Anoka Ramsey Creative Writing

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!

10/13/2024

10/13/2024

Anoka-Ramsey Community College's Creative Writing Program will be at the Twin Cities Book Festival on Saturday, October 19 from 10:00-5:00 p.m. Join us for swag and information about our TWO creative writing degrees that can be completed fully online. Hope to see you there!

10/13/2024

We are very excited to host YA writer Geoff Herbach for our Fall 2025 Careers in Writing conversation on Tuesday, October 15 in Zoom. At Anoka-Ramsey Community College, we are dedicated to educating our students and preparing them for their careers!

08/19/2024

We still have a few seats left in our on-campus Intro to Creative Writing courses, and our fully online and asynchronous Poetry Writing, Creative Nonfiction Writing, and Creative Writing for the Stage and Screen classes have spaces too. All classes are eligible for the North Star Promise scholarship and extremely affordable for auditors and those 62+. Link to schedule in comments. DM us with questions about Anoka-Ramsey Community College!