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English and Creative Writing

English and Creative Writing courses provide an extraordinary, collaborative learning environment that can kick-start your creative future.

In an increasingly interdisciplinary and competitive job market, skills in writing and oral communication are indispensable. The English and Creative Writing Department offers process-oriented, technologically supported, cross-disciplinary opportunities in literature, writing, and oral communication to help you cultivate your unique voice while preparing you to be a more thoughtful, conscientious citizen. Our programs—which include several undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as a range of minors—are led by renowned faculty, including esteemed scholars, well-published writers, and experienced practitioners.

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    The Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series

    The Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series at Columbia College Chicago is one of the most dynamic, aesthetically diverse events of its kind in the city. Hosted by the English and Creative Writing Department, the series attracts prestigious, award-winning fiction writers, poets, and nonfiction writers who perform, engage, and educate on a myriad of topics and traditions.Read More
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    Naomi Washer MFA Nonfiction ’15 Publishes First Novel Subjects We Left Out

    The book is scheduled to be published in March 2021.Read More
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    Jerakah Greene ’20 Follows Their Passion to Hometown Following Graduation

    Jerakah Greene ’20 has been awarded a position in the Tulsa Service Year program. Read More
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    Jessie Ann Foley MFA ’12 Publishes Fourth Book, You Know I’m No Good

    Foley discusses her new book and how her time at Columbia helped her become a writer Read More
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  • Apr05
    11:00AM - 12:00PM Small Press Publishing & Residencies - Conversation with CM Burroughs and Ames Hawkins
    Interested in attending a writing residency? Want to learn more about publishing with a small press? Join CM Burroughs and Ames Hawkins for an informative and informal conversation about applying for residencies and what it looks like to go from initial inquiry with a small press editor to finally seeing your work in print. We...Get the details
  • Apr11
    3:45PM - 4:30PM Live, Learn, and Explore in Paris!
    Join us for our Zoom event to learn about our upcoming J-Term study abroad program in Paris. It's a two-week program open to both graduate and undergraduate students in all creative disciplines. Students will focus on the works of both James Baldwin and Ernest Hemingway. Our upcoming meeting will cover more details on academics, cost, and...Get the details
  • Apr11
    5:15PM - 6:00PM On to Paris!
    Join us for our Zoom event to learn about our upcoming J-Term study abroad program in Paris. It's a two-week program open to both graduate and undergraduate students in all creative disciplines. Students will focus on the works of both James Baldwin and Ernest Hemingway. Our upcoming meeting will cover more details on academics, cost, and...Get the details
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    5:30PM - 6:30PM Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose Publication Release Reading
    Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose Publication Release Reading. This is a hybrid event. Link to follow....Get the details
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