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About Writing & Applied Arts

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Craft-focused. Community-facing.

Write your novel, build interactive poems, edit an award-winning journal of the arts, design a book and explore the business of writing through internships in digital storytelling, game culture, technical writing and visualized information. Learn, lead and yes, even laugh, as you work with Sheepshead Review Journal of Art & Literature, The Teaching Press, the Center for Games and Interactive Media and more. Transformative student opportunities abound.

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On-campus Publishing

Our on-campus publications provide skills in project management and book design, editing and community outreach, among others. You might even publish your work and bring your writing to the public.

  1. The Teaching Press: Help authors publish their work and get hands-on publishing opportunities with this student-managed, on-campus printing house.
  2. Sheepshead Review: Join the staff —or even lead— an award-winning journal of arts and literature distributed all over the world.
  3. Northern Lights: Submit your creative work to third annual literary and arts journal just for UW-Green Bay students, staff and alumni.
  4. Widows & Orphans: Learn all about our program and join the online community for creatives at UW-Green Bay with Widows & Orphans.
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Choose From Four Emphases

Community Storytelling

Words stay with us–one sentence can change a life. With an emphasis in community outreach, you can tell untold stories and bring writing to the broader community.

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Editing & Publishing

Ever wonder how an author seems to weave magic into their writing? Editing and publishing professionals play a big part. With this emphasis, you can become a copyeditor, content developer, comic book publisher or a promotional and marketing professional.

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Professional & Technical Writing

Love writing and technology? From technical manuals and data visualizations to user interfaces and multimedia designs, professional and technical writers are critical collaborators found in the dynamic occupations of today and tomorrow.

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Game Writing

Behind every game is a writer. In this emphasis, you will create compelling interactive experiences that explore robust worlds and dynamic stories.

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Fun & Games,
Tears & Talks

Collaborative process. Creative people.

Join our honor society, Sigma Tau Delta. Laugh and cry with our LGBTQ+ Book Group. Read your poems to a crowd or just sit back and enjoy the stories at Working Title Reading series. Launch an issue of Northern Lights arts journal or Sheepshead Review. Glean advice from working writers, editors and other professionals in our career talks.

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Kimberly Davis, Writing and Applied Arts and English double major

Pursue Your
Muse

Kimberly Davis didn’t just find a career at UW-Green Bay – she found a calling: poetry. “I think what really sold English for me was my Women in Literature course. I wrote my first poem as my final. I had never written poetry before college.” Her creative writing has been featured in Creatures and Querencia magazines with other publications forthcoming.

Kimberly Davis '21
Writing and Applied Arts and English double major

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Assistant Professor Julialicia Case

Want to Know More?

Your professors are accomplished in the creative world in addition to the academic world – if you have any questions about future careers or writing endeavors, get in touch with them.

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