Creative Writing
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The Department of English offers workshop courses in the writing of fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction for those students who wish to gain experience in creative writing. Students are encouraged to submit their work to college publications such as Manuscript and to enter Carleton's literary contests. |
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Professors of creative writing on the Carleton English faculty this year include poets Gregory Hewett and Susan Jaret McKinstry, and novelist Gregory Blake Smith. In addition to the courses offered by Carleton faculty members, the department brings visiting writers to campus to read and to conduct workshops in their specialties. Visitors in recent years have included playwrights Lee Blessing, Barbara Field, Tony Kushner, and Bridget Carpenter; memoirists Carol Bly and Patricia Hampl; poets Robert Creeley, Carolyn Forche, Donald Justice, Czeslaw Milos, Alberto Rios, and Cole Swensen; fiction-writers Paule Marshall, Ann Beattie, Alison McGhee, John Updike, Kate Wenner, and Carleton graduate, Jane Hamilton. |
| Creative Writing Courses: Academic Year 2007-2008: |
| The courses scheduled for 2007-2008 are listed below. |
| Fall Term: |
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ENGL 260: Introduction to Creative Writing - Gregory Hewett |
| ENGL 270: The Crafts of Writing: The Short Story - Gregory Blake Smith |
| Winter Term: |
| ENGL 260: Introduction to Creative Writing - Susan Jaret McKinstry |
| ENGL 270: The Crafts of Writing: The Short Story - Gregory Blake Smith |
| ENGL 271: The Crafts of Writing: Poetry - Gregory Hewett |
| Spring Term: |
| ENGL 260: Introduction to Creative Writing - Staff |
| ENGL 370: Advanced Crafts of Writing: The Short Story - Gregory Blake Smith |
| Please read the registration instructions given below. Final enrollment is based on the quality of the submitted work. This course may be repeated for credit, but English majors may count it as an Advanced English Course only once. |
| ENGL 371: Advanced Crafts of Writing: Poetry - Gregory Hewett |
| Please read the registration instructions given below. Final enrollment is based on the quality of the submitted work. |
Instructions for registering for ENGL 370 and ENGL 371: Admission to English 370 and 371 is based on writing samples provided by the students, preferably a small group of poems for 371 and a short story for 370. Final enrollment is based on the quality of the submitted work. The process involves the following three steps: (1) Put your submission into a designated box in the English Office, Laird 208, by the last day of registration for Spring Term. (2) When you register, the Registrar will place you on the waitlist for the class. Perhaps it would be wise to sign up for an alternate course. (3) By the last day of classes, you will be notified about whether or not you have been accepted into the class. |
Creative Writing Contests
Information about the Creative Writing Contests sponsored by Carleton College.Student Workshop Anthologies
This page showcases work by student creative writers.
