Starting next spring, the University of Alabama will be offering local high school students lessons in creative writing, school officials announced Monday.
Students participating in the club will experiment with many kinds of creative writing, give a public reading and create their own publication.
"The emphasis is on having fun while exploring what language can do," school officials explained in a prepared statement.
The instructors will be writers who are graduate students in the university's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program. They will lead a semester-long exploration of creative writing under the direction of Robin Behn, a University of Alabama professor of English.
The Creative Writing Club is entering its 11th year and has had support from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the Tuscaloosa Arts Council, the University of Alabama's College of Arts and Sciences, UA's English department and the Program in Creative Writing.
The Creative Writing Club also offers a free summer experience, Creative Writing Camp, for two weeks each year in June. Registration for the summer program will begin in March.
The Creative Writing Club will meet from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays from Jan. 28 to April 22 on the University of Alabama campus. No previous creative writing experience is required. Tuition is free for students. Free parking is also available.
To register for the Spring 2015 Creative Writing Club, send an e-mail with the student's name, address, phone number, e-mail address, school and grade level to Rashanda Williams, program coordinator, at uacreativewritingclub@gmail.com.
