Welcome

Home to Susquehanna University’s nationally recognized writing program, the Writers Institute delivers an outstanding experience to its students. With accessible, expert faculty and the Visiting Writers Program, which brings acclaimed authors to campus to give readings and engage with students, the institute is the nucleus of a vibrant community of published writers.

The institute organizes student readings throughout the academic year and produces four student literary magazines—two showcasing the work of Susquehanna student writers and two publishing submissions from students across the country.

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Scholarships Announced

The Writers Institute will offer as many as 10 creative writing scholarships for incoming majors in 2012. More info »

 

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Creative Writing Alum Publishes in The Atlantic

See Sarah Turcotte’s (’09) short story "Scars"  in the 2011 Atlantic Summer Fiction Issue. Sarah wrote the story while she was a student at Susquehanna.

 

Student Perspectives

Follow a first-year creative writing major through an Intro to Fiction workshop class. Read Ryan Rickrode's blog. »

Check out the blogging of creative writing major Megan McDermott '14 as she chronicles her experiences at Susquehanna.  Read "Through 4 Years." »

 

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Tom Bailey Video

Join Professor of English and Creative Writing Tom Bailey, Ph.D., for a day of writing, workshops and readings at Susquehanna. Watch the video »

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Travel Writing in South Africa 

Memoirist Glen Retief has developed a course which involves taking students to his native South Africa, where they spend two and a half weeks visiting local villages, learning about history, culture, and cuisine, and then writing literary travel essays.

Watch a video where Glen talks, among other things, about what it means to him to be able to offer this particular course. Also, listen to an audio essay where Glen talks about the adventures he had with students in January 2011, flailing up a sixty-degree mudslide, joining a Xhosa initiation dance, and being reprimanded by an irritated chief.