Opportunities. . .

The Poetry Resource Page is a great resource for finding writing programs, publishing opportunites, and much more. 

For other possibilites, click on one of the categories below:

• Some Writing majors pursue a Masters of Fine Arts or PhD in Creative Writing. Most graduate programs provide teaching assitantships, providing students with a low-cost or even free opportunity to explore the writing life.



• Visit Owen Library or Career Services and check out the AWP Guide to Writing Programs

• Writers are compelled by a deep need to express themselves, but very few are able to earn a living soley by selling their creative work.

• Teaching college, a typical career for writers, requires an MFA or a PhD in creative writing (see above).

• Our students often combine Writing with another program by either chosing a minor or pursuing a double major. Writing and Education is an excellent choice for the furture high school teacher. Writing and History could be helpful for pursuing Law. Writing and Business is another practical choice. Avid readers and strong communicators often combine Writing with Literature, Communication, or Journalism.

• Students with Creative or Professional Writing degrees have undertaken successful careers in journalism and feature writing, public relations, web consulting, among others.

• explore the various links at Career Services

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• Backroads, our student run literary magazine, offers a forum for students’ original poetry, fiction, and non-fiction essays. For more information, contact upj_backroads@yahoo.com

• Wabash Review seeks excellent poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translations, one-act plays, and graphic art by undergraduates. Prose up to 3,000 words. Send submission with cover letter, brief bio by March 15. Must state current school affiliation. Send to  wabashreview@wabash.edu or via mail (with SASE) to Marc Hudson, Wabash Review, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN 47933-0352.

• The Allegheny Review is one of the oldest and most distinguished literary journals dedicated to undergraduate work. For information, contact review@allegheny.edu

• Prarie Margins, Bowling Green State University's undergraduate literary publication, is also seeking creative work from undergraduates nationwide. debrab@bgnet.bgsu.edu

• University Ink is dedicated to publishing the best fiction being written by college-level writers. http://www.universityink.net/

• The NFSPS College/University Level Poetry Awards. All freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors of an accredited college are eligible to enter. Visit the National Federation of State Poetry Societies' web site for full details.

• North Central Review an undergraduate journal of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and drama. Limited in focus to undergraduate creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, drama. For submission guidelines:  nccreview@noctrl.edu 

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• Practicum opportunites exist in the Humanities Division with various student publications and professors.



• See the link on the Communication home page.



• Visit the website of The South Asian Review.



• Contact student editors of Backroads.



• Learn more about the Pitt-Johnstown student-run newspaper, The Advocate.
• On-campus opportunites outside of the Humanities Division also exist. See WUPJ-TV and WUPJ Radio.

• the International Poetry Forum hosts an annual, distinguished reading series and provides an Audio Archive of great poetry readings

• the home page of the Pennsylvania Poetry Society

• Greater Johnstown Poetry Society:
  Naomi Middleton
  483 Southmont Blvd
  Johnstown, PA 15905
  Chapter Dues: $6
  Meetings: 2nd Saturday (Mar-Dec)@ 1pm

• Ligonier Valley Writers

• Works In Progress Writers' Workshop
  Barbara Purbaugh
  (814) 443-9541
  purbaugh@floodcity.net
  Third Thursday of every month @ 6 p.m.

• Dressler Laurel Arts Center
  214 South Harrison Ave.
  Somerset, Pa 15501
  814-443-2433