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Adult creative writing classes encourage learning beyond the university

When Emily Cataneo and Arshia Simkin graduated from their Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing  program in 2019 , they realized there weren't many opportunities outside of a university setting to improve creative writing.   

From there,  Redbud Writing Project , the Triangle’s only adult creative writing school , was born.

Founded by Cataneo and Simkin in 2019, the project works to provide writing classes and opportunities for adults regardless of  restrictions on time, money or resources. 

"There was a huge appetite for an offering like this in the community and so, almost five years later, here we are," Cataneo said . 

The organization is headquartered  in Raleigh and offers classes at satellite locations in Chapel Hill, Durham, Pittsboro and Carrboro, i ncluding at Golden Fig Books and Flyleaf Books .  

According to  Simkin, the organization attempts to make courses fun and engaging, while maintaining rigorous, college-level content in order to push students to write their best work.

Redbud is committed to the principles of compassion , empathy and candor, according to their website. The classes strive to inspire and create a safe space to share written work, while providing honest feedback.

“I think that people come to our classes and feel excited about writing but it's also important that they get feedback on ways to make their writing even better and suggestions and ideas for how to continue to progress,” Cataneo said.

Fiction teacher Matthew Buckley Smith   said he provides specific feedback that acts less like advice and more like guided questions in order to point his students in the right direction. 

Kaye Usry, a student at Redbud, began her journey with the organization in 2019 after seeking feedback on a personal project. Since then, she has taken various classes, including the "Writing the Novel" course, and has written a full novel.

Usry  said  students have the chance to workshop their peers’ work throughout the courses, which both improves the class’ creative writing and strengthens the course community.

“The classes are only six sessions, but I've made some really good friends through those classes, because it's such an intimate thing to share your writing with someone else and to make comments on someone else's writing," she said . "Because it's such a personal thing, even if you're not writing about yourself.”

Along with giving feedback on written works, teachers will assign readings that expose students to different voices, styles and moods, Usry said.

“In the class I took, we read " Never Let Me Go " by Kazuo Ishiguro, and we read an Elena Ferrante novel as well,” Usry said . “I didn't know about either of those authors and I've since come to love both of them.”

According to Simkin, Redbud makes every possible effort to incorporate scholarships and free community-based classes at partner organizations, including the Durham Center for Senior Life . These classes serve historically underrepresented groups in the creative writing field, such as BIPOC writers, domestic violence survivors, low income seniors and those who wish to share personal stories of reproductive injustice.

“We partnered with Planned Parenthood to do a class where people could learn how to write the issues affecting them around reproductive care,” Simkin said.

The project offers six-week courses , which vary in subject based on when they're taught. In the past, topics included sci-fi writing, poetry, feminist works, horror  and parenthood. Three of this month's classes, "Fiction I," "Writing the Body" and "Writing the Novel" are currently full.  

Cataneo said the courses are designed to be pieced together into the equivalent of an MFA. 

Redbud has become a place where like-minded writers with a common interest can form interpersonal connections, something which was particularly appealing for students in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, she said.  

“Today, four out of six [students] said that they worked remotely and part of the reason they were signing up was to meet people,” Smith said . “So they tend to be pretty sweet and open people.”

Many of the teachers have seen the bonds formed through Redbud extend beyond the classroom, Cataneo said. Last year, she ran into former students hanging out when she was at a coffee shop.

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"Some people have creative writing groups themselves, and those groups have been meeting continuously for years," she said . "In some ways those friendships naturally form, but we also have specific, more official ways that we work to create community, too."

They host readings at the end of the six-week sessions where students can socialize, share their work and have a glass of wine to celebrate their accomplishments in the course.

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Creative Writing MA

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Creative Writing

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The MA in Creative Writing is an exciting new course at Durham University. Taught by award-winning writers Dr Paul Batchelor, Dr Naomi Booth, Kayo Chingonyi, Professor Claire Harman, Sunjeev Sahota, and Dr Sam Riviere. This is an academically rigorous programme that will develop students’ practical knowledge of writing poetry and prose fiction. Students will receive structured support through writing workshops and one-to-one tutorials in order to develop their own ideas. Students will also study a broad range of literature from the 20th and 21st centuries, and produce new work in response.

