Pursue your passions
Our Creative Writing major challenges you to take your passion for writing to the next level. Our wide-ranging student opportunities, motivated classmates, and supportive professors will help you sharpen your skills and become a stronger writer. When you graduate, you can be confident that you will be prepared to:
- Communicate new concepts and ideas
- Create content for the workplace
- Share information persuasively
- Write your own work
Designed for motivated students
When you join the Creative Writing family at Mercer University, you are joining a team of students and professors who are committed, intelligent, curious, and community-minded. They will challenge you to hone in on your writing skills, formulate communities outside the classroom, and strengthen your peer-editing skills. You will leave Mercer with not only a top-notch education, but you will be transformed by the people you met and the knowledge you gained.
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Outside the Classroom
Through student and postgraduate opportunities, you will learn to effectively take your education outside the traditional classroom setting. By applying what you learn to the everyday world, you will see firsthand how creative writing is used in every area of life.
Meet Our Professors
Faculty and Staff
Director of Creative Writing, Assistant Professor, Writer-in-Residence
Associate Professor and Georgia Poet Laureate
I’m lucky to be part of an academic community that fosters and appreciates creativity and has taught me the discipline and determination that made (publishing my book) 'Outrun the Wind' possible.
