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UNCW kicks off 2022’s Writers’ Week

Olivia Vizethann, Staff Writer November 7, 2022
Nov. 7, 2022 kicks off the first day of UNCW’s 2022 Writers’ Week. This weeklong event is hosted annually by the Department of Creative Writing and is open to all students, staff and the general public.
UNCW's Fisher Student Center.

Writers’ Week 2020: a brief preview of this year’s conference

Stephen Lambros, Staff Writer October 30, 2020
For one week every Fall semester, the professors of UNCW’s creative writing department opt not to hold classes in an effort to encourage students to attend Writers' Week conference panels—and the practice has proved its worth. On this occasion, the creative writing department, along with various authors, publishers, and representatives of literary magazines (among other individuals), host meetings designed to promote literary discovery and further writers in their knowledge of the writing craft as an art form, whether they’re focused on fiction, nonfiction, or poetry.
Writer's Week Publishing Panel participants, from left to right: Morgan Davis, Cameron Dezen Hammon, Emily Smith, and Beth Staples.

20th annual Writers’ Week brings writing superstars to UNCW

Hayley Swinson, Contributing Writing November 12, 2019

Last week marked the 20th annual Writers’ Week at UNC Wilmington, hosting twenty writers, including ten current faculty and alumni. The keynote speaker was Ayana Mathis, New York Times bestselling author...

The "Ethics of Voice" panel with Michael Ramos, Melody Moezzi, and Robert Anthony Siegel. Courtesy of Carey Shook.

UNCW Department of Creative Writing celebrates eighteenth Writer’s Week

Carey Shook, Contributing Writer November 16, 2017

Each year during the last week of October, the UNC Wilmington Department of Creative Writing hosts Writers’ Week – a series of events that brings in authors, publishers, alumni and professors to speak...

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