ENGCW 190-1: Freshman Seminar: Writing Bodies in the World    MAX: 12 students    GER: FSEM

(crosslisted with AAS 190-3, ENVS 190-3, and LACS 190-1)

Yanique   Wednesday   1:00-3:45

NO APPLICATION REQUIRED

Content: TBA

ENGCW 271W: Introduction to Poetry Writing (three sections) MAX: 15 students each section

Extracurricular activities for all sections:

Students are required to attend Creative Writing Program readings and colloquia outside of class time and are encouraged to attend any other activities co-sponsored by the Program.

Pre-requisite: None

Sections:

ENGCW 271W-1     staff        Monday 2:30-5:30 

ENGCW 271W-2     staff        Tuesday 2:30-5:30 

ENGCW 271W-3     staff        Wednesday 2:30-5:30 

Content: TBA

ENGCW 272W: Introduction to Fiction Writing (four sections) MAX: 15 students each section

Extracurricular activities for all sections:

Students are required to attend Creative Writing Program readings and colloquia outside of class time and are encouraged to attend any other activities co-sponsored by the Program. 

Pre-requisite: None

Sections:

ENGCW 272W-1  Skibell                    Monday 2:30-5:30 

ENGCW 272W-2  Cooper                   Tuesday 2:30-5:15 

ENGCW 272W-3  Sathian                  Wednesday 2:30-5:15 

ENGCW 272W-4  Yanique                  Thursday 1:00-3:45

Skibell's section:   

Students must attend at least the second class to enroll

Content for all sections: TBA

ENGCW 370RW: Intermediate Fiction Writing (three sections) MAX: 15 students each section

NOTES REGARDING APPLICATION TO THIS COURSE:

• Pre-requisite: Any 200-level Creative Writing workshop (ENGCW 270W, 271W, 272W)
• Applications must include a writing sample of 10-15 pages of fiction
• Applications must be submitted in Word format as ONE DOCUMENT with writing sample attached

Extracurricular activities for all sections:

Students are required to attend Creative Writing Program readings and colloquia outside of class time and are encouraged to attend any other activities co-sponsored by the Program. 

Sections:

ENGCW 370RW-1  Jones                Tuesday 2:30-5:30

ENGCW 370RW-2  Cooper              Wednesday 2:30-5:30  

ENGCW 370RW-3  Sathian             Thursday 2:30-5:30 

Content: TBA

ENGCW 371RW: Intermediate Poetry Writing (two sections) MAX: 15 students each section

NOTES REGARDING APPLICATION TO THIS COURSE:

• Pre-requisite: Any 200-level Creative Writing workshop (ENGCW 270W, 271W, 272W) 
• Applications must include a writing sample of 3-4 poems, each poem on a separate page
• Applications must be submitted in Word format as ONE DOCUMENT with writing sample attached

Extracurricular activities for both sections:

Students are required to attend Creative Writing Program readings and colloquia outside of class time and are encouraged to attend any other activities co-sponsored by the Program. 

Sections:

ENGCW 371RW-1  staff                   Monday 2:30-5:30  

ENGCW 371RW-2  staff                   Tuesday 2:30-5:30  

Content: TBA

ENGCW/THEA 372RW-1: Intermediate Playwriting    Belflower      Tuesday  2:30-5:30 

MAX: 15 (ENGCW: 10, THEA: 5)  

Pre-requisite: None

This is a permission-only course and all students, including Theater Studies students, must apply through the Creative Writing Program. Applications may be downloaded from the "Course Application" tab on the left (https://creativewriting.emory.edu/academics/Course%20Application.html) or obtained by emailing Nora Lewis at nora.lewis@emory.edu.

Writing sample requirement: 2-5 pages in any genre, preferably dramatic writing or poetry. Please include your sample with your application in ONE Word document.

Extracurricular Activities:

Students are required to attend and write short responses about selected readings sponsored by the Creative Writing Program, as well as productions by Theater Emory and/or in the greater Atlanta community.

Content:TBA

ENGCW 376RW-1: Creative Nonfiction     Skibell     Tuesday 2:30-5:30

MAX: 10 students  

Students must attend at least the second class to enroll

NOTES REGARDING APPLICATION TO THIS COURSE:

• Pre-requisite: Any 200-level Creative Writing workshop (ENGCW 270W, 271W, 272W)
• Applications must include a writing sample of 5 pages in any genre
• Applications must be submitted in Word format as ONE DOCUMENT with writing sample attached

Content:

This workshop will introduce the fundamentals of writing personal nonfiction narratives. We will explore the basic elements of storytelling -- character, plot, setting, structure, dialogue, etc. -- and how each is used in creating a story out of the events of one’s own life. Students will learn how to turn a true story into a written narrative. Editing skills will be sharpened in discussion and evaluation of one another’s works-in-progress. The course will concentrate on the creation of three short nonfiction pieces as well as considerations of technique, creation of real characters, and dramatic structure. Classes will be conducted as workshops in which the main emphasis is on the students' own work, and short lectures, with some in-class writing and improvisation.

