Events
2013 Summer Writers Conference
News & Accolades
MFA alumni books to be television series: Shawna Kenney '07 (produced by Vince Vaughn) & Jason Mott '08 (produced by Brad Pitt)
MFA student book trailers! Michelle Crouch, Chrissy Hennessey & Drew Krepp
Karen Bender publishes new novel, A Town of Empty Rooms
Philip Gerard publishes new book, Down the Wild Cape Fear
Rebecca Lee publishes new book, Bobcat and Other Stories
Malena Mörling publishes new book of poetry translations, On Foot I Wandered Through the Solar Systems
Books published by our students and alumni
The Coast Line Winter 2013: Newsletter of the Department of Creative Writing
Aspiring Writers
Publish Your Book
Submit to Chautauqua or Ecotone
Youth Camp/Outreach
Outfitted in their William Faulkner T-shirts, the participants in Young Writers Week 2012 get a little wacky on the final day of camp, June 23, 2012.
(Photo by Elizabeth Radnothy, camp intern.)
Young Writers Workshop
The Young Writers Workshop is an annual five-day conference that brings together up to 35 high school students from across North Carolina and the region to study the craft of writing on the UNC Wilmington campus. The workshop is organized and operated by UNCW's Department of Creative Writing, and camp participants have the opportunity to study with published, working writers—faculty members and students in the department's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program. More >
Writers in Action
Writers in Action (WIA) enables MFA candidates to become agents of social change with a creative-writing focused arts-in-education program that connects MFA students with public schools and community-based organizations (CBOs) in Wilmington. MFA students work with students ages 7-18 in a classroom-style setting and create their own curricula tailored to the needs of their students. MFA students work in tandem with community members to create a rooted, solidified cultural community that empowers residents to channel their voices into art, and their art into action. More >
Teens Out Loud
In Spring 2009, Writers in Action collaborated with Linda Connor, BSW, of Duke Medical Center and The Publishing Laboratory to offer a writing course to local teens diagnosed with HIV and AIDS. The course, organized and taught by Chris Guppy (MFA 2011), was called "Teens Out Loud." More >
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