Creative Writing

Overview

About the Program

Choosing from the areas of literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, during the Creative Writing program of Emerson College you will explore writing as both an art form and a professional pursuit.

You'll have the chance to:

• Improve your writing and develop your unique literary voice while exploring the history and context of your genre;

• Take elective workshops in topics from fiction to nonfiction, poetry to screenwriting, digital to traditional publishing, and everything in between; and

• Gain experience outside the classroom, from teaching creative writing in our Writing Studies Program to editing journals such as Ploughshares and Redivider.

By the time you graduate, you will have completed a professional thesis—a novel or novel excerpt; nonfiction book or excerpt; or a collection of poems, short stories, or essays—ready for consideration by agents and publishing houses or for digital publication.

Careers & Connections

Our students are offered opportunities to teach writing through the Writing Studies Program, edit literary journals including Ploughshares and Redivider, work as interns at Boston publishing houses and magazines, and teach creative writing to high school students from the greater Boston community through emersonWRITES. Students participate in Emerson’s Graduate Reading Series and the inter-MFA program Breakwater Reading Series to showcase their own work. A close relationship with the MA in Publishing and Writing program allows students to improve their professional skills (copyediting, book design, digital publishing, etc.) and develop lasting connections with the publishing and editorial world. Emerson offers everything aspiring writers need to hone their talents and refine their craft in a world-class city brimming with professional and artistic opportunities.