English-Related Undergraduate Student Organizations
Bricolage is the UW's undergraduate literary and visual arts journal. They publish annually and are staffed by undergraduates. There are multiple opportunities to get involved with Bricolage including: submitting work to the journal, applying to be on staff, volunteering to review submissions, and attending quarterly community events. For more information, contact bricouw@gmail.com and see their website for details.
AU (which stands for Alternate Universe) is the UW's speculative fiction journal, a quarterly that is "dedicated to fantasy, science fiction, magical realism and other strange and mystical genres." For more information about getting involved or submitting your work, visit their website or their facebook page, or e-mail strayingfromreality@gmail.com.
Write Away! is a campus writers' group. Information about meetings is disseminated over the englmajors e-mail list. You can reach Write Away! at writeus@uw.edu or join their facebook group.
The Poetry Brigade The UW Poetry Brigade is where you can be part of a real-life Dead Poets Society. It is a pop-up interest group, open to all. Meetings are scheduled and announced through its Facebook group. Read an article about the Poetry Brigade by the UW Daily newspaper.
Castalia is a monthly reading series at the Richard Hugo House Literary Arts Center featuring graduate students, faculty, and alumni from the Creative Writing Program at the University of Washington.
The UW Daily is a student-run daily campus newspaper. Students from all majors can participate as writers, editors, photographers, designers, etc.
PRSSA is the Public Relations Student Society of America at the University of Washington, an organization providing tools for students so that they can prepare for various areas of public relations careers through speakers, workshops, and networking.
The UW Film Club describes itself as "a ragtag band of cinephiles who meet weekly-ish to watch and chat about film and television." They also hold quarterly filmmaking contests and strive to support student filmmaking and film appreciation in the campus community. See an article about the club in the Arts & Sciences Perspectives newsletter or visit their Facebook page.
College of Arts and Sciences Groups
ArtsLink and WordLink are collaborative community of arts-related academic majors designed to help students get connected with faculty, courses, resources, opportunities, and events at the UW and beyond. ArtsLink encompasses the visual, literary, and performing arts, and WordLink focuses on the language- and literature-related majors.
Other Student Organizations
The UW has hundreds of special-interest Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) sponsored through the Student Activities Office. For a list categorized by topic, see the RSO Directory.