Each year, the Creative Writing Program brings several writers to campus. During this time, the visiting writers give readings, offer craft talks and/or workshops, and dine with interested graduate students from the Creative Writing Program. Recent visiting writers include:
- Chris Abani
- Gabrielle Calvocoressi
- Margot Livesey
- Nina McConigley
- Juan Felipe Herrera
- Carmen Giménez Smith
- Dawn Lundy Martin
- Peter Rock
- Eric Pankey
- Daniel Borzutzky
- Ken Barris
- Pete Fromm
- Arthur Sze
- Chase Twitchell
- Matthew Zapruder
- Matthea Harvey
- C.D. Wright
- Nicole Cooley
- Jesse Lee Kercheval
- David Kherdian
- Pam Houston
- Jean Thompson
- George Bowering
- Robert Olen Butler
- Kyoko Mori
- Carolyn Knox
- Ron Tanner
- Adam Johnson
- Robert Coover
- Nega Mezlekia
- Cornelius Eady
- Galway Kinnell
- Russell Edson
- Peter Rock