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Students are usually required to have an Honours Degree at 2:1 level or higher or GPA average of 3.2 from a recognised national or international university. Students should submit a sample of 4-6 poems or 2,000 words of fiction. All students must provide two positive academic or professional references.

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Creative Writing

About the minor.

Creative Writing at Duke is guided by the belief that the experience of writing and reading creatively is a gift to a student for life. It is a source of imaginative enrichment, aesthetic discipline, heightened awareness and a vital means of re-integrating thoughts, feeling and practice that are too often disconnected in our contemporary world.

The creative writing program offers numerous courses in all genres of writing at every level and a Creative Writing Minor, as well as a Distinction Project in Creative Writing. Courses cover a spectrum of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, essay, memoir, travel writing, documentary writing, theater and more. The program is embedded in the curriculum of the Duke English Department, which has long occupied a vital and distinctive place both in the discipline and in the university, where it has served as one of the defining spaces of thought, conversation, teaching, and inquiry. Courses based in Documentary Studies , Arts of the Moving Image , and Theater Studies greatly expand and enrich the options for creative writing studies.

A regular series of writers-in-residence, visiting speakers, readings and on-campus conferences, as well as opportunities to work on a variety of campus publications supplement courses and support a vibrant creative community. Two outstanding journals publish student work: The Archive and Cantos .

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Durham College (DC) and Trent University Durham GTA (Trent) have teamed up to create an integrated diploma and degree program — blending practical media production experience with crucial critical thinking and writing skills. With an emphasis on hands-on learning, gain new confidence while building a strong portfolio of work that will help launch your career in journalism, broadcasting and media. Achieve an Ontario College Diploma in Journalism – Mass Media and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media Studies upon graduation in just four years.

In this program, enjoy courses at both DC and Trent’s Durham GTA campus each year (locations are only 15 minutes apart by car, 25 minutes by transit). Throughout your studies, you will refine your skills in writing, social media and content creation, putting your abilities into practice through a variety of hands-on learning and work placements. You will also develop the practical skills and experience necessary to launch an exciting career in broadcasting and journalism.

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Applications for this program are made through the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre. For complete information on the admission requirements and application process, please visit www.trentu.ca/futurestudents/degree/journalism-and-creative-writing .

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or mature student status
• A minimum of six Grade 12 4U or 4M courses, including program-specific prerequisites
• A minimum overall final average of 70 per cent (unless otherwise specified)
• ENG 4U with a minimum of 60 per cent
• Year one domestic: $2,722 (CAD)
• Year one international: $14,530 (CAD)

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• Media, Law and Ethics
• Multi-Platform Storytelling

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• Media relations specialist
• Communications officer

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Media is a constantly evolving and competitive industry that demands professionals who have both practical experience in media production as well as highly developed critical thinking and writing skills. Experience the best of both worlds as a student in the Journalism and Creative Writing program. Achieve an Ontario College Diploma in Journalism – Mass Media and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media Studies (with an option in Creative Writing) upon graduation in just four years.

Due to the constant evolution of technology and the increasing development of new platforms of communication, traditional media professions such as journalism are facing new opportunities, as well as new challenges. Changes in the delivery methods of traditional news have forced journalists and others within the journalism industry to change how they do their jobs. For instance, journalists can now research using generative artificial intelligence (AI) and collect information on their phones to deliver stories directly to multiple platforms.

Graduates will develop skills in: broadcasting, writing, podcasting, reporting, interviewing, editing, using AI, content creation and media production, teamwork and critical thinking. You will have knowledge of applicable legislation, standards and professional ethics and recognize the importance of continuous learning. More specifically, you will gain a clear understanding of the impact of digital technology and generative AI on journalism and will be able to respond and adapt effectively and efficiently to technological changes.

This program embraces the broad changes occurring in the media landscape and offers a progressive curriculum that allows you to focus on development of skills in journalism, social media and content creation on all platforms – online, social media and broadcast.

