Creative Writing - Salem College

Creative Writing from Salem College is a Campus Bachelor Writing degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The creative writing major provides talented writing students an opportunity to enhance their powers of expression through the close reading of literature, the free exchange of ideas and the production of original works of poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. Your Program When you major in creative writing you declare a genre of emphasis in poetry, fiction or - unusual among college writing majors -- creative non-fiction. You will also take a course in Special Topics, which could include screenwriting, novel writing , Sudden Fiction, epic or lyric poetry or connected short fiction. Your major study will culminate in a Senior Seminar, in which you produce a significant portfolio of writing to present to the English department faculty for critique. Your Experience Creative writers are a special breed of students. Your interests are often eclectic and always innovative. Those diverse interests are well served by intimate classes that meet in workshop settings to enable collective learning. You will be encouraged to publish poetry, fiction and non-fiction in the student literary magazine, Incunabula, as well as to be part of the two honors societies, Sigma Tau Delta or Alpha Eta Kappa. You will also want to meet fellow student writers outside of class hours to work as a writing group, reading and critiquing each other's work. You also have the opportunity to evaluate entries for the Salem College National Literary Awards, making you more familiar with elements involved in the literary and publishing worlds. Each semester culminates with a public reading where you may present your work to family, friends and the college community. A singular advantage to student writers is that you may participate in master classes taught by regionally and nationally recognized writers who are brought to campus each semester by The Center for Women Writers. View more details on Salem College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Writing courses.