Writing Works
Take your writing skills to a higher level and be in demand. Markets are exploding for creative literature and professional multimedia content. To meet industry demand for exceptional writing skills infused with creativity, UW-Green Bay offers the only degree of its kind in the UW-System: the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Writing and Applied Arts.
Book It
Hands-on experience is built into all levels of study. Write your novel, build interactive poems, edit an award-winning journal of the arts, design a book, and explore the business of writing through internships in storytelling, podcasting, and game writing. Learn, lead, and yes, even laugh, as you work with Sheepshead Review Journal of Art & Literature, The Teaching Press, the Center for Games and Interactive Media, and The Creatives communications team. Transformative student opportunities abound.
Pursue Passion
“I have had more opportunities to do what I love than I would have ever thought. As editor-in-chief of Sheepshead Review, I’ve had the chance to publish work of writers. I’ve had the opportunity to intern for UntitledTown, the book and author festival, where I was lucky enough to meet R.L. Stine. In a novel writing class, I completed a 50,000-word novel. The curriculum has provided practice in publishing, podcasting and marketing to prepare me for a career in the writing industry.”
Krynn Hanold ’19 BFA Writing & Applied Arts
Careers in Creative Writing
What can creative writers do? Anything they want! Some popular careers:
- Game Writer
- Technical Writer
- Screenwriter
- Editor
- Community Engagement Director
- Podcaster
- Literary Agent
- Comic Book Writer
- Publisher
- Social Media Specialist
- Novelist
- Copywriter
- Public Relations
The Teaching Press
The Teaching Press at UW-Green Bay is a student-managed printing house that promotes community outreach through applied learning. Students work directly with clients to connect their stories to readers. As an intern, you'll gain transferrable skills in:
- Project Management
- Book Design
- Copyediting
- Developmental Editing
- Client Engagement
- Social Media and Marketing
- Operations
- Community Outreach
—plus, you get to play with big machines.
Fun & Games, Tears & Talks
Join our honor society, Sigma Tau Delta. Roll the dice at Game Night. Laugh and cry with our LGBTQ Book Group. Read your poems to a crowd or just sit back and enjoy the stories at Student-Faculty Readings. Glean advice from working writers, editors, and other professionals in our career talks series.