learning opportunities

Pitt's Writing Program offers classes in a broad range of creative writing classes every term.

You might also check out the composition program's certificate in Public and Professional Writing. The PPW Certificate is a great option for for people who are looking for ways to write on the job, whether they are looking for jobs in the nonprofit sector, the for-profit world, or government. Competitive internships available.

If you are thinking about pursuing an MFA in creative writing, you need to visit Tom Kealey's website, the Creative Writing MFA Handbook (also the name of his forthcoming book). He offers tons of useful and thought provoking material that will help you decide whether an MFA is right for you, where to go, how to get in, and so on. Lots of great links, too.

Associated Writing Programs (AWP) offers contacts for writing programs and for writers' conferences and centers.

The Electronic Poetry Center at SUNY-Buffalo offers resources that focus on "digital and contemporary formally innovative poetries, new media writing, and literary programming."

Pitt offers non-credit informal writing classes for older adult learners through the College of General Studies .

Non-credit writing workshops are offered seasonally for a modest cost at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts School.

A free monthly poetry workshop is run by Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange at City Books, 1111 Carson Street, South Side at 8 p.m. on the first Monday of each month.

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The Writing Center
Department of English
University of Pittsburgh