus lit mag

 

Trinity University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of Houston

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of North Texas

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

North Texas Review campus lit mag

 

University of St. Thomas

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of Texas at Dallas

Art & Performance Department

Creative Writing empahsis / minor

 

University of Texas at El Paso

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

University of Texas Pan American

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of Texas at San Antonio

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Utah

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Brigham Young University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of Utah

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Utah State University

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Scribendi campus lit mag

 

Vermont

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Burlington College

Writing & Literature major

 

Goddard College

Creative Writing BFA

Guideword campus lit mag

 

Johnson State College

Writing & Literature Department

Creative Writing BFA

Gihon River Review campus lit mag

 

Marlboro College

Literature program

Writing program

 

Middlebury College

English & American Literatures Department

Creative Writing program

 

Southern Vermont College

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

University of Vermont

English Department

Writing emphasis

Virginia

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Averett University

Ember campus lit mag

 

Bennington College

plain china campus lit mag

 

College of William & Mary

English Department

Creative Writing honors program

 

Emory & Henry College

English Program - Literature & Creative Writing BA

Ampersand campus lit mag

 

George Mason University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Hollins University

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

Jackson Center for Creative Writing

 

James Madison University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Longwood University

English & Modern Languages Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

Lynchburg College

English Department

Agora campus nonfiction mag

The Prism campus lit mag

 

Marymount University

English Department

Writing track

blueInk campus lit mag

Magnificat campus nonfiction mag

A Literary Newsletter (department blog)

 

Old Dominion University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Radford University

English Department

Technical/Business Writing minor

 

Randolph College

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Randolph-Macon College

English Department

Writing minor

 

Roanoke College

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Sweet Briar College

English Department

English & Creative Writing major

English Journal campus lit mag

Red Clay campus lit mag

 

University of Mary Washington

English, Linguistics & Communication Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of Richmond

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

University of Virginia

English Department

Poetry Writing program

 

Virginia Commonwealth University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

Virginia Intermont College

Literature & Creative Writing BA

 

Virginia Tech

English Department

Creative Writing option

 

Washington and Lee University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Washington

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Antioch University Seattle

Writing focus

 

Central Washington University

English Department

Creative Writing minor

Manastash campus lit mag

 

Eastern Washington University

Creative Writing Program

Creative Writing emphasis

 

Seattle Pacific University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of Puget Sound

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of Washington

English Department

Creative Writing option

Bricolage campus lit mag

 

Walla Walla University

English Department

Writing concentration

Gadfly campus lit mag

 

Washington State University

English Department

Creative Writing option

 

Western Washington University

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Jeopardy campus lit mag

 

West Virginia

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Alderson Broaddus College

Creative Writing major

 

Marshall University

English Department

Creative Writing option

Et Cetera campus lit mag

 

West Virginia University

English Department

Creative Writing concentration / minor

 

Wisconsin

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Beloit College

English Department

Creative Writing major

 

Carthage College

English Department

Creative Writing major

Centrique Campus Lit Mag

 

Lakeland College

Writing major

 

Lawrence University

English Department

Creative Writing courses

 

Marquette University

English Department

Writing Intensive major

 

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

NOTA campus lit mag

 

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

Sheepshead Review campus lit mag

 

University of Wisconsin-Madison

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

English Department

Creative Writing track

 

University of Wisconsin-River Falls

English Department

Creative Writing emphasis

 

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

English Department

Writing minor

 

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Languages & Literature Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

Wyoming

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University of Wyoming

English Department

Creative Writing minor

 

Canada

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Capilano University

English Department

Creative Writing AA

 

Concordia University

English Department

Creative Writing program

Special Opportunities

AfterWork campus lit mag

 

Grant MacEwan College

English Department

Creative Writing courses

 

Okanagan College

English Department

Writing & Publishing AA

Vertigo Voices reading series

 

University of Alberta

English Department

Creative Writing major / minor

 

University of British Columbia

English Department

Creative Writing BFA

 

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Creative Writing BA

Lake lit mag

 

University of Calgary

English Department

Creative Writing concentration

 

University of New Brunswick

English Department

Creative Writing option

 

University of Victoria

Writing Department

Writing major / minor

 

University of Windsor

English Department

English Literature & Creative Writing BA

Generation Magazine campus lit mag

 

York University

English Department

Creative Writing BA

 

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