The History and Tradition of Writing at Denison

The Program

The Reynolds Young Writers Workshop, now in its fourteenth year, aims to give high school and college-bound students the opportunity to develop their skills as writers of poetry, fiction and nonfiction through intensive workshops, lectures, readings, social encounters with visiting writers and faculty in Denison's creative writing program.

Writing at Denison

For more than 60 years, Denison University has excelled at helping writers develop at the college level. Denison students have written their way into national literary journals, won national writing competitions, and attended the best of the nation’s graduate-level creative writing programs. Denison alumni enjoy national stature as professional writers of poetry, fiction, drama, nonfiction, film script writing, and criticism.

Jonathan R. Reynolds

A successful playwright, author, and screenwriter, Jonathan Reynolds is a 1965 Denison graduate who, through a remarkable $1.75 million endowment, has enhanced the University's offerings in creative writing and theatre by creating a Distinguished Professorship, a Playwright-in-Residence position, and this Young Writers Workshop.