BFA Major in Creative Writing

Creative Writing and Poetry

Our trans-disciplinary curriculum is designed to prepare you for a future at the forefront of contemporary poetry and creative writing.

WRITERS = ARTISTS USING WORDS TO CREATE

Our creative writers aren’t writers who happen to go to an art school. They are artists who leverage written and spoken language to bring light and logical thinking to today’s world. Our creative writing program helps students hone their craft, break through misconceptions, slice through society’s rules and create declarative, unpredictable, radical works of art.

AS A CREATIVE WRITER YOU WILL:

Develop a working knowledge of traditional and experimental writing modes
Interpret the world with generosity, intelligence, recklessness, inclusiveness, and awe
Comprehend the history of literary innovation, including hybrid and non-Western forms
Understand language as a material artistic medium and the fundamental conceptual framework by which we make sense of the self, other people, experience, and the world
Embrace failure, risk, and experimentation as necessary to artistic growth
Create short collections of work, such as linked short stories, essays, or serial poems
Read widely, wildly, and actively to expand your horizons and influence your work
Give public readings, including commentary on your inspiration

And that’s just the beginning. By the time you graduate as a seasoned wordsmith, you’ll have sent work out for publication, applied for a writing fellowship, or an online portfolio ready to go. We’ll help make sure that you’re ready to go out and do great things with your craft!

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Change the world with your words.

Upon graduation, students are prepared to creatively articulate, critically examine, and reinvent the world via the spoken and written word. They are prepared to do anything they put their minds to with depth and beauty and transformative strangeness.

I did not understand the power and the presence behind the act of making poems until I came to the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Here, I am surrounded by people like Brett, Megan, and Matt who do not simply make poems. They create spaces, foreign feelings, and unimaginable sound using only language.

KILE MCVEY (BFA 2020, AAC)

MFA 2022, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Tools & Facilities

Creative Writing provides:

Liberal Arts studio space
Curated library with 2,500+ titles about art, literature, theory, photography, design, and architecture
Record player listening stations
PA and mics for readings
This is WAAC literary magazine
Poems While You Wait
Creative Writing Reading Series
Visiting Writers
Collaborative Learning Studio

After your time at AAC, you’ll be ready to become a…

poet

NOVELIST

screenwriter

freelancer

ghostwriter

social media specialist

grant writer

content EDITOR

editor

playwright

copywriter

journalist

public relations

technical writer

critic/ reviewer

Need help selecting the perfect programs for you? No problem.

Want to try everything? Have no idea where to start? As the newest member of our community, we’re here to help you. We’ve got years of expertise, and we’ve got your back. Reach out, and our team of experienced mentors will help you design the best academic track possible.

1212 Jackson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-562-6262 | Toll Free: 800-323-5692
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Additional generous support from: John J. & Mary R. Schiff Foundation, P&G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Thomas R. Schiff Foundation, Hamilton County.

BFA Major in Creative Writing

Creative Writing and Poetry

WRITERS = ARTISTS USING WORDS TO CREATE

AS A CREATIVE WRITER YOU WILL:

Change the world with your words.

Tools & Facilities

Creative Writing provides:

Need help selecting the perfect programs for you? No problem.

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Due To Inclement Weather

Classes are cancelled

January 25th, 2023