Minor Writing

ADVISING AND MENTORSHIP

The writing curriculum divides writing into two categories: writing whose principal purpose is to persuade or explain, and writing whose principal purpose is self-expression. Students will work with full-time faculty – who are themselves published writers – to develop the different skills needed for these two kinds of writing. You’ll learn from their creative teaching. And outside the classroom, they will share your passions for literature and poetry, and also for your future success. 

hands-on experience

In Dr. Seth Clabough’s Creative Writing course in January term, students partnered with the West Trade Review, a literary magazine, to review contest submissions for the journal’s inaugural fiction writing contest. Their feedback to the editors spoke to the various craft concepts they were learning in the classroom. They each submitted work to the journal as well, and Zoe Patterson ’22’s Walls was accepted for publication.

the Washington Literary Society

Founded in 1833, the Washington Literary Society is the oldest student organization at Randolph-Macon College.

The society sponsors activities in literature and the arts, such as poetry readings, lectures, coffee houses following drama guild productions, film viewings and discussions, and discussions with visiting authors and poets. It promotes the arts on campus and publishes Stylus, the college’s literary magazine.

the Yellow Jacket

The College’s long-running student newspaper relaunched as a digital publication online.