English & Creative Writing - William Paterson University

02/20/2025

12/05/2024

Are you a student currently enrolled in a NJ undergraduate degree program? Submit to our short fiction contest for a chance to be published in Map Literary and win $250! For more information, see our Submittable page.

https://mapliterary.submittable.com/projects/edit/03d7e5da-9250-4f90-98a0-2e10e6467b78

12/03/2024

Poetry Contest for High School Students--run by William Paterson University - https://mailchi.mp/fe83ec598810/poetry-contest-for-high-school-students-run-by-william-paterson-university-12712130

11/11/2024

MFA Virtual Open House -

We welcome you to join us in learning about our Master of Fine Arts in Creative & Professional Writing program on Wednesday, Nov 13th, at 5:30 PM. Did you know you can take up to three classes before matriculating into the MFA program? We'll tell you how! Registration can be completed by cl...

09/09/2024

This reading and workshop will explore the ways in which Latinx poets work to build and shape myths about and for Latinx peoples, as well as how and why myth making is central to Latinx and Latin American poetics. For this, Puerto Rican poet Vincent Toro will read from his own work and share the work by other poets who draw from and contribute to Latinx legacies of leyendas (legends), folk tales, and epic narratives in their verse.

Toro is the author of two poetry collections: Tertulia (Penguin Poets, 2020) and Stereo.Island.Mosaic. (Ahsahta Press, 2016). He is an Assistant Professor of English at Rider University. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing from Rutgers.

Join us in person at 5:30 for delicious hors-d’oeuvres in Hamilton Hall just outside the Martini room! 🙂

06/04/2024

Congrats to everyone!!!

https://www.mapliterary.org/nj-high-school-writing-contest.html

05/01/2024

Meeting Link:
https://wpunj.zoom.us/j/3392562454

05/01/2024

MFA Colloquium - Wed May 8th, 5:PM -

We are proud to honor eight graduating M.F.A. students at this public celebration of their master's thesis project. Joanne Ashe Amirah Elayan Elissa Greenwald Gabrielle Lauren Brenda Marshall Debbie Pierre Samantha Schoeppler Melanie Steger  

04/03/2024

Free Online Workshop with Randall Klein -

The MFA in Creative & Professional Writing Program at William Paterson University invites you to join us for a discussion on the writing and editing process on Tuesday, April 16 @ 6:00-7:15 PM Eastern Time featuring Randall Klein.  When It's Done But Not Done: The Revision Process How does an auth...

03/13/2024

Our latest MFA spotlight goes out Faye Wikner! Her two poems, "WHITE CRANE DIES, THEN DANCES" and "MIMESIS AND THE LOCKER LURE" were published in The Rumen:

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