The Center for Writers

The Center for Writers The Center for Writers is the creative writing program at the University of Southern Mississippi Between 35 and 40 students work toward M.A. and Ph.D.

degrees in English with emphases in fiction or poetry, and each student completes a creative thesis or dissertation to fulfill requirements for the degree. The tone of the program is serious but informal, with workshops offered in fiction, non-fiction, prose, and poetry by the program's distinguished faculty. Additional courses in craft, literary forms, and teaching creative writing are also offer

ed regularly, and students participate in a regular reading series and in the publication of a student journal, Product. The department is also home to the Mississippi Review, a nationally recognized literary magazine. Students and graduates have won the Whiting Award, the Henfield Prize, the Flannery O'Connor Award and National Endowment fellowships and published books with Counterpoint, William Morrow, St. Martins, Ticknor and Fields, Georgia, Red Hen, Faber & Faber, Atlantic Monthly Press, Prentice Hall, Sarabande, and a number of other first rank presses.

Come see us at Mississippi Book Festival this Saturday in Jackson!Mississippi Review/Center for Writers will have a tabl...
09/10/2025

Come see us at Mississippi Book Festival this Saturday in Jackson!

Mississippi Review/Center for Writers will have a table inside the Capitol Building.

Dr. Olivia Clare Friedman will be on a poetry panel at 10:45 AM in State Capitol 4th Floor House Corridor. She will also be doing a book signing of her book of poems at 12:15 PM at the Book Signing Tent.

Dr. J.A. Bernstein will be moderating a panel, "Iran Unveiled," at 1:30 PM in the State Capitol.

Center for Writers Students will be leading a writing workshop, free and open to the public, at 1:30 PM in State Capitol Room 202.

The Capitol’s stately rooms and nearby Galloway Church turn into venues for distinguished panelists, the streets in-between transform into a bustling marketplace for booksellers, and the grounds and Capitol Rotunda become a hub of lively exchange. FREE AND OPEN TO ALL, the festival brings the writ...

We had a fantastic time at Mississippi Book Festival!
09/16/2024

We had a fantastic time at Mississippi Book Festival!

We look forward to hosting Dara Barrois/Dixon on Monday, April 15th. Please join us!
04/11/2024

We look forward to hosting Dara Barrois/Dixon on Monday, April 15th. Please join us!

C4W: The Center for Writers Graduate Organization is hosting this Saturday by offering 14 (!) workshops. Please join u...
10/05/2022

C4W: The Center for Writers Graduate Organization is hosting this Saturday by offering 14 (!) workshops. Please join us if you can!

On October 14, 2022 at 12pm CDT, we'll be hosting an informal Zoom chat to discuss our graduate programs at USM, includi...
09/14/2022

On October 14, 2022 at 12pm CDT, we'll be hosting an informal Zoom chat to discuss our graduate programs at USM, including the PhD and MA in Creative Writing. We'll talk about courses, assistantships, our Visiting Writers Series, the C4W Reading Series, Mississippi Review, life in Hattiesburg, and any questions you might have.

Please register at the link below and help us spread the word!

https://usm-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkdOusqj0rHNAhE3ehUUPs0Dd2SLxRVk92

10/12/2021

The Center for Writers, housed in the School of Humanities at The University of Southern Mississippi, will feature three acclaimed poets at USM’s Visiting Writers Series for 2021-22. The series will be held on Oct. 19, Jan. 27, and April 25.

10/06/2021

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