Opportunities In English & Creative Writing

Four students sit around a table in a library room, leafing through packets of papers together. — Student tutors gather for a meeting in the Muhlenberg Writing Center, a place many English students find themselves honing their skills and helping peers.

Creative writing students explore traditional and contemporary issues in creative writing and literature both on and off the page.

You’ll read and write varied genres spanning fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, plays, screenplays, criticism, journalism and more. Each semester, visiting writers offer specialty craft workshops. Every three years, our unique Living Writers course brings renowned writers to campus to teach and share their work. Recent authors include Neil Gaiman, Ada Limón, Marina Carr and Zadie Smith.

Many students study abroad for a semester or participate in short-term Muhlenberg Integrative Learning Abroad, or MILA, programs, with creative writing courses that have taken place in Italy, Ireland and the United States.

Closer to home, you can hone your skills by working as a tutor in the Writing Center or by assisting faculty in area schools or in the Lehigh County prison. Gain publication experience by submitting your work to Muses, a student-directed art and literary magazine, or The Muhlenberg Academic Review, a student-run, peer-reviewed academic journal.

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The Muhlenberg Academic Review

Learn about the College’s peer-reviewed academic journal presented by Muhlenberg’s Gamma Iota chapter of the intercollegiate English honor society, Sigma Tau Delta.

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Wings Of Fire

This online journal shares the themed papers completed by CUE Senior Seminar students within the Department of English Literatures & Writing.

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Living Writers Series

Every three years, Muhlenberg invites some of the most interesting contemporary writers to campus to speak, bringing some of these inspiring authors into classrooms to meet with students.

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Sigma Tau Delta

Muhlenberg’s Gamma Iota chapter of the prestigious international Sigma Tau Delta English honor society was established in 1963 and continues to make a lasting impact on campus.

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The Brown Lecture Series

Named after beloved English professor John D. M. Brown, the Brown Lecture Series brings thought-provoking scholars and writers to Muhlenberg each year.

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Study Away

Discover opportunities tied to your English studies, such as Muhlenberg Integrative Learning Abroad courses, that can take you to new places in the U.S. or around the world.