UGA Creative Writing Program

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UGA Creative Writing Program The UGA Creative Writing Program offers a Ph.D. in English with a creative dissertation.

The Creative Writing Program at the University of Georgia directs and supports the emergence of the artistic voice in print by offering a PhD in English with a creative dissertation. Our program fosters serious conversations about aesthetics and criticism, experience and culture, and politics and history: in the classroom as well as at public readings and lectures. Our faculty and students play an active role in the cultural life of Athens, both as artists and organizers.

It's that time again, undergraduates! The Spark Fellowship is an opportunity for undergraduate study abroad combining cr...
10/12/2026

It's that time again, undergraduates! The Spark Fellowship is an opportunity for undergraduate study abroad combining creative writing with cultural translation. Please visit ENGLISH.UGA.EDU/SPARK for more details!

Anne Boyer is reading new poetry, the papers in loose stacks with fresh edits scribbled among the lines.
10/07/2026

Anne Boyer is reading new poetry, the papers in loose stacks with fresh edits scribbled among the lines.

10/07/2026

We are ready for you Athens! Parking is available behind the Athenaeum with the Park Mobile App. Can’t wait to see you here!

Thank you Big City Bread for the delicious spread!
10/07/2026

Thank you Big City Bread for the delicious spread!

We hope you will stop by the Park Hall library today from 12:30-2pm for our Blakely Luncheon with visiting poet and arti...
10/07/2026

We hope you will stop by the Park Hall library today from 12:30-2pm for our Blakely Luncheon with visiting poet and artist Anne Boyer. All are welcome!

Anne Boyer during her lecture, “‘They who are there’: On Animals, Prayer, and the Lyric Horizon”
10/06/2026

Anne Boyer during her lecture, “‘They who are there’: On Animals, Prayer, and the Lyric Horizon”

Anne Boyer is starting the class with the practice of sitting in silence… clearing your mind allowing yourself to get co...
10/06/2026

Anne Boyer is starting the class with the practice of sitting in silence… clearing your mind allowing yourself to get comfortable with your own thoughts.

So much gratitude to Anne Boyer for her honesty and vulnerability. These young writers are grateful!
10/06/2026

So much gratitude to Anne Boyer for her honesty and vulnerability. These young writers are grateful!

The Blakely Program starts on campus today with two combined creative writing classes. Students got to read some of Anne...
10/06/2026

The Blakely Program starts on campus today with two combined creative writing classes. Students got to read some of Anne’s work ahead of this visit and are able to engage with her to understand more about her journey as an artist and writer.

Don't let registration for spring classes sneak up on you, dawg. Visit https://tr.ee/tC0F3O for a list of undergraduate ...
10/05/2026

Don't let registration for spring classes sneak up on you, dawg.

Visit https://tr.ee/tC0F3O for a list of undergraduate creative writing courses available in the spring taught by the incredible faculty and graduate students of the University of Georgia Creative Writing Program!

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200 Baldwin Street, 254 Park Hall
Athens, GA
30602

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