Creative Writing

Congratulations to Sierra Cullars as the winner of the 2018-19 Truman Capote Literary Trust Scholarship in Creative Writing (poetry), and Leah Wingenroth as runner-up!
Jun 19, 2018

Congratulations to Sierra Cullars as the winner of the 2018-19 Truman Capote Literary Trust Scholarship in Creative Writing (poetry), and Leah Wingenr...

Joseph Bathanti wins Roanoke-Chowan Award
Oct 1, 2014

A big congratulations to Joseph Bathanti! Joseph's book Concertina has just won the Roanoke-Chowan Award given annually by the North Carolina Literary...

Creating Writing Alum Lisa Kwong included in 2014 Best New Poets Anthology
Aug 1, 2014

ASU creative writing alum Lisa Kwong has gone on to earn an MFA and has recently been selected by Dorianne Laux for inclusion in the 2014 Best New Poe...

Winners and Runners-up in our annual creative writing scholarship competitions announced!
Dec 8, 2013

Shane Margeson's poems were chosen by Richard Hague as first place poetry winner in the John Foster West Creative Writing Competition. That distinctio...

Creative Writing Club at Watauga County Public Library
May 19, 2012

For the second year, English students planned and led a 14-week Creative Writing Club for Kids at the Watauga County Public Library.Photographs: Marie...

Gurney Norman - Associate Professor, Director of Creative Writing

Gurney Norman, 2012 Rachel Rivers-Coffey Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
Mar 8, 2012

Gurney Norman has been a member of the University of Kentucky Department of English since 1979 and currently serves as the department's Director of Cr...