Creative Writing Minor
We're pleased to offer students rigorous and diverse coursework in fiction and poetry, as well as a variety of electives in drama, creative nonfiction and screenwriting. Over the years we've been proud to host many great writers on campus, including Joy Harjo, Charles Wright, Tayari Jones, Ron Rash, Fred Chappell, James Dickey, Cris Mazza, Li-Young Lee, Robert Bausch and many others. Each spring ETSU sponsors a creative writing festival, ETSU Celebrates Creative Writing, which features workshops and readings from writers around the country.
We have several scholarship opportunities available.
- Out-of-state creative writing students should check out our Creative Arts Scholarship.
- ETSU offers Fine & Performing Arts Scholarships for creative writers through the Honors College.
The Department of Literature and Language sponsors:
- ETSU Creative Writing Society
- The Mockingbird, our student-run literary journal
- Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, an international journal featuring writing on the intersection of sport and literature.
The minor is open to students majoring in any discipline. We will update this space regularly with news on events and opportunities in creative writing here at ETSU and across the region.
Feel free to contact the Director of the Creative Writing Minor, Dr. Mark Baumgartner, if you have any questions.
On November 14th, 2013, poets from across East Tennessee gathered at the Carroll Reece Museum, ETSU, to celebrate the release of The Southern Poetry Anthology Volume VI: Tennessee.
News and Events:
3 Emerging Writers Series
Halle Hill, Anna Laura Reeve, and Annie Woodford
February 12: 1:40-3 PM: A Conversation about Writing
4 PM: Reading
Both events are free to the public and will be held in the Reece Museum
Black American Writers Series
Sheree Renée Thomas
March 27: 1:40 session in the Reece Museum
7:30 reading in the Bud Frank Theatre
Both events are free and open to the public
Spring Literary Festival
Rita Dove, Catherine Pritchard Childress, George Singleton, Sarah Pinsker, Danielle Byington, and Lydia Copeland Gwyn
April 17-18: Full schedule will be available soon
All events are free and open to the public
Be sure to check out The Bert C. Bach Written Word Initiative and ETSU's Black American Writers Series for more info on upcoming events.