The Department of English at Auburn offers a dedicated major in Creative Writing, including gateway and capstone courses, introductory and advanced undergraduate courses in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction as well as specialized courses in travel writing, poetry of witness, and other areas. We also offer poetry, fiction, and specialized workshops on the graduate level, and qualified students have the opportunity to write creative master's portfolios, leading to the MA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing. Provisions can also be made for special students not seeking degrees.

Recent graduates have published work in Black Warrior Review, Crazyhorse, International Poetry Review, New Stories from the South, Ordinary and Sacred as Blood, Poet Lore, Poetry Northwest, Shenandoah, Southern Poetry Review, Texas Review, Women's Studies, and others.

The department publishes the Southern Humanities Review, an established and energetic quarterly of poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews, now sponsoring the annual Auburn Witness Poetry Prize. Selections from SHR have been reprinted in volumes such as Best American Short Stories. SHR also sponsors a yearly master's class with visiting writers.

In addition to Auburn's annual Poetry Month series of writers, a partnerhip with the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art hosts the very popular Third Thursday reading series each month.

Auburn also offers an Academy of American Poets University Prize annually and is a member of AWP.

Master's level graduate teaching assistantships are available ($13,200 in the first year assisting in literature courses, $15,000 in the second as teacher of record in composition courses). Graduate students in Creative Writing have the opportunity to work with and/or intern with SHR and are eligible for travel support to AWP.

Contact Information

9030 Haley Center
English Department
Auburn
Alabama, United States
36849-5203
Phone: 334-844-9079
Email: carroal@auburn.edu
Fax: 334-844-9027
http://www.cla.auburn.edu/english/