Poetry Writing Courses

  • ENWR 731 MFA Poetry Workshop

    1400-1630 M - CABELL 235

    Restricted to Instructor Permission

    Instructor: Gregory Orr

    A once-weekly workshop that will focus on the discussion of student poems, craft issues, and exemplary poems by contemporary poets. Admission by PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR ONLY. For more details on the course, see Professor Orr.

Fiction Writing Courses

  • ENWR 751 MFA Fiction Workshop

    1500-1830 W - CABELL 331

    Restricted to Instructor Permission

    Instructor: Christopher Tilghman

    A fiction workshop restricted to MFA students.

Related Courses

  • ENSP 551 Studies in the Short Story

    1530-1800 T - BRYAN 332

    Restricted to Instructor Permission

    Instructor: Deborah Eisenberg

  • ENSP 591 Literary Editing & Desktop Publishing

    1830-2100 T - Location TBA

    Instructor: Jeb Livingood

    The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the process of editing a literary journal--everything from screening manuscripts to reviewing books to graphic design--as you assist in the production of Meridian, a nationally-distributed literary magazine. Students give a class presentation, write book reviews, and create a magazine design project using Quark's desktop publishing software, and then publish the project using print-on-demand.

    To apply for the class, write a letter of introduction to Jeb Livingood giving your name, year, phone number, e-mail, and experience with literature (especially creative writing courses and editing or magazine experience). Attach a sample of your writing (3-5 pages of poetry or 6-12 of prose). Please place a print copy of this work Mr. Livingood's faculty mailbox in Bryan 229 or send via e-mail to jsl9z@virginia.edu. Preference will be given to M.F.A. students, but there will be spaces reserved for other graduate students and upper-level undergraduates.