Curriculum

Course Descriptions


Tech creative writing students produce two copies ofNebo, Tech's award winning literary journal each year.
Curriculum in Creative Writing for Teacher Licensure
  

The B.F.A. in Creative Writing Education is an excellent choice for students who want to teach English in high school, but love to write poetry or fiction. The degree gives these students the opportunity to take advantage of Tech's outstanding creative writing faculty to work on their own writing skills while they are preparing for a rewarding career in teaching.

 

 

B.C. Hall, the author of The South, Judgment Day, Big Muddy and other books, was one of the founders of Tech's creative writing program.
Francis Gwaltney, the author ofThe Day the Century Ended,Destiny's Chickens, Idols and Axel Grease,and other novels was another founder of Tech's creative writing program
Tech creative writing graduates have gone on to advanced study at the University of Texas, Penn State University, Southern Mississippi University, Naropa University, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Arkansas. Nick Morris, pictured at the left has just published his first book,Tapeworm. Nick is returning to Tech to read from his book on November 19, 2010.
To read and manipulate creative writing professor Michael Karl Ritchie's experimental poems "Spaceship" and "Robot" click the title..
Click the link below to view Tech faculty, students, and visiting authors discuss their work:
Video Discussion: Nelson Ramirez, Andrew Geyer, Saira Khan, Paul Lake, Michael Karl Ritchie, Dominick Parenteau-Lebeuf, and Clay Reynolds

 

 

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