Texts:

A PDF compendium of stories

Assessment:

Students will be assessed on their performance based on a 100-point system. Class attendance makes up 26 points. Peer responses equal 28. Each story is worth 10 points, and proof of attendance at a Creative Writing Reading Series event or another literary event is worth 2.5 points each. The other 11 points is the professor’s evaluation of the student’s writing and critical reading skills.

Extracurricular activities:

Students are required to attend Creative Writing Program readings and colloquia outside of class time and are encouraged to attend any other activities co-sponsored by the Program.

ENGCW 378RW-1/FILM 378RW-2: Screenwriting      MAX: 15 (ENGCW: 10, FILM: 5)  

staff    Thursday  2:30-5:30

The Screenwriting section taught by Professor Joe Conway does not require an application. The class does count as a Creative Writing workshop for majors.

APPLICATION INFORMATION:

This is a permission-only course and all students, including Film and Media Studies students, must apply through the Creative Writing Program. Applications may be downloaded from the "Course Application" tab on the left (https://creativewriting.emory.edu/academics/Course%20Application.html) or obtained by emailing Nora Lewis at nora.lewis@emory.edu.

Applications must include a writing sample of 2-5 pages in any genre, preferably prose narrative.

PRE-REQUISITE - Screenwriting applicants must have taken one of these classes:

• ENGCW 270W Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGCW 271W Introduction to Poetry Writing
• ENGCW 272W Introduction to Fiction Writing
• FILM 101 Introduction to Film (formerly FILM 270)

Content: TBA

ENGCW 385RW-1: Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases       Klibanoff        Tuesday 2:30-5:15  

(Crosslisted with AAS/AMST/HIST 387RW-1)     MAX: 16 (4 each subject)  

Pre-requisites: none 

Content: 

In the years between 1945 and 1968, untold numbers of American citizens were targeted for death because of their race, beliefs, or civil rights work – and in some cases merely because of what they drove, how they spoke, or the ever-shifting lines of racial etiquette they crossed. In many cases, their murders were inadequately investigated or prosecuted, their stories left untold, and the crimes against their humanity never punished. The Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project at Emory University is both a class and an ongoing historical and journalistic exploration of the Jim Crow South through the prism of unsolved or unpunished civil rights-era murders in Georgia. Using primary evidence – including FBI records, NAACP files, old newspaper clippings, court transcripts, and personal archives – students come to see and understand history from the inside out. Student essays, grounded in secondary readings that provide broader context, will be aimed at the project website, coldcases.emory.edu. Students also may become engaged in the fourth season of a podcast, Buried Truths, based on a case we’ll be examining in class.

Students should budget for photocopying.

NOTE: This course is not open to first-year students. All students, including students from African American Studies, American Studies, and History, must fill out and submit the application form in Word format and include a writing sample of 3 pages of nonfiction.

Texts:

Course packet handed out in class

Assessment:

There will be frequent writing assignments and frequent requests to revise your work. I will read your work closely, make comments on your theme, your structure, your language, word selection, grammar, punctuation, spelling and citations, as well as your integration of primary evidence and secondary material. You may work on a team project, may be tasked to help with the podcast Buried Truths, and will write an 8- to 10-page final paper. I will build in time for peer review of your work. I will meet with you out of class to focus on both the research and the writing. You will see that I am as serious about your mastery of writing as I am of your command of the historical events we will examine. My goal is not merely for you to learn and understand the history, but to be able to convey it clearly. 

Extracurricular activities:

Students are required to attend readings and colloquia sponsored by the Creative Writing Program outside of class time.

ENGCW 389W-1 Special Topics: Gwendolyn Brooks and Sylvia Plath     

Schiff    Wednesday 2:30-5:30

MAX: 15 students

NOTES REGARDING APPLICATION TO THIS COURSE:

• Pre-requisite: ENGCW 271W Introduction to Poetry Writing
• Applications must include a writing sample of 3-4 poems on separate pages
• Applications must be submitted in Word format as ONE DOCUMENT with writing sample attached

NOTE: The priority deadline to apply is April 24, 2023.

Extracurricular activities:

Students are required to attend Creative Writing Program readings and colloquia outside of class time and are encouraged to attend any other activities co-sponsored by the Program. 

Content: TBA

Permission required: Accepted Honors students only. One semester of Honors counts as a workshop.

Pre-requisite: Approval of project by Honors thesis director.

Please review Honors application guidelines at http://creativewriting.emory.edu/home/academics/honors-program.html