Building on Sewanee's great literary tradition, the University offers a major in creative writing with a concentration in fiction. In both the workshop and in forms-centered courses, offerings in fiction seek to study unique and diverse stories from contemporary literature, help each writer find their own particular voice while, and to focus on distinct elements of craft.

How do we tell stories that matter? How do we make our voice heard in a way that connects us to the larger world? How do we recognize and appreciate the multiple styles and experiences of other voices? In this concentration within the Creative Writing major, we seek to discover answers to these questions.

Fiction Course of Study

The Fiction track at Sewanee provides students with a strong foundation in narrative storytelling, with classes taught by published authors.

What do you do with a degree in Fiction?

Fiction writing teaches you...

Kevin Wilson Debuts Latest Novel, Run for the Hills

Infused with deadpan wit, zany hijinks, and enormous heart, Run for the Hills is a sibling story like no other—a novel about a family forged under the most unlikely circumstances and united by hope in an unknown future.

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Meet our Graduates

LILY DAVENPORT
Fiction

The focus on process and generative writing, the supportive group of other new writers who were trying to figure out the same problems that I found myself struggling with, and, most of all, the sheer patience and generosity that Kevin Wilson brought to every single piece that came through workshop built an environment that got me through the writing of innumerable bad sentences, and made me believe that I could learn to make them better. At Sewanee, I learned to write for myself, and despite myself; that is the skill which underlies all the others, the thing that makes it possible to go on, into the unfolding and unknowable future.