Creative Writing
The stories we tell matter. And in creative writing, the matter is both what story you tell and how you tell it. Wheaton’s creative writing program offers both introductory and advanced courses in poetry, playwriting, fiction, and nonfiction. Students attend workshops, where they share their work and receive feedback from the professor and one another. Many students go on to share work with the broader community, whether on the physical page, online, or from the stage. A degree in creative writing could be the first chapter in your publishing career or the foreword to earning your MFA.
For questions, please contact the Creative Writing Coordinator, Kent Shaw.
Major
100% of Creative Writing majors from the past five years have found employment or achieved a service opportunity within six months of graduation *
Recent Graduates
Sample First Jobs
- Assistant, Alice Hoffman Writing
- Deputy Field House Director, New Hampshire Democratic Party
- Executive Project Assistant, Hachette Book Group
- Public Relations, Racepoint Global
- Teacher, New England Center for Children
Sample Graduate Schools
- Middlebury College
- New York University
- Northeastern University
- University of Vermont
*outcomes data is based on a knowledge rate of 58% for the classes of 2014-2018
Student-run literary magazines
Play festivals
Wheaton offers a vibrant, collaborative setting for aspiring writers. The Creative Writing program hosts two annual play festivals, where students produce and perform one-act plays that were written by students. The week of the festival is alive with activity. It opens with a prompt is provided to the student body. Then plays are selected from the student submissions. Rehearsals and direction then lead up to a performance at the Kresge Experimental Theatre to a packed house.
Department
Offered by the English department.