Overview:

The Creative Writing Program in the School of Humanities and Global Studies seeks to develop promising writers. Features of the Program include:

• Small classes/workshops
• Co-curricular opportunities, such as the campus literary magazine, Trillium, or community reading events.
• Readings at Ramapo Visiting Writers Series, which has hosted acclaimed writers, such as Natasha Tretheway, Robert Pinksy, and Terrance Hayes, to name a few.

Concentration and Minor:

• For students who are majoring in Literature, a concentration in Creative Writing is available. This can be achieved by taking three Creative Writing courses and completing the Creative Writing Capstone.
• For non-Literature students, a minor in Creative Writing is available. This can be achieved by taking Introduction to Creative Writing, an additional Creative Writing course and completing the Creative Writing Capstone. In addition, two Literature electives are required, one focused on poetry, and the other focused on prose.

The following Creative Writing courses are in the college catalog:

• Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry
• Poetry Writing Workshop
• Creative Non-Fiction Writing Workshop
• Fiction Writing Workshop
• Creative Writing Capstone

Questions, comments and suggestions may be directed to Professor James Hoch, Convener of the Creative Writing, at jhoch1@ramapo.edu.

Student Feedback:

“While Ramapo has a great Creative Writing program right here on campus, one of its best features is that it’s always reaching out to outside sources to help its students get fresh perspective on their work.”
-Brendan Flanagan, Class of 2012

“Writing isn’t just something you can study and learn, it’s a craft that has to be practiced and developed. In a process like this, the right kind of support system can make all the difference.”
-Antonio Regalado, Class of 2013

“It’s because the workshop is just that, a meeting of writers eager to discuss literature and craft, study texts by classic and exciting contemporary artists, and work toward the improvement of each writer’s project – the project that is a life of writing, enormously benefited by study the creative minds at Ramapo.”
-Mike Stringer, Class of 2010