On Campus Opportunities in Creative Writing
The Bellflower Group is the first creative writing interest group for all undergraduates across Northeast Ohio, hosted on the campus of Case Western Reserve University. Founded in 2024, the group will begin meeting regularly this fall. Anyone interested should email Dave Lucas (david.w.lucas@case.edu) for more information.
Case Reserve Review is Case Western Reserve University’s official literary art magazine. For more information, email crrboard@case.edu.
New Guttenberg Annex is a letterpress studio. For more information, contact Tychicus McClendon at letterpress@case.edu.
Sigma Tau Delta is the national English honor society. For more information, contact Elizabeth Miller at elm103@case.edu.
Writers Writing Words is a club for anyone who enjoys creative writing. For more information, email writers-club_exec@case.edu
Schedule of Creative Writing Events
Saturday, September 28th
Bellflower Group Open House and panel discussion—”What We Wish We’d Known”—featuring writers from across Northeastern Ohio: Isaiah Hunt (John Carroll University), Hilary Plum (Cleveland State and NEOMFA program), Michelle Smith (Literary Cleveland and CWRU alum), and our own new CWRU colleague Chiyuma Elliott. Bellflower Hall. 3:00 p.m.
Friday, October 11th
A Fiction Reading by Ben Lerner. Guilford Parlor. 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.
Creative Writing Courses Offered (Fall 2024)
ENGL 203
Introduction to Creative Writing (“Attention, Slowness, and Surprise”) with Caren Beilin
ENGL 204
Introduction to Journalism (“Seeking Truth, Reporting Facts”) with Denise Polverine
ENGL 213-100
Introduction to Fiction (“Telling Stories”) with Thrity Umrigar
ENGL 214-100
Introduction to Poetry (“Lines of Possibility & Discovery”) with Robin Beth Schaer
ENGL 262-100
Free Press and Protest with Ben Mauk
ENGL 304/304C
Intermediate Poetry Workshop (“Ars / Anti Poeticas”) with Lindsay Turner
Minor in Creative Writing
Lindsay Turner can advise you about the creative writing minor.
Requirements:
15 credit hours, which includes the following:
- 9 credit hours in creative writing courses (at least 6 credit hours in one genre)
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6 credit hours in any 200- or 300-level ENGL courses
Students should take two 200- or 300-level ENGL classes. These courses may be in other disciplines if cross-listed with English (e.g., World Literature). Up to 6 credit hours may count toward either the English major or another minor (but not both).
In addition to the required coursework, students must submit a creative writing portfolio.
(For a downloadable minor declaration form, go here.)