PW's M.F.A. Database
Welcome to PW's M.F.A. database, part of our ongoing coverage of the world of U.S. creative writing programs. Below, you will find information about many programs offering M.F.A.s, PhDs and M.A.s in creative writing.
For more M.F.A. coverage from PW, click here.
Use the filters below to browse by state where the program is based and concentration (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry).
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University of Arkansas-Monticello
Program Name: UAM MFA Creative Writing Program
Program Web Site: http://www.uamont.edu/arts_and_Humanities/mfa/index.html
State: Arkansas
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Diane Payne
Faculty: Adam Prince, Sandy Longhorn, Peter Nichols, Karen Dietrich, Suzanne Cope, Diane Payne, Mark Spencer
More Info: We are an online program.
Website:
http://www.uamont.edu/arts_and_Humanities/mfa/index.htm
Applications:
https://mfa-uam.submittable.com/submit
Notable Graduates: First class graduating this summer:
David Brown writes under pseudonym D.B.Grady
Michael Frizell
Application Deadline: 11/15/2014
Tuition: Graduate Assistantships
Funding Opportunities:
San Francisco State University
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
State: California
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Playwriting
Program Director: Maxine Chernoff
Faculty: ZZ Packer, Peter Orner, Nona Caspers, Bob Gluck, Katie Crouch, and Dodie Bellamy in fiction. Chanan Tigay and Toni Mirosevich in Creative Non-Fiction. Camille Dungy, Paul Hoover, Maxine Chernoff, Dan Langton, Steve Dickison, Barbara Tomash and Truong Tran in Poetry. Michelle Carter, Roy Conboy, Anne Galjour, and Brian Thorstensen in playwriting.
More Info: One of the oldest and most flexible programs for its emphasis on a student's genre but also permission to work cross-genre or in a second genre. Process classes which enable writing in addition to workshops and a correlative.Poetry Center & Archives.
Notable Graduates: Anne Rice, Ernest Gaines, Forrest Gander, Rae Armantrout, Philip Schultz, Gail Tsukiyama, Frances Mayes, Cole Swensen, Barbara Jean Reyes, Nina Schuyler, Po Bronson, Robin Romm, Don Waters, Laura Walker, Kate Pringle, Peter Nachtrieb, Prince Gomolvilas, Elizabeth Scarboro, Jan Ellison, Gabe Roth, Nona Caspers, Truong Tan, Toni Mirosevich, and countless others.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: out of state: $14000; in state $7000
Funding Opportunities: five $5000 Dickey Fellowships in poetry
three $5000 Brainard Fellowships, open genre; one provost award of in-state tuition to an out-of-state student of merit; one Ylvisikar Award to a new student in fiction, $2000. Highsmith Paywriting Award, $2000. One Manoogian Award of $1500
for a talented student with financial need.
University of Virginia
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing Program
State: Virginia
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Christopher Tilghman
Faculty: Rita Dove, Greg Orr, Paul Guest, Debra Nystrom, Lisa Russ Spaar, Christopher Tilghman, John Casey, Jane Alison, Sydney Blair, Jeb Livingood
More Info: A two year residential MFA program with concentrations in fiction and poetry. All students receive the same fellowship--$16,000. Students do not teach in their first year of study to preserve time to write.
Notable Graduates: Edward Jones, Chad Harbach, Eleanor Henderson, Mary Beth Keane, Ravi Howard, Michael Knight, Mary Szybist, Erika Meitner, Sam Taylor, Thomas Pierce, George David Clark, Katherine Larson
Application Deadline: 12/15/2014
Tuition: None - Students receive tuition waivers
Funding Opportunities: Students receive $16,000 in fellowship or teaching income in both years of study.
Brown University
Program Name: Literary Arts
State: Rhode Island
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Digital Language Arts, Cross-Disciplinary
Program Director: Cole Swensen, Chair
Faculty: John Cayley, Brian Evenson, Thalia Field, Forrest Gander, Carole Maso, Meredith Steinbach, Cole Swensen, CD Wright
More Info: For over 40 years, Literary Arts at Brown University has been a creative and intellectual center for the U.S. literary avant-garde. Along with a handful of other writing programs nationwide, Brown provides a home for innovative writers.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 12/15/2014
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: All students accepted will receive a fellowship, tuition scholarship, health insurance and health fee; those in good standing after year one will teach creative writing courses in year two, which provides full funding (same as year one).
Western State Colorado University
Program Name: MFA/MA in Creative Writing
State: Colorado
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Screenwriting
Program Director: Dr. David J. Rothman
Faculty: Fiction: Russell Davis, Michaela Rosessner, Di Francis
Poetry: David Rothman, David Yezzi, Ernest Hilbert
Screenwriting: MS Gupta, Jack Lucido, guest faculty Charlie Craig and Joel Thompson
More Info: A fully accredited low-residency 25-month MFA, with one two-week residency in July for three summers in Colorado.