Develop the essential skills, knowledge and behaviours required to work in this progressive, critical profession.

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NOTE: Students enrolling in this program are required to purchase their own laptop. For specific hardware and software requirements for this program  click here .

For more information about the program and learning outcomes, please visit  www.trentu.ca/futurestudents/degree/journalism-and-creative-writing .

Program Learning Outcomes

• Report on stories in an accurate, detailed, balanced, professional, and timely manner.
• Apply computer and technical skills to designated production and research functions in journalism.
• Function both independently and as a member of editorial and/or production teams.
• Analyze knowledge from communities, current events and public affairs, and history to interpret and express the context for designated journalism publications and/or productions.
• Develop strategies for personal and professional development.
• Comply with relevant Canadian legislation, standards, and the principles and practices of journalism.
• Write and edit content for the designated media platforms.
• Publish and/or broadcast content for the designated media platforms.
• Apply production skills and use production equipment in the preparation and distribution of content for the designated media platforms.
• Assess mass media communications and technologies as they relate to the impact on social and ethical issues.
• Select and assess appropriate mass media technologies to meet the needs of the intended audience.
• Plan and design editorial content to fulfil a mass media communications strategy for the client’s requirements.
• Analyze shifts and trends in mass media technologies to anticipate the communication needs of the intended audience.

The courses listed below are for incoming students. If you are a current student, please refer to your program of study for the year you began your program. Your program of study can be found on MyDC .

Courses, course descriptions and delivery formats are subject to change.

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More than 75% of this program is delivered in-person.

The rest of the coursework will be delivered using hybrid, flexible or online formats. Students will come to campus to complete in-person learning requirements. Detailed schedules, with course-specific delivery information, will be available after registration. Courses, course descriptions and delivery formats are subject to change.

WHERE YOU COULD WORK

• Communications departments
• News organizations
• Online media companies
• Marketing and publishing companies
• Public relations firms
• TV and radio stations
• Self-employed (podcaster, blogger, content creator)

Field placement:  Your learning experience is complemented by a six-week field placement at the end of the eighth semester. Gain valuable, hands-on experience in a professional workplace setting while applying the theoretical knowledge and skills learned in the classroom.

Past placement opportunities have included:

• The Globe and Mail
• CTV Toronto/CP24
• The Toronto Star
• CBC Toronto
• 94.9 The Rock/KX-96/CKDO
• Sportsnet 590 The Fan
• The Hockey News
• Peterborough Examiner
• Entertainment Tonight Canada
• Discovery Channel
• Durham College
• Ontario Tech University
• Metroland – Durham Region
• Durham District School Board
• City of Oshawa
• Region of Durham
• Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority

Working newsroom:  You also have the opportunity to work in The Chronicle newsroom at DC during the fifth and sixth semesters of the program. Here you will draw on your foundational learning to edit video and audio, present on Riot Radio as a host and podcaster, create content for the Chronicle news properties, and stay active across social media platforms.

Program Transfer, Degree Completion and Additional Credentials

Graduates of the Durham College Journalism – Mass Media diploma program may be eligible to pursue the Journalism and Creative Writing integrated program. Credit transfers and pathways are discussed with students on a case-by-case basis.

Please visit our pathways page to learn more.

Laptop Requirements

Laptop requirements.

A Mac notebook computer is recommended. Please see the hardware requirements document for details.

Software requirements

• Operating System (bundled with new notebook computer purchase)
• Membership in Adobe Creative Cloud™ is included in your Student Fees and will be made available during your first week. There is no need to purchase a subscription.
• Microsoft Office (Available for free for students from Microsoft through your DC Mail account. Please do not buy it.)

DO NOT PURCHASE THIS SOFTWARE PRIOR TO STARTING THE PROGRAM.

Creative Cloud brings together everything you need to create your greatest work. One simple membership gives you and your classmates to the very latest versions of all the Adobe professional creative desktop applications like Photoshop®, Illustrator®, Premiere Pro® and more — plus new features and upgrades as soon as they're available. And that's just the beginning. With Creative Cloud™, everything you need to create intuitively and collaboratively is included.

