Creative Writing
The Creative Writing program allows students to develop their storytelling skills, enhance their imagination, and express their unique voice while exploring various genres and receiving constructive feedback. Our curriculum, which integrates writing and reading, involves studying outstanding literary works and issues of craft and genre, fostering an active culture of engagement through mentorship with award-winning faculty and opportunities for professional development in a vibrant literary community in Southern Minnesota.
Careers in Creative Writing
Creative Writing can open doors to diverse career opportunities in publishing, media, advertising, and more, while fostering critical thinking and communication skills valuable in any field.- Copywriter
- Editor
- Writer
- Professor
- Teacher
- Proofreader
Potential Salary
Median Salary $73,690
Creative Writing Degrees at MSU
Creative Writing, Minor
The creative writing is a great compliment to any major that involves effective writing. Students explore literary works while exploring techniques to take their own writing to the next level.
Creative Writing, Master of Fine Arts
The Creative Writing MFA meets the needs of students who want to strike a balance between the development of individual creative talent and the close study of literature and language. Students will find appropriate training for careers in freelance writing, college-level teaching, editing and publishing, arts administration, and several other areas.
Creative Writing, Minor
The creative writing is a great compliment to any major that involves effective writing. Students explore literary works while exploring techniques to take their own writing to the next level.
Creative Writing, Master of Fine Arts
The Creative Writing MFA meets the needs of students who want to strike a balance between the development of individual creative talent and the close study of literature and language. Students will find appropriate training for careers in freelance writing, college-level teaching, editing and publishing, arts administration, and several other areas.
Good Thunder Reading Series
Whether you read literature or write it, Good Thunder Reading Series offers ways to engage with our visiting writers through writing workshops, craft talks, and readings.
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Blue Earth Review
Blue Earth Review is Minnesota State University, Mankato’s graduate-run literary magazine. Our mission is to create a collection of artistic works that celebrate the uniqueness of the world told through characters, verse, and artists—compacted into our square magazine.
Department of Creative Arts
The Department of Creative Arts is comprised of three robust programs: Art & Design, Creative Writing, and Film & Media Studies.
Good Thunder Podcast
Explore the Good Thunder Reading Series’ collection of “Authors in Transit” interviews—an interview series that investigates the process of writing, inspirations, and plenty more with our visiting authors!
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The Communication and Media program equips students with critical thinking, digital literacy, and global awareness, preparing them to be ethical and socially responsible communicators, advocates, and storytellers in a dynamic world.
Film and Media Studies
Students in Film and Media Studies look at all aspects of film and media, including aesthetic, creative, critical, cultural, technical, and theoretical perspectives.
English
English students learn the flexible thinking, creativity, and empathy that the current job market demands and global citizenship requires. Our classes cultivate the adaptable skills of reading and writing, creative and literary thinking, analysis and research, and cutting-edge presentation skills.
Technical Communication
Our Technical Communication classes will teach you to communicate ideas and information effectively. We typically study how people communicate in a professional environment and focus on making documents that are clear, concise, accurate, thorough, and easy for the audience to use. Courses cover user experience, usability, content strategy, and instructional design, ensuring your work is accurate, thorough, and easy to use.
Department of Creating Writing
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Humanities and Social Sciences
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is an inclusive community of diverse learners seeking to examine, engage with and transform the social world while nurturing creativity and innovation. Our programs build a foundation of knowledge that adapts to a constantly changing society.
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