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Creative Writing

BABachelor of Arts in Creative WritingFunding not verified

Overview

An undergraduate Creative Writing major requiring at least 46 credits, with core courses in fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction, advanced genre workshops, an internship and a two-course capstone ending in a senior writing project. Selected majors can attend MFA Program for Writers lectures and readings in January.

Official program name
Creative Writing
Awarded degree
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing
Source: warren-wilson.edu · verified October 9, 2026
School
Source: warrenwilsonmfa.org · verified October 9, 2026
Location
Swannanoa, NC
Delivery / residency
Campus-basedClasses and workshops meet in person on campus throughout the program.
Source: warren-wilson.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Study intensity
Not verified
Duration
Not verified
Required credits
Minimum of 46 credit hours in the major
Source: warren-wilson.edu · verified October 9, 2026
Teaching language
English (not separately stated)
Why this degree is listed

Creative Writing is its own Bachelor of Arts major (catalog: "Creative Writing, B.A."), not an English concentration.

Source: warren-wilson.edu · verified October 9, 2026

We list dedicated creative writing degrees only. Eligibility rules

Curriculum, genres and faculty

Genres

FictionCreative NonfictionPoetry

Source: warren-wilson.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Literary journal opportunities

Internships

  • Every student completes community-engaged coursework, an internship and original research in the major.
    Source: warren-wilson.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Community and outreach

  • Each January a small group of majors attends MFA Program for Writers lectures and readings.
    Source: warren-wilson.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Thesis / dissertation

Faculty listed by the program

  • Delicia Daniels
  • Rachel Haley Himmelheber
  • Bailey Pittenger — creative_nonfiction

As listed on the program's official page on October 9, 2026. Listing does not mean a faculty member is teaching or supervising new students in a given year.

Source: warren-wilson.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the school states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.

Admission requirements: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Writing portfolio

Portfolio requirements: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Tests

GRE and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate competitiveness: programs rarely publish comparable figures.

Deadlines

Dates are shown with the admissions cycle the school printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadlines: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its applicant category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-year and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other.
CategoryAmountBasis and year
All students — UndergraduatePublished for campus-based studyFrom the school's rate table for this level$26,270per academic year · 2026-2027Source: warren-wilson.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Other published fees

Undergraduate fees
$1,072 per academic yearMandatory
Source: warren-wilson.edu · verified October 9, 2026

Funding

We have not verified an official funding policy for this program. That does not mean funding is unavailable. “Fully funded” never means every personal expense is covered. How we classify funding

Funding not verified

Funding policy: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 9, 2026.
  1. warren-wilson.edu/admission/tuition-and-aid/ — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 9, 2026
  2. warren-wilson.edu/programs/creative-writing/ — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026
  3. warren-wilson.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2026-27-Warren-Wilson-College-Catalog.pdf — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 9, 2026
  4. warrenwilsonmfa.org/application-requirements/ — Official program page, verified October 9, 2026

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