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The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) offers a bilingual, fully-online Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program. The goal of this unique bilingual program is to prepare writers for the publishing marketplace and for teaching and editing careers, both in the United States and Latin America.

Degree Requirements

The degree plan consists of 42 credits of coursework, followed by 6 credits of thesis during which the student completes a publishable manuscript in poetry or fiction. Refer to the Online MFA Curriculum page for a listing of available courses and course descriptions. Spanish is not a requirement for admission.

Many online MFA in Creative Writing courses are open to cross-campus enrollment. Check with your program advisor prior to registering for any of cross-campus courses to ensure they apply toward your degree program, and non-UTEP students who want to take MFA courses must get permission from the MFA Advisor.

To view Online MFA in Creative Writing program courses currently open for cross-campus registration, go to the Student Portal Course Schedule and select Creative Writing-Bilingual (MFA) from the Finish@UT Program menu, or search for a specific course name/number. UTEP students should refer to the UTEP Course Schedule and register directly through your home campus.

Getting Started

Interested in applying? Be sure to review the Online MFA Application Process , Application Check List , and FAQs . If you have any questions regarding the application process after reviewing this information, please contact Coordinator of Graduate Enrollment, Sally Vasko .

Refer to the Student Support section of our website for additional information on cross-campus registration and course access.

Institution and Program Advisor

Degree Awarded: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Program Advisor:

Sylvia Aguilar-Zéleny

Please send program-related questions to  [email protected] .

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to questions such as, "Do I need to know Spanish to be admitted into the program?" and, "Who do I contact about financial aid?" on the MFA Online website .

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Master of Arts in Creative Writing

Masters (Coursework)

Key details

About this course.

The Master of Arts in Creative Writing is designed for experienced and emerging writers who want to develop and expand their practical skills in writing, as well as their critical knowledge about writing practices and the writing industry.

Under the guidance of leading experts in writing, editing, publishing and creative writing research, students study in depth a range of forms, genres and aspects of writing craft and industry; experience group project work and workshopping; and develop a major writing project.

Building a portfolio and pitching one's work are key components of the Master of Arts in Creative Writing. Students publish widely and regularly in local, national and international literary journals and magazines, and lead the annual UTS Writers' Anthology, which celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2021.

This course is part of an articulated program comprising the Graduate Certificate in Editing and Publishing (C11071), the Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing (C06041) and the Master of Arts in Creative Writing.

Study locations

City campus, career pathways.

Graduates apply their writing skills to fields such as advertising, editing and publishing, screenwriting, film and television, digital and experiential media, storytelling for business, digital content creation, journalism and communications. Many graduates publish or have their work produced, from short stories and short films, to novels and feature films. Graduates also undertake creative doctorates.

Course structure

The Master of Arts in Creative Writing comprises 72 credit points, made up of six core subjects and three electives.

Students may select subjects beyond the lists of elective subjects with the approval of the graduate adviser. Not all subjects are available each session.

Full-time students are required to undertake 24 credit points a session. Part-time students should undertake 8 or 16 credit points a session.

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Master of Arts in Creative Writing

The Master of Arts in Creative Writing is a Masters Degree (Coursework) course from University of Technology Sydney (UTS) . The CRICOS code for this course is 032331E . The main language of Master of Arts in Creative Writing is English .

In Australia, training providers must be approved for registration on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) before they can teach overseas students. The Master of Arts in Creative Writing is an approved CRICOS course from University of Technology Sydney (UTS) .

The field of studies for Master of Arts in Creative Writing is Creative Arts , Communication and Media Studies and Written Communication .

Course Details

The Master of Arts in Creative Writing at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has following details.

Course Fees

The estimated total course fees for Master of Arts in Creative Writing is around $53,355.00 . This includes $53,355.00 tuition fee and $0.00 non-tuition fee.

Related: Other Masters Degree (Coursework) Courses from University of Technology Sydney (UTS) .

Course Duration

The Course duration on CRICOS must accurately reflect the time taken by a student to complete the course including any reasonable compulsory periods of orientation.

The total course duration for Master of Arts in Creative Writing is around 78 weeks. The registered duration cannot exceed the time required for completing the course on the basis of the normal amount of full-time study, and must not include any period of work-based training unless this is necessary in order to obtain the course qualification. Course duration should not include the period between when assessments or examinations for the course have been completed, and the time when results become available.

This course does not include any work component as part of the registered course. Work component hours (WIL hours) that are formally registered as part of the course are not included in the fortnight limitation.

Course Locations

The Master of Arts in Creative Writing course is available at following locations of University of Technology Sydney (UTS) .

