Creative Writing Program News

The Creative Writing Program of the University of Georgia is happy to announce that the 2025-2026 Diann Blakely Visiting Poet is Karla Kelsey.

The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English is pleased to announce its annual SPARK Fellowship competition. This is an opportunity for undergraduate study abroad combining Creative Writing with cultural translation.

The Creative Writing Program is delighted to announce this year’s Virginia Rucker Walter Poetry Prize winner. Out of the 36 applicants, one winner was selected by alumna Claire Cronin.

We are THRILLED to share that Diann Blakely Visiting Poet Vivek Narayanan has selected Sihle Ntuli's poem "Shade or The Revelation of All Our Neighbourhood Has Lost" as the winning poem for the 2024-2025 Diann Blakely Poetry Competition!