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Associates in Fine Arts and Certificate in Creative Writing degrees at Anoka-Ramsey Community College.

Both degrees can be completed in fully online asynchronous formats. Active creative writing club, visiting authors, well published professors. The Creative Writing Program at Anoka-Ramsey Community College offers on-campus and online classes in our AFA and Certificate degree options.

10/28/2026

We are thrilled to host best-selling author Sequoia Nagamatsu for our Careers in Writing Speaker Series! Join us Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 5:30 on Zoom!

10/22/2026

Yesterday about 215 students, Anoka-Ramsey Community College community members, and high school guests packed the room for our Two Rivers Reading Series event featuring award-winning author Anton Treuer! Treuer was so engaging and thought-provoking as he discussed his novel Where Wolves Don't Die. Thanks to all who helped plan this event!

10/19/2026

Are you interested in Creative Writing? Take a class at Anoka-Ramsey Community College! We offer a wide array of creative writing classes where you can learn to write poetry, fiction, nonfiction, a screenplay, a book for children, and so much more. We offer an AFA in Creative Writing or a Creative Writing Certificate. Check out our spring courses!

10/09/2026

The Two Rivers Reading Series at Anoka-Ramsey Community College is thrilled to welcome award-winning author Anton Treuer on Wed., Oct. 21 at 1 p.m. (Legacy Room--Rapids Campus)! Please join us for an exciting interview and discussion about writing and Where Wolves Don't Die, winner of the 2025 Minnesota Book Award for Young Adult Literature. This event is free and open to the public!

05/08/2026

Congratulations to our amazing Creative Writing Graduates at Anoka-Ramsey! We had a fantastic turnout at our Spring 2026 Creative Writing Graduates' reading on April 28 and are so proud of the accomplishments of our students! Seven of our 14 graduates read from their outstanding prose and poetry.

04/23/2026

Join us for our Creative Writing double-header at Anoka-Ramsey Community College! On Tuesday, April 28 beginning at 4:30 p.m., we're celebrating our AFA and Certificate in Creative Writing Graduates as they read from their portfolios of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry! Then, we celebrate the release of The Rapids Review, ARCC's literary magazine created by the Creative Writing Club!

04/23/2026

Thanks to all who attended our Minnesota Writers Series featuring Emma Törzs on our Cambridge Campus! Thanks to English faculty Kelly Meyer for a fascinating interview!

01/10/2025

Check us out! Thank you, Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), for highlighting our program. Thank you to Professor Kysar and Professor Riehl for this beautiful article about our amazing program and students.

Higher education is undergoing vast changes, and nowhere is this more evident than at open enrollment community colleges like Anoka-Ramsey Community College.

11/15/2024

We are working to fund a scholarship for future creative writers. We invite you to join us in helping them reach their dreams. Donations are tax-deductible and managed by the Anoka-Ramsey Community College Foundation.

10/16/2024

Anoka-Ramsey Community College will be hosting author Mona Susan Power for our Two Rivers Reading Series on Wednesday, October 30th from 2:00-3:00 p.m. for a conversation with Prof. Scott Wrobel about her novel A COUNCIL OF DOLLS. Looking forward to connecting our creative writing students with this esteemed author!

Address

11200 Mississippi Boulevard NW
Coon Rapids, MN
55433

Telephone

+17634331256

Website

https://arcccreativewriting.com/

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