Free downloadable software (please download and install prior to the start of classes. Caution: To avoid malware, only download from the actual developer or using the links below):

• Adobe Flash Player
• Mozilla Firefox web browser
• Google Chrome web browser 

OTHER RECOMMENDED HARDWARE

• External hard disk USB-3 or USB-C 1 TB or larger
• Headphones (closed or semi open type, good quality, for example AKG K 240 Semi-Open Studio Headphones)

NOTE: These requirements were accurate at the time of posting and are subject to change. Please be aware that hardware and software versions are subject to change and will be updated as needed. Fo r further information and FAQ   click here .

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By undertaking one of our MA courses, you'll be studying with acknowledged experts in the subject, and will write a dissertation or carry out a research or Creative Writing project on the subject of your choice. Durham is one of the best English Departments in the country, offering the opportunity to study at the highest level in a supportive environment.

The diversity of perspectives uniquely offered by the English department at Durham makes it special, and dare I say, world-class.

MA English Literary Studies

Our English Literary Studies (MA) gives you choice, flexibility and the opportunity to specialise. You will learn from the rich variety of research expertise among our Department's academic staff . You might range from medieval manuscripts to critical theory, or from the legacies of Romantic poetry to contemporary Anglophone literatures.

With the support of a programme of research skills training and expert supervision, your studies will be capped off by a dissertation, devised on a subject of your choice.

Find out more about what it's like to study on our MA programme in a blog from our former MA (and subsequently PhD) student, Lydia Shaw.

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Join an intensive writing community where getting words on the page is at the heart of every day. The Creative Writers’ Workshop program will take your craft to the next level. Each day you’ll dive into lessons addressing technique and process, such as Avoiding Sentimentality, Persona Poems, and Scalpel, Please: Aspects of Revision. You’ll offer and receive critiques in roundtable workshops modeled after college-level writing courses, and by program’s end, you’ll have completed a collection of poems, a short story, a one-act play, or another creative project of your choosing. If you’ve been craving time, space, and gentle pressure to put words on the page, Creative Writers’ Workshop will provide them in abundance. Step out of your “real life,” open your notebook, and be amazed at how quickly you can grow as a writer.

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• Improve your skills in a community of advanced writers
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• Select an instructor who best matches your genre and learning style
• Share your work with your peers for support and feedback
• Daily time for reflection, recreation, and socializing

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WCDR. We generate a lot of BUZZ!

The writers' community of durham region.

Dedicated to the craft of writing

The Writers’ Community of Durham Region, affectionately called the WCDR, is a network of writers from all genres and all levels of writing, from creative to technical to business and journalistic writing, supporting each other through in-person meetings and a strong online community.

Though we began as an organization centred around Durham Region, the municipality located in the eastern Greater Toronto Area, our membership extends across the province of Ontario and the entire country of Canada. The WCDR welcomes all writing voices dedicated to the improvement of writing craft. The world needs your voice and the WCDR will give you the tools and confidence to share your creations outside of your desk drawer and hard drive.

WCDR Membership Benefits

From our Monthly Network Meetings (MNMs) to our full-day Master Classes, pull up a chair and learn something new and have fun doing it!

No matter where you are on your writing journey, you have a home at the WCDR. Find inspiration, encouragement, unwavering support and lasting friendships. Connect with us today!

A writer’s work is never done. Grow your craft and confidence in a supportive and inclusive environment. What you write is your business. Helping you succeed is ours.

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Open to anyone.

Our Monthly Network Meetings (MNMs) are open to anyone. Join us for a great opportunity to network with other writers while learning about writing. Each month we welcome speakers who can expand our horizons as writers.

Delve deeper

From time to time, the WCDR invites a speaker to present on a topic in a more comprehensive, in-depth format. These full day Master Classes provide an opportunity to delve deeper into an area of writers’ craft and improve your own writing in the process. Don’t miss the chance to up your writing game!

