Teaching in the Department
of Creative Writing
Established in 1999 with just three
faculty members, UNCW's Department of Creative Writing now boasts a faculty
of fourteen. In less than a decade, the department has made its mark as
one of the most interesting young MFA programs in the country.
"It is so exciting to be
involved with a program that is so young and so vibrant," says faculty
member Karen Bender, author of Like
Normal People (Houghton Mifflin, 2000). "Where else can you
get such personal attention from such a talented, dedicated faculty? UNCW
keeps the right balance between a small, supportive community of writers
and outsized ambition."
The department's permanant faculty
is augmented annually by a diverse and accomplished group of visiting
writers. The dozen or so visiting writers
and readers each year share their work with graduate and undergraduate
students, conduct workshops and seminars, and offer advice about the craft
of writing and the business of publishing. Guests have included winners
of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and Walt Whitman Award.
Each spring creative writing
classes are suspended for a week for our Writers'
Week, an intense schedule of workshops, readings, and one-on-one manuscript
conferences.
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