Unleash your creativity with Southern New Hampshire University’s BA in Creative Writing and English. This undergraduate creative writing major prepares you for a career in creative writing, publishing, journalism, communications, the law and many other professions, as well as graduate programs such as the University’s low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Fiction and Nonfiction Writing. Creative writing courses begin during freshman year, unlike many other undergraduate writing programs. Undergraduate students can choose between a traditional four-year program and an accelerated three-year plan. Three-year plan graduates who enroll in the Master of Fine Arts program can earn their bachelor's and master's degrees in five years.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of authors, writers and editors is expected to grow 6 percent through 2020. Salaried writing and editing positions are to increase slightly. Specific job titles include: Writer/Author Literary Agent Publisher Manuscript Reader Editor Get a leg up before you graduate. Publishing opportunities include the student literary journal, The Manatee; the University’s national journal, Assignment; high-profile magazines and literary contests. Join the Creative Writing Club and the New Hampshire Writers’ Project — the only statewide literary organization for writers of all levels and genres, which is housed on our Manchester campus.