Creative Writing, Minor

Through small, intensive writing workshops, students minoring in creative writing at Saint Louis University build their abilities to use innovative craft techniques to develop multiple dimensions of textual complexity in creative compositions, including fiction, poetry, drama and creative nonfiction.

Complementary coursework in literature enhances SLU students' awareness of literary traditions, enabling them to put their creative compositions into dialogue with significant literary predecessors.

The English department sponsors opportunities for creative writing minors to experience the world of contemporary literary arts. Creative writing minors can participate in live readings and publish their original work in The Kiln Project, an online literary magazine of SLU student creative writing. Students also engage visiting writers through the department's Georgia K. Johnston Writer-in-Residency Program.

Students must complete a minimum total of 15 credits for the minor.

Continuation Standards

Students must complete all English courses with a grade of C or higher in order to count for Creative Writing minor requirements and to continue in the minor. 

Note: SLU-Madrid and SLU-St. Louis program requirements vary slightly by campus.

In Saint Louis University-Madrid's creative writing minor, students hone the crafts of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction as they consider the role of narrative in shaping society's past, present, and future. Our close-knit community of writers participates in workshops across genres as well as courses in literature that provide context and inspiration to developing writers. It is our mission to produce thoughtful, engaged artists who create works that speak to the world around them, and aim to improve the world through their words.

For additional information about this program, please contact englishadmin@slu.edu or call 314-977-3016.