Creative Writing

Looking for a more creative way to earn a college degree? Minneapolis College’s Creative Writing program offers students access to a vibrant world of creative skills through intensive practice as writers and readers in three literary genres: poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction.

Whether you aspire to become a professional writer or to apply these creative skills to a wide range of jobs in the creative economy, the Minneapolis College Creative Writing program can help you fire up your imagination and make a deeper, more meaningful connection to your education.

Highlights

Enthusiastic, highly-skilled faculty who:

• Love teaching creative writing,
• Have strong experience as teachers
• Have earned graduate degrees in creative writing
• Have published their work as full-length books and in many magazines and anthologies.

Great students who:

• Are passionate about writing and being creative
• Want to associate with other creative students
• Want to earn a legitimate academic degree that’s also exciting and personally fulfilling.

Opportunities to engage with a vibrant literary community

• On campus, with other creative writing students and faculty
• Throughout the Twin Cities, at events and workshops or through programs and internships, sponsored by awesome organizations such as -
  • TruArtSpeaks
  • The Loft Literary Center 
  • Rain Taxi Review of Books
  • Minnesota Center for Book Arts
  • Coffee House Press
  • Graywolf Press
  • Milkweed Editions.