FAQs - Master of Arts in Creative Writing

1 . what is the total fees for master of arts in creative writing.

The total course fee for Master of Arts in Creative Writing is $53,355.00. This includes $53,355.00 tuition fees and $0.00 non-tuition fees.

2 . What is the total duration of Master of Arts in Creative Writing course?

The total course fee for Master of Arts in Creative Writing is 78 weeks / 1.5 years.

3 . What is CRICOS code of Master of Arts in Creative Writing course?

The CRICOS code of Master of Arts in Creative Writing is 032331E. The provider code for University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is 00099F.

4 . What are the field of studies for Master of Arts in Creative Writing course?

The main field of studies of Master of Arts in Creative Writing course are Creative Arts, Communication and Media Studies and Written Communication.

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Research degrees are offered on a sponsored or full-fee-paying basis. Contact the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or the UTS: Graduate Research School for further details.

From Spring Session 2020 students will be admitted into C03067 Master of Arts (Research)

There are no changes for students currently admitted to this course.

The Master of Creative Arts (Research) is generally intended for people with industry experience in the media and creative arts who want to undertake creative research involving the preparation and presentation of a sustained creative work achievable within the timeframe for a master's project as well as a thesis of 10,000–15,000 words.

All students are required to successfully complete the research training coursework subject 51913 Academic Research Practice which will develop their research knowledge and skills.

The course provides an opportunity for those seeking to develop specific knowledge, research and creative skills relevant to the creative industries that are emerging locally and internationally.

Career options

Career options include positions in the creative industries.

Admission requirements

Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate research studies.

Selection criteria also includes professional and creative experience in a creative arts field, the quality of the research proposal, the quality of the applicant's portfolio of creative work, the faculty's ability to offer appropriate supervision in the applicant's chosen field, and, where necessary, demonstration of generic technical skills.

The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 7.0 overall with a writing score of 7.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 584-609 overall with TWE of 5.0, internet based: 94-101 overall with a writing score of 27; or AE6: Pass; or PTE: 65-72; or CAE: 185-190.

Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.

International students

Students are required to enrol in person and meet Phase 1 and 2 assessment requirements.

Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.

Course duration and attendance

The maximum course duration is two years of full-time or four years of part-time study.

Course structure

This research degree is undertaken through the production of a sustained creative work achievable within the timeframe for a master's project as well as a thesis of 10,000–15,000 words.

The creative work may be in any genre and medium but it must involve research as well as creative practice – it must fit into a tradition of research in an area, demonstrate a clear understanding of the current state of knowledge in that area, have a clear research question and generate data that addresses the research question. The dissertation provides a clear synthesis and statement of the new knowledge that the creative project has produced.

The Master of Creative Arts (Research) is structured in three phases. Phase 1 involves the development of a number of advanced research skills and capabilities. At the beginning of the program, students negotiate a master's study plan with their supervisor. This plan makes explicit the kinds of support each student requires. A formal master's assessment is undertaken at the end of Phase 1 in which the candidates present a full proposal for assessment, which is a prerequisite for entering Phase 2.

In Phase 2 students develop their individual program of research and their readiness to enter Phase 3 is assessed at the end of Phase 2.

In Phase 3 candidates engage in the culmination and submission of the major creative work and the accompanying dissertation. These should make a sustained contribution to knowledge in their field of inquiry.

Research and development activities are provided throughout the three phases to assist students to develop the capabilities of a successful doctoral candidate.

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The Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing is part of an articulated program designed to meet a range of needs for people who want to start a career in writing and for experienced writers wanting to further develop their theoretical knowledge and skills. Students develop: both general and specific skills in writing across a range of genres, studying one genre in depth or exploring the potential of a range of genres and media; an ability to develop and critically revise their own work; an understanding of the relationships of writing practice and publication across a range of contemporary cultural forms; a critical knowledge of cultural and aesthetic debates; and an ability to think creatively and critically about, and contribute to, developments in cultural industries.

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Graduates who want to develop skills in writing within a context of intellectual critique

The course totals 48 credit points, consisting of three core subjects and three electives. Students may select subjects beyond the list of elective subjects with the approval of the graduate adviser. Not all subjects are available each session. Full-time students are required to undertake 24 credit points a session. Part-time students should undertake 8 or 16 credit points a session.

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  • Theory and creative writing
  • Creative non-fiction

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  • UTS recognised bachelor degree, or equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies. Applicants who have not completed a bachelor's, master's, graduate diploma or graduate certificate in any field of study (or overseas equivalent) must provide: a personal statement (approximately 500 words) explaining why they wish to study the course
  • A CV which should include details of paid and voluntary work or other experiences that could be relevant to the course. If applicants do not submit these documents, their application may not be considered. The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0
  • Or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21
  • Or AE5: Pass
  • Or PTE: 58-64
  • Or CAE: 176-184.

