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Creative Writing Concentration
"And for heaven's sake, publish nothing before you are thirty."
- Virginia Woolf, "A Letter to a Young Poet" (1932)
Requirements
To major in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing, all requirements for the English major must be met. In addition, CW students must take:
- EH 200, EH 391, and EH 395. (9 credit hours)
- At least one 400-level CW course. (3 credit hours)
- One additional CW course. (3 credit hours)
The five courses required for a Concentration in Creative Writing simultaneously count towards the English major's six-course elective requirement.
Courses
The department's creative writing courses are as follow; required courses are marked with an asterisk:
- EH 200: Introduction to Creative Writing*
- EH 391: Fiction Writing: Crafting the Story*
- EH 393: Creative Nonfiction Writing
- EH 395: Poetry Writing: Spoken Word and Other Forms*
- EH 483: Advanced Fiction Writing: Forms and Workshop
- EH 485: Advanced Poetry Writing: The Contemporary Lyric
- EH 487: Screenwriting for Film
- EH 488: Screenwriting for Television
- EH 497: Adv. Creative Nonfiction Writing
Our Creative Writing Faculty
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Frye Gaillard | USA Writer in Residence Specializes in Southern culture and history. HUMB 272 | 460-7952 | fgaillard@southalabama.edu |
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Linda Busby Parker | Part-time Faculty in Creative Writing Specializes in creative writing and the processes of contemporary publishing. |
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Charlotte Pence | Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Director of Creative Writing and Director of the Stokes Center for Creative Writing.
Specializes in poetry and creative nonfiction. HUMB 277 | 460-6149 | cpence@southalabama.edu |
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Nathan Poole | Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Specializes in fiction. HUMB 256 | 460-7417 | njpoole@southalabama.edu |
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Adam Prince | Stokes Visiting Writer Specializes in fiction and screenwriting. HUMB 277 | 460-6149 | aprince@southalabama.edu |
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