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message 1: by Kendall (last edited Nov 09, 2021 07:38AM) (new)

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This is a space to list good resources for teachers about creative writing pedagogy or sites/tools that might be useful for the creative writing classroom. I'm particularly interested in linking to online resources, but print resources could also be included (I'd like to add books to our bookshelf, but you can mention them here. More are also listed on the companion site under For Students/Online Resources.
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message 2: by Kendall (new)

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The Journal of Creative Writing Studies is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal publishing "research that examines the teaching, practice, theory, and history of creative writing." All issues are openly available on their website. The journal is a publication of the Creative Writing Studies Organization which also hosts the annual Creative Writing Studies Conference, based in the United States.


message 3: by Kendall (last edited Nov 17, 2017 07:01AM) (new)

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Text: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses is "An international electronic refereed journal published twice yearly" by the Australasian Association of Writing Programs which also hosts its annual conference and is based in Australia.


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The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) is based in the United States. It publishes the bi-monthly magazine Writer's Chronicle (available to members), Writer's Notebook and Writer's News (both available online), and it hosts the annual AWP Conference.


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The US-based Community of Literary Magazines and Presses offers a Literary Magazine Adoption Program with discounted prices for students in your classes on subscriptions to more than 30 magazines.


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Another good resource for incorporating literary magazines in the creative writing classroom is the US-based Journal of the Month Club. Instructors register their class and then choose 4 journals to receive over 4 months. Students sign up for the subscriptions.


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The European Association of Creative Writing Programmes offers teacher training and annual Symposiums.


message 8: by Kendall (new)

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Whale Road Review includes pedagogy papers in their journal and compiles them in their teacher's lounge. It's a great place to get ideas and to publish your thoughts on creative writing pedagogy.


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Structure and Surprise, the companion blog for Michael Theun's book of the same title, has a section on Pedagogy. Of course, the whole site might be helpful for exploring structures in poetry and prose.


message 10: by Kendall (new)

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underbelly publishes early drafts of poems and then the final draft of the same poem by featured poets. This might be a good resource for talking about poetry or the process of revision.


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Mentor and Muse is a new journal devoted to publishing essays by poets to poets about the craft of poetry. I've used the anthology of this title many times and am glad to see it transformed into a journal. It should be a great source of inspiration for talking about poetry, whether you assign the essays or just go there for inspiration on how to talk with your students about poetry.


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The National Association of Writers in Education " is the one organization supporting the development of creative writing of all genres and in all educational and community settings throughout the UK." They publish Writing in Practice a journal of creative writing research, and they have many other resources for creative writing educators.


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For instructors who want to advise their students on pursuing graduate work in creative writing, Seth Abramson's The Insider's Guide to Graduate Degrees in Creative Writing is the most current and most comprehensive book, listing programs started as recently as 2019 in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, and including MFA, MA, and PhD programs.


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Assay has an essay by Abriana Jetté titled "Making Meaning:
Authority, Authorship, and the Introduction to
Creative Writing Syllabus
," in which Jetté analyses 60 introductory creative writing syllabi for trends in genres covered, use of workshop methodology, etc.


message 15: by Kendall (new)

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Here's an exercise from Liz Ahl about using concrete imagery to represent abstractions. I do something similar in one of my group exercises, though this is more involved. Ahl's discussion of the exercise is also instructive.


message 16: by Kendall (last edited Mar 01, 2021 07:38PM) (new)


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