Study pathways

Students who successfully completed either of the graduate certificates in the articulated program are eligible for credit recognition for completed subjects. This course is part of an articulated program comprising the Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting, the Graduate Certificate in Editing and Publishing, the Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing and the Master of Arts in Creative Writing. To be eligible to articulate into the Master of Arts in Creative Writing, students must complete at least two postgraduate writing subjects with a distinction grade or higher.

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C10405v2 Bachelor of Communication (Writing and Publishing) Master of Teaching in Secondary Education

This new course replaces the Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Education (Secondary) from 2021. Students may use the 2020?selection rank for the Bachelor of Communication (Creative Writing) as a guide. The lowest selection rank for Autumn 2020 intake was 72.95. ?

The Bachelor of Communication (Writing and Publishing) Master of Teaching in Secondary Education (English) offers students the knowledge and practical hands-on experience required to teach over 72,000 secondary school pupils studying English in NSW (NSW Education Standards Authority, 2021 HSC Enrolments by Course, 2021). Depending on the stream taken, students may also be able to teach the 4500 students studying Society and Culture in NSW or English language to the 25% of Australian students that have English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD) ( NSW Education Standards Authority, 2021 HSC Enrolments by Course, 2021 ).

The combined "Vertical Stack" course (undergraduate + postgraduate degree) enables students to gain a greater depth of disciplinary knowledge in Communications (Writing and Publishing) before commencing their teaching subjects in the Master of Teaching from their second year of study. Gaining a wider and deeper understanding in their field of study gives students more confidence when they commence teaching. They enter the classroom up to date on the most current developments in the discipline, and this is highly valued by schools.

The unique vertical structure of this combined course means students do not need to meet the standard three Band 5 HSC results, including English, for admission to an initial teacher education course.

To ensure that a high quality of teachers is maintained in the education sector, students need to achieve a Credit average in the first two years of their university studies before progressing into the final years of the program.

If students do not meet the Credit average, they can still continue in the Bachelor of Communications (Writing and Publishing) and graduate with that qualification.

Students spend 80 days in one of more than 200 secondary schools across NSW. This practical experience with a trusted UTS partner school helps them gain the skills and confidence in curriculum and classroom management required for effective teaching in English (and EALD or Society and Culture if relevant), and also helps them develop personal and professional networks within and beyond education for their future career path.

Not only are students accelerated in their career pathway to secondary teaching by achieving two qualifications, including one at postgraduate level, within the duration of a single undergraduate degree, they also have the benefits of a range of career options.

Career options

Secondary teacher in English or EALD or Society and Culture in a public or private school, locally or internationally (subject to meeting relevant employer requirements). Graduates may also seek work as a fiction and non-fiction writer, editor, publisher, scriptwriter, literary agent, communication coordinator, arts and cultural administrator, copywriter, feature writer, publications officer, freelance writer, book marketing coordinator, digital content producer, marketing content producer for government, NGOs and cultural groups, video game writer, writer for media organisations.

Innovation and Transdisciplinary program

All UTS students have the opportunity to develop distinctive capabilities around transdisciplinary thinking and innovation through the TD School. Transdisciplinary education at UTS brings together great minds from different disciplines to explore ideas that improve the way we live and work in the world. These offerings are unique to UTS and directly translate to many existing and emerging roles and careers.

The Diploma in Innovation ( C20060 ) teaches innovation, supports personal transformation and provides the hard skills needed to support the inventors and inventions of the future. Students come out of the Diploma in Innovation, with the hard skills to create and support sectoral and societal transformation. Graduates are able to fluently integrate ideas, across professional disciplines and are inventors of the future.

All UTS undergraduate students (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation) can apply for the Diploma in Innovation upon admission in their chosen undergraduate degree. It is a complete degree program that runs in parallel to any undergraduate degree. The course is offered on a three-year, part-time basis, with subjects running in 3-week long intensive blocks in July, December and February sessions. More information including a link to apply is available at https://dipinn.uts.edu.au .

Transdisciplinary electives broaden students' horizons and supercharge their problem-solving skills, helping them to learn outside, beyond and across their degrees. Students enrolled in an undergraduate course that includes electives can choose to take a transdisciplinary subject (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation). More information about the TD Electives program is available here .

Course intended learning outcomes

This course engages with the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs), which are tailored to the Graduate Attributes set for all graduates of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:

MT = Master of Teaching in Secondary Education

Admission requirements

Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.

Applicants must submit a personal statement as part of their application.

