Creative
WritingThe curriculum in Creative Writing begins with a focus in four genres of writing: poetry, short fiction, essay, and performance writing. In subsequent years the student is offered the opportunity to explore each of these genres in greater depth. The senior year allows the student to refine and polish his or her portfolio. Additional courses in rhetoric and science fiction supplement the student's studies.
We are especially proud to announce that in 2000, Deonte Wilkins, a twelfth grade writing major, won the Marilyn Bianci Playwriting Contest for her play, "On The Bus". This play was produced at the Dobama Theater in June and was welcomed by enthusiastic audiences and rave reviews. This is the second time in the last three years that a CSA student has won this contest. We featured our poets at Author's Nights, held twice this year at CSA. Many students participated in contests and readings outside the school.
A 1995 HPCC grant involving the writing majors and Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center has resulted in the school web site being hosted by the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The relationship to NASA has continued to date. Additional grants were recieved through the Friends of the Cleveland School of the Arts, the Woodruff Foundation and the McGinty Family Foundation.
Opportunities for Creative Writing Majors include frequent field trips, artists in residence, teleconferences with authors and poets, performance opportunities through other departments at CSA, the publication of a literary magazine and numerous opportunities to edit and publish other works.
Guest artists have included poets Sara Holbrook, David Hassler, Marc Smith, Mary Weems, Belle Waring, dramatist and ASL instructor Will Rhys, screen writer Bob Noll, novelist Les Roberts and chidren's author, Tricia Springstubb.
CSA writing majors have been involved in the AT&T Virtual Classroom Contest (1998, 1999, 2000) and the NIKE Winter Olympics Poetry Contest. We are in a continuing relationship with the Kent State Univeristy's Wick Poetry program, the Plain Dealer, and the Cleveland Opera.
We are proud to announce that the program will move to a state of the art classroom on CSA's fourth floor in February 2001.