Fiction is Popular Genres. We also offer a 13-month M.A. in each concentration.
Rolling admissions for summer, fall, spring start.
Notable Graduates: NYT bestselling author Stacia Deutsch
Application Deadline: 08/01/2014
Tuition: $18,900 per year, final summer $4,200
Funding Opportunities: FAFSA/Stafford loans, Graduate Plus loans, competitive partial-tuition waivers for poetry as well as partial-tuition waiver TA opportunities for second-year students in all tracks.
Ashland University
Program Name: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Program Web Site: http://www.ashland.edu/mfa-cw
State: Ohio
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Fiction, Nonfiction
Program Director: Christian Kiefer
Faculty: Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Angie Estes, Mark Irwin, Alex Lemon, Mark Neely, Ruth Schwartz, Kathryn Winograd
Fiction: William Haywood Henderson, Christian Kiefer (Director of the MFA), Erika Krouse, E. J. Levy
Nonfiction: Jill Christman, Steven Harvey, Thomas Larson, Joe Mackall, Leila Philip, Robert Root
More Info:
Notable Graduates: Ted Kluck, Valerie Due, Marci Vogel, Grace Curtis, David Wright, Marilyn Bousquin, David MacWilliams, Ashley Bethard, Jeff Muse
Application Deadline: 05/15/2017
Tuition: $711 per credit hour
Funding Opportunities:
Colorado State University
Program Name: MFA
State: Colorado
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Sasha Steensen until 5/30/14
Faculty: Dan Beachy-Quick, Camille Dungy, Matthew Cooperman, Sasha Steensen, EJ Levy, Leslee Becker, Judy Deonges
More Info: Please note that as of 5/30, the new director will be Dan Beachy-Quick: dan.beachy-quick@colostate.edu
Notable Graduates: Christopher Arigo, Mary Ann Cain, Yusef Komunyakaa, Jacqueline Lyons, Wendy Rawlings, Aaron Abeyta, Steven Church, Jennifer K. Dick, George Kalamaras
Application Deadline: 01/01/2015
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: GTAs and other funding opportunities
The University of the South
Program Name: Sewanee School of Letters
State: Tennessee
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Dr. John Grammer
Faculty: Danny Anderson, Chris Bachelder, Michael Griffith
Holly Goddard Jones, Adrianne Harun, Andrew Hudgins, Karen Sayler McElmurray
Neil Shea, John Jeremiah Sullivan Diane Thiel
More Info: The Sewanee School of Letters is a summers-only MA and MFA program. The 2014 session will run June 8 - July 18 and applications are still being accepted. Learn more about our MFA program at letters.sewanee.edu.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition: $5,084/Semester (2 courses)
Funding Opportunities:
National University
Program Name: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Screenwriting
Program Director: Frank Montesonti
Faculty: Full Time Faculty:
Frank Montesonti
Amina Cain
Colin Dickey
Michael Zimmer
Plus many visiting writers. See program website.
http://faculty.nu.edu/blogs/mcw/
More Info: One of the very few MFA programs that is entirely online. No residency requirement. Rolling admissions, apply any time. Work from home in dynamic online workshops. Diverse student body. Friendly to genre fiction. http://faculty.nu.edu/blogs/mcw/
Notable Graduates: Heather Ann Schmidt
Robert Hammond
Brian A. Dougherty
Weston Ochse
Karen Devaney
Elane Johnson
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition: http://www.nu.edu/Admissions/Graduate/Gr
Funding Opportunities: Financial aid options and scholarships.
University of South Florida
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
State: Florida
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Graphic Narrative
Program Director: Rita Ciresi
Faculty: Karen Brown, Rita Ciresi, John Henry Fleming, Hunt Hawkins, Jay Hopler, Katherine Riegel, Jarod Rosello, Heather Sellers, Ira Sukrungruang
More Info: USF's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program offers small classes, friendly fellow students, dedicated faculty, a lively reading series, and a supportive atmosphere. A new emphasis in graphic narrative begins in 2014.
Notable Graduates: Karen Brown, John Nieves, Daniele Pantano, Alicia Thompson, Jaquira Diaz, Phillippe Diederich, Darrell Nicholson
Application Deadline: 01/01/2015
Tuition: $750 per semester w/ tuition waiver
Funding Opportunities: All accepted students are offered graduate teaching assistantships that pay approximately $11,500 for the academic year. Summer teaching is available.
