Jackson Center for Creative Writing at Hollins University

10/26/2026

Another successful reading with our friends from Virginia Tech! How wonderful to share the Blue Ridge Mountains with such talented peers.

10/14/2026

Thanks for coming out last Thursday to hear Teju Cole read and for asking such great questions afterward! More readings to come this fall, so keep an eye out.

09/30/2026

Join us this Friday at The Bibliopub for readings from our MFA students! No better way to welcome October than with good drinks and good art 🍂

09/17/2026

Join us for a reading by Ethel Barja next Thursday at 7:30pm in the Hollins Room! Before you come, get a free copy of her book in Moody Lobby on Monday, and discuss it at 3pm, before her reading.

07/17/2026

We are so happy for Martha Park ‘15! Congratulations!!

The literature of Tennessee helps to define its history and its culture. Classic novels like Alex Haley’s Roots and James Agee’s A Death in the Family are joined by newer…

07/13/2026

We are very excited to announce that Emily Davis-Fletcher (MFA ‘23) is the winner of the 2026 Foley Prize from America Magazine. Read it at the link below!

What good are great blue herons reflecting our quiet thoughts

05/09/2026

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05/06/2026

Hollins University’s English and Creative Writing Department bids farewell to two gifted educators, T. J. Anderson III and Marilyn Moriarty, whose work has shaped and inspired generations of young writers for more than three decades.

What you built here endures in the courage you asked of us on the page, and in the kind of attention and care you modeled so consistently. Your legacy will continue to touch our hearts and light our paths. We love you and will never forget you!

05/04/2026

The Hollins University English & Creative Writing Department and Jackson Center for Creative Writing invite you to the final reading of the season. One last bow from this year’s graduating writers.

Come listen, and celebrate the final act.

04/23/2026

Come out tomorrow night for TJ Anderson III’s final Hollins reading before retirement! We’ve been so lucky to have TJ as a presence, poet, and teacher in the English Department for nearly 30 years. Join us to send him off in style.