History of the Program

Jonathan R. Reynolds
A successful playwright, author, and screenwriter, Jonathan R. 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, now in its 18th year.

Creative Writing at Denison
For more than 60 years, Denison University has excelled at developing writers at the college level. Denison students have had their work published in prominent literary journals, won national writing competitions, and attended top graduate programs in creative writing. Denison alumni enjoy national stature as professional writers of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, screenwriting, and criticism.