The Program in Creative Writing at Colby offers students the
opportunity to exercise their imaginations through disciplined work in
the craft of writing. Staffed by dedicated, practicing, published
writers committed to teaching creative writing as a craft and an art,
the Program in Creative Writing welcomes the novice writer as well as
more advanced students. Students experiment in class and out with forms
of prose and poetry. They read the work of professional writers, develop
a critical vocabulary, and practice editing and revising. Classes range
over several genres and specialty areas - including poetry, fiction,
creative nonfiction and environmental writing - to ensure students have a
range of experiences as they discover their own sources of inspiration
and learn how best to craft their material.
Students can also take advantage of co-curricular
activities. These include the annual Visiting Writers Series and the
annual Stahl Writer-in-Residence, both of which allow students to meet
with some of the country's best writers in class, in one-on-one
meetings, at readings and at informal receptions. By the time they leave
Colby, students will understand the creative process and have the
necessary tools to be intelligent readers and effective writers.
