Creative Writing Courses

Spring 2026 Undergraduate Creative Writing Courses Offered
 

• CW 260 Visiting Writer Series (2units)                  Select Wednesdays            Ingrid Rojas Contreras
  • Students in this course attend public literary events on campus, including the Creative Writing Reading Series, meeting Distinguished Visiting Writers and other literary figures while engaging in close study of their work.
     
• CW 362 Fiction Workshop (4units)      Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:30-3:10      Marilyn Abildskov
  • This workshop focuses on essential craft elements of fiction: plot, dialogue, character, point of view, place, form, and revision. Includes close readings of published work, and work by peers, as well as an introduction to workshop techniques: how to critique peer work effectively, and how to utilize critique in revision and future writing.
    • Pre-Requisite CW 160 or ENGL 160/25 minimum C- grade.
       
• The Following is a list of all Undergraduate Creative Writing Courses:
  • 160: Creative Writing: Multi-Genre Studies
  • 260: Visiting Writer Series
  • 360: Poetry Workshop
  • 361: Dramatic and Cinematic Arts Workshop
  • 362: Fiction Workshop
  • 363: Nonfiction Workshop
  • 460: Advanced Poetry Workshop
  • 461: Advanced Dramatic and Cinematic Arts Workshop
  • 462: Advanced Fiction Workshop
  • 463: Advanced Nonfiction Workshop
  • 496: Creative Writing Capstone

For a list of current English course offering click the following link https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/academics/liberal-arts/english/courses