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The WCDR runs a granting and scholarship program for its members, partially funded in past years through donations. If you are interested in sponsoring, please contact: [email protected]

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There is no other organization in the Greater Toronto Area quite like the WCDR. Which other community will offer you opportunities to meet face-to-face with award-winning authors and editors as easily as meeting with fellow writer peers? Still unsure whether you should join the WCDR? If you are a writer, if you commit words to the page, there is always room for you in our community. Contact us about the benefits of WCDR membership and to join us for a Monthly Network Meeting!

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What to be in the know? Check the BUZZ. The BUZZ informs our members about events and is published at least monthly or more often when promoting special events. This is the place to find out what is happening in your organization such as our Monthly Meetings (MNMs), Master Classes and other WCDR events as well as conferences and contests. We encourage members to write in with information for us to promote in the BUZZ.

New members are always welcome, including those who are just starting to explore their interest in writing. Current members include novices, award-winning and published writers and poets, editors, illustrators, songwriters, and storytellers!

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It has been a tumultuous couple of years that has brought a lot of changes to the WCDR but the time has come to get back together and share our stories.

The WCDR is proud to announce that In-Person Monthly Network Meetings are once again happening! We are currently holding our monthly meetings at St Mark’s church in Whitby (click HERE for the address).

But we learned a lot during the pandemic and that is why we are pleased to offer Virtual attendance for anyone interested. Please sign up for our MNMs the way that you normally would and select your membership type and preference for In-Person or Virtual at the payment page.

And if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our Board .

We can’t wait to welcome everyone back, whether you can join us in-person or from the comfort of your own home.

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2024 creative writing award winners, april 11, 2024.

Quantá Holden | Duke English | Digital Communication Specialist

The English Department at Duke University is honored to announce the winners of the 2024 Creative Writing Contests and Creative Writing Scholarships. Annually, the department administers creative writing contests to recognize fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry works by English majors and non-major undergraduates. 

The English Department is honored to announce the winners of its 2024 writing contests. The department administers writing contests to recognize fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and critical writing by English majors and non-major undergraduates. 

Congratulations to all of this year's winners! 

Anne Flexner Memorial Award for Fiction Family members and friends of former English student Anne Flexner (1945) established the Anne Flexner Memorial Award for Creative Writing to recognize undergraduates for their work in fiction and poetry. 

Makee Gonzalez Anderson ’24  -  “Here, in the Past Tense” Second Prize: Emma Huang, ’25  -  "ABEL’S PLACE"

Reynolds Price Award for Fiction The Reynolds Price Fiction Award was established in memory of the distinguished novelist, essayist, poet, and public intellectual Reynolds Price, a graduate of Duke and professor in the English Department for over 50 years.  Tomas Esber, ’24  -  “Ridgewood” Second Prize: Matthew Chen, ’26  -  “ABC” & “Chair"

CREATIVE NONFICTION

George P. Lucaci Award for Creative NonFiction This award was created to encourage creative nonfiction writing and honor George P. Lucaci, a former Duke student who has actively supported undergraduate creative writing in the English Department for many years. 

Ruby Wang, ’24  -  “Blood Orison” Second Prize: Rowan Huang, ’24  -  “Arms Outstretched"

Academy of American Poets Prize Founded in 1934 in New York City, the Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization advocating for American poets and poetry.  Its mission is to support American poets at all stages of their careers and foster contemporary poetry appreciation.  Nima Babajani-Feremi, ’24  -  “Dreams to Persepolis” Honorable Mention: Tyler King, ’25  -  "NO QUARTER"

Anne Flexner Memorial Award for Poetry   Family members and friends of former English student Anne Flexner (1945) established the Anne Flexner Memorial Award for Creative Writing to recognize undergraduates for their work in fiction and poetry.   Jocelyn Chin, 24 -   “Endurance” Second Prize:   Arielle Stern, ’25  -  "The Poem as Event"

Terry Welby Tyler, Jr. Award for Poetry This award was established by the family of Terry Welby Tyler, Jr., who would have graduated with the class of 1997 to recognize and honor outstanding undergraduate poetry.  Arim Lim, ’26  -  "Archeopteryx"

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