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The English Department at the University of Tennessee. We offer an MA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing. Our diversity shows up in our curriculum.

The Department of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is a diverse department with a diverse mission. We teach First-Year Composition to all the students at the University of Tennessee, and we teach literature to a sizable percentage of that total. We have an undergraduate major with four "concentrations": creative writing, literature, rhetoric and writing, and technical communication. In the PhD, we have concentrations in Literature, Criticism, and Textual Studies; in Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics; and in English with Creative Dissertation. You can take courses with us in Early or Late Shakespeare, Rhetoric of Legal Discourse, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, Film and American Culture, and Race and Ethnicity in American Literature.

10/26/2026

https://www.sibaweb.com/news/siba-bookseller-receives-emerging-writer-prize

We're thrilled to announce Nicole Yackley, former MFA has won the emerging writers prize.

Nicole Yackley from Read It Again Books in Suwanee, GA, is one of five recipients of the Susan Kamil Emerging Writers Prize, which awards a $10,000 grant to aspiring writers-booksellers working on a full-length manuscript.

10/24/2026

🍊What actually happens between an author and an editor on the long journey from an initial submission to a successful book or article?🍊

Join us for a rare conversation between Sean Manning (President and Publisher at Simon & Schuster, formerly Executive Editor at Rhapsody and Features Editor at Popular Mechanics) and Anna Marie Tendler (bestselling author of Men Have Called Her Crazy) to discuss their work together bringing Anna’s bestselling book to the bookshelves. They will reflect on their perspectives of the publishing process and pull back the curtain on how books and other publications are acquired, shaped, and sold.

This session is open to all graduate and undergraduate students in creative writing and publishing.

10/23/2026

✨🍊Making the most of our tuition 🍊✨

Recently, UT English students had the opportunity to attend and ask question a live recording of Dr. Matt Seybold’s “The American Vandal” podcast featuring their professors. Seybold is an Associate Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College. His podcast addressed everything from close reading to the “secret history of Canvas.”

Students, get out there and take advantages of all the opportunities the English Department and University has to offer! 🎆

10/21/2026

Sigma Tau Delta had a blast with everyone who came out for blackout poetry! Keep an eye out for next month’s event!🦇📖

10/21/2026

Sigma Tau Delta had a blast with everyone who came out for blackout poetry! Keep an eye out for next month’s event!📖🦇

10/20/2026

English major course offerings for Spring 2027 are live!! Check out our website, or scan the QR code for more information🍊

10/15/2026

Sigma Tau Delta is hosting the annual Blackout Poetry event in collaboration with Phoenix and UTK Creative Writing! All majors and minors are welcome to come get creative and craft some poems. Materials will be provided.

10/13/2026

CW Series - Emily Nemens Oct. 19

10/13/2026

CW Series - Anna Marie Tendler, Oct. 26

10/08/2026

📖🧡Happy Banned Books Week! 🧡📖

Address

301 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN
37996

Telephone

+18659745401

Website

http://english.utk.edu/

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