Applicants should also review the inherent requirements to ensure they are able to complete this course.

The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 7.5 overall, with a minimum of 8.0 in both the speaking and listening modules, and a reading and writing score of 7.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 610-633 overall with TWE of 5.0, internet based: 102-109 overall with a writing score of 27; or PTE: 73-78 overall with a 79 in both the speaking and listening, and a reading and writing score of 65; or C1A/C2P: 191-199 overall with 200 in both the speaking and listening, and a reading and writing score of 185.

Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.

International students

Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.

Inherent (essential) requirements

Inherent (essential) requirements are academic and non-academic requirements that are essential to the successful completion of a course.

Prospective and current students should carefully read the Inherent (Essential) Requirements Statement below and consider whether they might experience challenges in successfully completing this course. This Statement should be read in conjunction with the UTS Student Rules .

Prospective or current student concerned about their ability to meet these requirements should discuss their concerns with the Academic Liaison Officer in their faculty or school and/or UTS Accessibility Service on 9514 1177 or at [email protected] .

UTS will make reasonable adjustments to teaching and learning, assessment, professional experiences, course related work experience and other course activities to facilitate maximum participation by students with disabilities, carer responsibilities, and religious or cultural obligations in their courses.

For course specific information see the Communication Inherent (Essential) Requirements Statement and the BABEd (Primary and Secondary) and MTeach (Secondary) (Essential) Requirements Statement .

Course duration and attendance

The course duration is four years of full-time study.

Course progression criteria exist and students are required to:

  • satisfactorily complete the NSW Government’s LANTITE Literacy and Numeracy test before progressing to the first Professional Experience supervised teaching placement in Year 3
  • achieve credit average results at the completion of 96 credit points (typically at the end of Year 2). Students who do not achieve a credit average are transferred to the relevant standalone Bachelor degree. Upon completion, they are eligible to apply to the Master of Teaching in Secondary Education via the regular graduate entry pathway.

Course structure

Students must complete 96 credit points of disciplinary content subjects in the Bachelor of Communication (Writing and Publishing) consisting of 24 credit points of core subjects and a 48 credit points major. Students who selected the English/Society and Culture teaching area at application undertake 24 credit points of specific subjects from the Society and Culture stream, while those who chose the English or English/English as an Additional Language/Dialect teaching areas, complete 24 credit points of Communication electives.

In the Master of Teaching in Secondary Education component students complete 96 credit points comprising 42 credit points of core subjects focused on the foundation education disciplines of learning, motivation and adolescent psychology as well as addressing the education of students with special needs; and 54 credit points of teaching methods and professional experience relating to the teaching area/s chosen at application, as well as elective subjects or, for those undertaking English/EALD, additional subjects contributing to their second teaching area.

Industrial training/professional practice

Students undertake professional experience totalling 80 days of supervised teaching practice in schools. Students work under the supervision of an in-service high school teacher in their area(s) of specialisation and are mentored by a tertiary education supervisor.

Course completion requirements

Course program.

Example programs for students undertaking the course full time are shown below.

Course programs for each individual major and stream are available at study plan management .

Professional recognition

This course is accredited by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) as a recognised secondary school teaching qualification. To gain employment as a teacher in NSW schools, graduands must meet the requirements of NESA, including language proficiency.

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Further information is available from the Building 10 Student Centre:

Local and current students: telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887) or +61 2 9514 1222 Ask UTS

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The MA/MS in English with a specialization in creative writing allows students to do advanced work in poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction. Students accepted into the specialization complete workshops in these three genres and study scholarship about creative writing and literature. For their theses, students concentrate on one genre and work closely with faculty mentors who offer expert advice and guidance throughout the thesis-writing process. Hybrid theses that cross genre boundaries and include visual/ audio elements are also welcome. Appearing as poems, stories, essays, and graphic novels, students’ theses address environmental issues, personal challenges, and historical controversies, among many other topics.    Please reach out to Lynne McNeill , the Director of Graduate Studies, for specific programmatic questions. 

Career Application

The aim of this specialization is to allow students time after their undergraduate work to hone their craft, continue their apprenticeship as a writer, complete a substantial body of work, and pursue publication. The degree caters especially to those who plan to continue their studies by seeking a PhD or MFA in creative writing, as well as to future college instructors and secondary educators.

