<p>Hollins University in Roanoke VA in a small all girl school with a great creative writing program, <a href=“http://www.hollins.edu/academics/english/index.shtml”>http://www.hollins.edu/academics/english/index.shtml</a></p>
<p>Kenyon is not near a city, but you certainly can’t see cornfields from campus. It is a beautiful wooded setting (but admittedly remote). And much too liberal for what the OP wants (although it isn’t clear what the OP’s daughter might prefer…). Agree that Kenyon is great for creative writing, too.</p>
<p>Have to put a plug in for my new favorite midwest LAC - Kind of a little of a lot of worlds, it is technically a Presbyterian school, but doesn’t have that kind of feel…Still, while there aren’t curfews or things like that, there are some rules regarding visitation in the dorms that are more or less on the slightly conservative tilt. Here is alink to their English department and information on their Creative Writing specialization:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.lindenwood.edu/humanities/english/degree.html”>http://www.lindenwood.edu/humanities/english/degree.html</a></p>
<p>Also think Truman in Missouri might be another one worth a look.</p>
<p>I think she needs to look at a few colleges for size, politics, religion, gender, and see what she likes. Notre Dame is religious, mid sized, somewhat conservative, but certainly no curfews and certainly a big party atmosphere. Iowa or Iowa State are much bigger, but may be just as conservative and more what she’s looking for. Many schools are in consortium with other schools, so she’d have a choice to ‘stay small’ at just one school or travel to a close campus to take classes. I think there are many good choices in the midwest where politics don’t play a huge role in student life so they aren’t liberal or conservative, just ‘plain.’</p>
<p>I will warn her that writing children’s books is not a high paying profession. My aunt writes children’s book, and probably has 40-50 published, many commissioned. She makes very little, and for the first 15 years or so probably made nothing (my uncle calls it his contribution to the arts). If your daughter loves it, great, but don’t run up a lot of student loans with such a narrow focus. She may also want to consider being a librarian, an artist to illustrate her work, a researcher, etc. , at least as a minor.</p>