Writing Programs in Kentucky
Some Resources for Students and Teachers

Looking for a school or writing conference? The Association of Writers & Writing Programs is a membership organization for institutions that teach writing, writing conferences, and individual writers. The Member Writing Programs page lists affiliated college and university writing programs across the country.

Writing workshops and conferences are frequently listed on our Kentucky events calendar, as well as in the Kentucky Literary Newsletter edited by Charlie Hughes. You can sign up to receive the newsletter by e-mail.

On our ITV schedule: A variety of reading and writing programs for K-12 students can be found on our in-school television service, which airs via digital broadcast on KET ED. They include such KET productions as Everyday Voices: Adult Writers’ Workshop, a five-part series with Kentucky author George Ella Lyon; Write Ideas, a series of three-minute idea starters with poet Aleda Shirley; and the biography series Signature, which includes profiles of Bobbie Ann Mason, Ed McClanahan, and four other contemporary Southern writers.

Kentucky colleges: Here are some of the college and university writing programs in Kentucky:

• The University of Kentucky Writing Program is, of course, the alma mater of the Living by Words authors.

  The University of Kentucky
  Department of English
  The Writing Program
  1221 Patterson Office Tower
  Lexington, KY 40506-0027
  (859) 257-7002
  Fax: (859) 323-1072
  write@uky.edu

  
  
• Morehead State University offers a minor in creative writing.

  Dr. Mark Minor
  Morehead State University
  Creative Writing Program
  Box 645
  Morehead, KY 40351

  
  
• Murray State University offers several options in creative writing and administers the Purchase Area Writing Project for teachers.

  Peter Murphy
  Murray State University
  English Department
  P.O. Box 9
  Murray, KY 42071-0009
  (270) 762-2401

  
  
• Northern Kentucky University administers the Northern Kentucky Writing Project, which includes a young authors program and a summer institute for teachers.

  Northern Kentucky Writing Project
  Northern Kentucky University
  502 Landrum
  Highland Heights, KY 41099
  (859) 572-6618

  
  
• The Spalding University Creative Writing Program offers a two-year, brief-residency MFA in writing.

  Sena Jeter Naslund
  Spalding University
  851 S. Fourth St.
  Louisville, KY 40203
  (502) 585-9911, ext. 2423
  Fax: (502) 585-5178
  mfa@spalding.edu

  
  
• The University of Louisville offers various undergraduate programs as well as a master of arts in English, in which students can choose from three areas of concentration: literature, rhetoric and composition, and creative writing.

  Jeffrey T. Skinner
  University of Louisville
  Creative Writing Program
  English/Brigham Humanities 315
  Louisville, KY 40292
  (502) 852-6801
  Fax: (502) 852-4182

  
  
• Western Kentucky University’s WKU Writing Project offers workshops, an idea exchange, and other in-service programs for teachers in southcentral Kentucky.

  WKU Writing Project
  English Department
  109C Cherry Hall
  Western Kentucky University
  Bowling Green, KY 42101
  (270) 745-6587
  Writing.Project@wku.edu