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Join our community of imaginative thinkers who can express themselves creatively and professionally.
Literature, language and writing majors are an engaging group of critical and practical thinkers. Northwest students can work in a profession-based environment on The Laurel Review, a literary magazine that's been around for 55 years, through internships with Greentower Press. The magazine is published twice yearly, featuring poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction from emerging and established writers.
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“It’s a direct correlation of what I want to do. Since I’m doing a lot of writing stuff, being able to read hundreds of works from different authors gives me a real-world example of what people are publishing or want to publish. I feel like I get an inside look.”
Megan Wintheiser
Troy, Mo. // Writing major
The Writing Center offers tutoring and other services to all Northwest students. Many students from the department gain valuable experience as writing tutors or student managers! Students also have the opportunity to work as writing fellows with faculty in classrooms.
GreenTower Press is a small press supported by the department and managed by two faculty members. GreenTower Press publishes a highly lauded literary magazine, The Laurel Review. Student interns gain professional publishing experience with GreenTower Press and The Laurel Review each term. Students work as editors-in-training at The Laurel Review, where they read, evaluate and edit manuscripts for publication.
Medium Weight Forks is an arts and literary magazine students publish every spring in a publications skills course.
Although internships are not required with the English major, they are highly encouraged. Interns have worked with the following organizations:
