Creative Writing Program

The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English provides undergraduate and graduate students with writing courses in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, and screenwriting. The program offers classes from beginning to advanced levels, open to all students regardless of their major, as well as a 15-credit sequence of courses leading to the Concentration in Creative Writing. The Program also hosts a stellar Visiting Writers Series each semester and the Wallace Stevens Poetry Program, which each year brings some of the world’s most exciting poets to UConn.

First-Year Writing

UConn's First-Year Writing Program offers entry-level courses designed to enhance students’ writing, critical thinking, and digital literacy. These courses emphasize active learning and collaboration, and are offered to all UConn undergraduates as part of the University’s first-year writing requirement. The First-Year Writing Program also offers training and other resources to instructors on how to teach across technologies and communication modes.

American Studies

American Studies, part of the Department of Social and Critical Inquiry, focuses on U.S. culture and its relationship to the world beyond its borders. The interdisciplinary field brings together faculty from across the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts at UConn, and offers events, programs, and training programs for teachers. It offers an undergraduate major and minor as well as a graduate certificate.

Long River Review

The Long River Review is a literary journal produced annually by UConn undergraduate students. The publication champions the best art and literature from emerging writers and artists at UConn and across the globe. It also provides valuable experience for students to plan, edit, and produce a publication under faculty guidance.

Poetic Journeys

Poetic Journeys is a public art project that features poems written by UConn students, faculty, and staff--on placards designed by students in the University’s Design Center--at transportation hubs across the Storrs campus. The project offers community members and visitors a poetic respite from their busy days, and an opportunity, each time they board a bus, to embark on a different kind of journey.

Aetna Chair of Writing

The Aetna Chair of Writing supports UConn writing programs and initiatives, including prizes and research grants for students; literary journals and publications; visiting scholars and guest speakers; and professional development opportunities for writers and educators.

Connecticut Writing Project

Through its annual Invitational Summer Institute, the Connecticut Writing Project supports professional resources for teachers in all disciplines who recognize the worth of using writing as a means of learning any subject matter. The project also offers professional development services to schools and school districts, and a variety of opportunities for students to publish their writing.

UConn Writing Center

The UConn Writing Center provides tutoring and writing support for students at all levels. It also offers faculty development resources for educators at UConn and across the state, and sponsors programs across the University that enhance educational access and academic excellence.

Wallace Stevens Poetry Program

The Wallace Stevens Poetry Program brings nationally and internationally-recognized poets to Connecticut each year to engage with UConn students and community members. The Program also supports other engagement activities, including a poetry prize for students.

Professors Are (Cool) People Too

Revived and reimagined after five years, this podcast series explores the humanity and personalities of English professors. Hosted by Pascale Joachim '23 (CLAS), an English alum and former student worker for the department.