Students who are completing their English Major or studying creative writing at Austin College read diverse authors from a wide range of histories and cultural traditions. Austin College students develop effective creative writing and critical thinking skills, and graduate prepared for a wide range of rewarding career paths.
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Did You Know?
Austin College's Creative Writing Program earned a spot in CreativeWritingEDU.org's listing for best Creative Writing BA/BFA programs.
What You Will Learn
Learn to craft compelling fiction, from flash fiction to longer forms, in Fiction Writing.
- Encounter the very latest in contemporary American and International poetry in Poetry Writing.
- Study the Global Middle Ages and learn about the Crusades, Arthurian legends, and Game of Thrones.
- Read Science Fiction and learn about the history of the genre.
- Be inspired by the powerful ways literature can speak out against racism, sexism, and other social inequalities in Rise Up!: Protest and Dissent in American Literature.
- Explore the history of monsters from Beowulf’s Grendel to vampires to Ridley Scott’s aliens in Our Monsters, Ourselves.
- Learn Shakespeare like you have never seen him before.
- Discover the connections among Literature, Medicine, and Culture.
- And so much more!
Meet the Faculty
Tom Blake teaches medieval literature, pop culture medievalism, and gender studies.
Meg Brandl teaches creative writing workshops and courses in contemporary literature.
Alex Garganigo, English Department Chair, studies Shakespeare, early British literature, and science fiction.
Greg Kinzer specializes in poetry, poetics, and literary theory.
Sebastián Páramo, Visiting Assistant Professor of English.
Lisha Storey is the Director of the Scarbrough Writing Center, working collaboratively with students and faculty.
Meet the 'Roos Who Write
