Creative Writing

The English Department’s Creative Writing program offers an array of courses from an introduction to creative writing to courses on poetry and novels.  In 2010, Thomas Mallon and Edward P. Jones  joined the Creative Writing's team of professors who are nationally and internationally recognized writers.

Students may choose to major or minor in creative writing and should refer to the Program of Study for prerequisites and requirements.

Below is information on our Free Community Workshop for the Fall Semester 2011 and for our job announcement for the Jenny McKean Moore Writer in Washington position for 2012-2013.

Jenny McKean Moore Free Community Workshop

Fall 2011 – ART OF THE STORY

Tuesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

September 13 – December 6, 2011

Led by Tim Johnston 

Come and take part in a semester-long fiction workshop! To apply, you do not need academic qualifications or publications.  The class will include some readings, writing exercises, and inducements to revise, but will mainly be a roundtable critique of work submitted by class members.  There are no fees to participate in the class, but you will be responsible for making enough copies of your stories for all fifteen participants.  Students at Consortium schools (including GWU) are not eligible.   

To apply, please submit a letter of interest and a 5-10 page sample of your writing. Make sure you include your name, address, home and work telephone numbers, and email address.  If you wish to have your sample returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.  Applications must be received at the following address by close of business on Wednesday, 31 August 2011:

JMM Fiction Workshop
Department of English
The George Washington University
801 22nd Street, NW (Suite 760)                                                  
Washington, DC 20052

Tim Johnston is the Jenny McKean Moore Writer in Washington for 2011-2012.

He is the author of the prize-winning story collection Irish Girl, and the novel Never So Green.

 

The George Washington University is an equal opportunity institution.

Job announcement will be posted soon.

Wordsmith of Washington

Critically acclaimed novelist Thomas Mallon became director of the Creative Writing Program in the spring of 2010. While Dr. Mallon believes students need to have a certain amount of imagination to succeed in a creative writing class, he believes a lot of students don’t realize how much imagination they have until they are pressured to use it.