Creative Writing
The English department offers a Creative Writing Minor. English majors, however, may elect to pursue a course of study that emphasizes creative writing and concludes with a Senior Coda.”
To qualify to write a Senior Coda in Creative Writing, majors must have taken 200- and 300-level workshops in the same genre.
PRE-REQUISITES FOR CREATIVE WRITING SENIOR CODA: ADVANCED PROJECTS
One of the following Introductory workshops:
- EN 280 - Introduction to Nonfiction Writing
- EN 281 - Introduction to Fiction Writing
- EN 282 - Introduction to Poetry Writing
- EN 228 W - Prose Boot Camp: Nonfiction
One of the following 300-level workshops:
- EN 378 - Nonfiction Workshop
- EN 379 - Poetry Workshop
- EN 380 - Fiction Workshop
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR CREATIVE WRITING SENIOR CODA
- EN 251 - Special Topics in Creative Writing
- EN 377 - Special Studies in Writing: The Art of Fiction, The Art of Nonfiction, or The Art of Poetry
Course descriptions for all these classes are available here.
Current and past offerings of all courses can be found here.
CREATIVE WRITING FACULTY
April Bernard
Professor
Phone: 518-580-8396
Email: abernar1@skidmore.edu
Office: Palamountain Hall 319
Peg Boyers
Lecturer & Executive Director, Salmagundi
Phone: 518-580-5186
Email: pboyers@skidmore.edu
Office: Palamountain Hall 327
maggie greaves
Associate Professor
Phone: 518-580-5191
Email: mgreaves@skidmore.edu
Office: Palamountain Hall 309
Linda Hall
Associate Professor
Phone: 518-580-5182
Email: lhall@skidmore.edu
Office: Palamountain Hall 318
Greg Hrbek
Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
Phone: 518-580-8398
Email: ghrbek@skidmore.edu
Office: Palamountain Hall 310
Melora Wolff
Associate Professor & Director of Creative Writing
Phone: 518-580-5197
Email: mwolff@skidmore.edu
Office: Palamountain Hall 323