Students and graduates have won regional and national awards for their creative work, including The Norman Mailer Prize, The Utah Original Writing Competition prize, and The Elizabeth R. Curry Poetry Prize. They have published essays, poems, and stories with literary magazines like Orion , Bellingham Review , Ninth Letter , The American Scholar , Sugar House Review , Cimarron Review , Mud Season Review , and Brevity , as well as book-length work with Finishing Line , SLAB , Dzanc , and The Cupboard Pamphlet presses. In addition to publishing work in books, chapbooks, and prestigious literary journals, graduates of the Specialization have been accepted into well-regarded MFA and PhD programs in creative writing at universities, such as The Ohio State University, University of Montana, and University of Tennessee.

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UTSA’s Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing adds interdisciplinary breadth to a student’s course of study while increasing the depth and coherence of a student’s work in creative writing. Given the growing interest in creative writing in liberal arts as well as non-traditional disciplines like medicine, sociology, and psychology, many students find this formal recognition of their work in creative writing to be a valuable credential in both academic and non-academic job markets. Students who are pursuing the Graduate Certificate also receive first consideration for graduate workshop registration.

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R. Stranger MFA’24 combines creative writing and visual arts in their multimedia approach to art

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R. Stranger MFA’24 incorporates visual work into their writing, striving to find their own personal channel of creating. Through PNCA’s Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing program, Stranger has been able to pursue cross-genre, collaborative work, combining prose, poetry, photography, film, archiving, and cataloging. “I needed to be in a writing program situated within an art school, where I would have the ability and freedom to incorporate my visual work and embodied practice into my creative writing,” Stranger says. “Literature and art have been the portals through which I receive so much of the world.”

The program’s unique approach to treating writing as a multidisciplinary studio art practice offers Stranger the ability to build relationships across departments. Stranger is especially grateful for mentorship from faculty members Vi Khi Nao , a writer, and Dao Strom , an artist. “Each of them has undeniably affected my work and approach to writing and creating,” Stranger says, adding that Nao “opened my eyes to the depth of emotion we can allow ourselves to go and the necessary risks that an artist must take if they wish to be true to their work and themselves.

Stranger focuses on difficult issues in their art, including “the multidimensional nature of queerness, the complexities of having/being a body, and the transformative nature of grief,” Stranger says. Utilizing several mediums allows Stranger to “move through the work of mourning and living through different layers of humanness.”

PNCA and the Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies have granted Stranger multiple opportunities to share and show their work. “I tabled my zines at the 2022 Do-It-Yourself / Do-It-Ourselves Graduate Symposium as well as at this year’s Form.a Art Press Fair at Oregon Contemporary,” Stranger says. Their photography was also selected for display at Lightbox Photographic Gallery’s New Visionaries exhibit through an Oregon BFA/MFA photo student exhibition call organized by PNCA faculty Rachel Wolf .

The proverbial cherry on top of Stranger’s experience at PNCA has been having a private studio within an institutional space, thanks to Strom and Creative Writing Program Director Jay Ponteri . “I can still be in the world while also receiving access to a nurturing art community and the institutional resources that aid my public art practice.”

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Austin Peay remembers David Till: co-founder of Zone 3 and advocate for creative writing

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Professor Emeritus David Till, one of the original faculty members responsible for proposing the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts at Austin Peay State University, passed away last week at his home in Clarksville. Co-founder of Zone 3 literary journal, Till’s book Oval was the inaugural book published by Zone 3 Press.  

On Till’s legacy, alumnus Jeff Hardin says: “Real and lasting education took place in Dave’s office during our countless conversations. He had more epiphanies than most people, epiphanies in the middle of epiphanies. He had a way of taking a thread of an idea and following it to a place you couldn’t predict and didn’t want to leave. His voice was a kind of home—inviting, full of endless rooms.”

Alongside faculty from across the arts at Austin Peay, Till was integral to the establishment of CECA in 1985. As CECA approaches its 40th anniversary, we reflect on those faculty who played such important roles. For Creative Writing, that impact includes Zone 3 and the establishment of a visiting writers’ series. Retired professor Barry Kitterman, Till’s colleague of thirty years, says that “Dave Till and Malcolm Glass had built a writing program that served our students first, but one that also fed colleagues and the whole campus.”

Kitterman remembers that Till invited poets like Robert Bly, Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti to speak on campus, establishing a high standard for the visiting writers’ series from its inception. Kitterman states: “He was a meticulous editor in the days of print journals, laying the magazine out in hard copy and worrying over every detail, which poem spoke to the next poem. And he was a memorable teacher.”

Till’s influence continues to resonate at APSU—each incoming group of writers and readers is shaped by his legacy. In 2018 the Department of Languages & Literature established the David Till Award for Exceptional Writing, a prize awarded to students during the department’s annual spring picnic. Arizona Hurn, a past recipient of the David Till Award, says, “Professor Till was part of the family I found when I got to college—a community I was lucky enough to join.”

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