Northwest Institute of Literary Arts
Program Name: Whidbey Writers Workshop
State: Washington
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Children/Young Adult
Program Director: Wayne Ude
Faculty: C/YA: Bonny Becker, Carmen Bernier-Grand; Poetry: David Wagoner, Carolyne Wright; Nonfiction: Ana Maria Spagna, Lawrence Cheek; Fiction: Bruce Holland Rogers, Kathleen Alcala (on leave), Wayne Ude
More Info: The only nationally-accredited MFA program not affiliated with a university. Focus is on publication rather than prep for university professorships. All avenues explored, from traditional publication through "indie" professional self-publishing.
Notable Graduates: Stefanie Freele, Kelly Davio, Caleb Barber, Claire Gebben, Tanya Chernov, Ann Boochever, Stefon Mears, Lois Brandt, Joseph Ponepinto, Carol Frischmann, Stephanie Hammer
Application Deadline: 10/01/2014
Tuition: $25,850 for full program
Funding Opportunities: Elizabeth George Foundation scholarship for full tuition; 1/4 tuition scholarships; Federal student loans; Veterans' educational benefits
Western Washington University
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
State: Washington
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: multi-genre, hybrid forms
Program Director: Dr. Brenda Miller
Faculty: Brenda Miller: Director of Graduate Studies
Creative Nonfiction and Hybrid Forms
Suzanne Paola
Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, and Hybrid Forms
Oliver de la Paz
Poetry and Hybrid Forms
Bruce Beasley
Poetry and Slam Poetry
Carol Guess
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid Forms
Kathryn Trueblood
Fiction and Editing & Publishing
Kelly Magee
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Hybrid Forms
Kristiana Kahakauwila
Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
More Info: Gain fluency in single genre, multi-genre, or hybrid writing, as well as in-depth literary study.We publish the award-winning Bellingham Review. Website: https://chss.wwu.edu/english/department-english-mfa-creative-writing
Notable Graduates: Julie Wade, Urban Waite
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: http://www.wwu.edu/sbo/tuition-fee-sched
Funding Opportunities: You may gain teaching experience with a funded teaching assistantship or internship, as well as professional editing experience with scholarly and creative writing journals, such as the award-winning Bellingham Review.
Northern Arizona University
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
State: Arizona
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Cross Genre
Program Director: Nicole Walker
Faculty: Barbara Anderson, Jane Armstrong, Ann Cummins, Eric Stalcup, Nicole Walker, Allen Woodman
More Info: https://nau.edu/CAL/English/Degrees-Programs/Graduate/MFA/
Notable Graduates: Tammy Stuart Greenhouse, Brooke Wonders, Ana Maria Spagna, Jerry Gabriel, Jim Ruland, Ben McClelend.
Application Deadline: 02/01/2015
Tuition: $8020/per year
Funding Opportunities: Graduate Teaching Assistantships
OSU-Cascades
Program Name: Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing
State: Oregon
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Dr. Emily Carr
Faculty: Arielle Greenberg, T. Geronimo Johnson, Christopher Boucher, TC Tolbert
More Info:
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 06/15/2014
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities:
New Mexico State University
Program Name: New Mexico State University
State: New Mexico
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Carmen Gimenez-Smith
Faculty:
More Info:
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: Approx. $6000 - G.A. get $16,000
Funding Opportunities:
University of Wyoming
Program Name: MFA Program in Creative Writing
State: Wyoming
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Beth Loffreda
Faculty: Andy Fitch, Alyson Hagy, H.L. Hix, Mark Jenkins, Frieda Knobloch, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Jeff Lockwood, Beth Loffreda, Kate Northrop, Danielle Pafunda, David Romtvedt, Brad Watson, Joy Williams
More Info: The University of Wyoming's Creative Writing MFA program is a fully-funded two-year studio degree in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Special features include a flexible curriculum, cross-genre workshops, and opportunities for interdisciplinary study.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 01/10/2015
Tuition: see funding opportunities
Funding Opportunities: We are a fully-funded program--each full-time student in the program receives a two-year graduate assistantship that includes a $11,400 stipend and coverage of tuition and fees; a summer stipend; and support funds for writing-related needs. The teaching load is low, one course per semester.
UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Program Name: mfa prep courses
State: California
Concentrations:
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Linda Venis
Faculty:
More Info:
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition:
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UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Program Name: mfa preparation courses
State: California
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Linda Venis
Faculty: Lou Mathews, Paul Mandelbaum, Michael Buckley, Colette Sartor, and Marisa Matarazzo
More Info: The UCLA Extension Writers' Program is an open-enrollment program that can increase your chances of being accepted to an MFA program. Writers' Program students have been accepted to many competitive and prestigious MFA programs throughout the country.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 06/23/2014
Tuition: $530 - $3,500
Funding Opportunities: Annual needs-based scholarship.
Saint Mary's College of CA
Program Name: MFA Program in Creative Writing
State: California
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Brenda Hillman
Faculty: Brenda Hillman, Matthew Zapruder, Marilyn Abildskov, Wesley Gibson, Rosemary Graham, and Lysley Tenorio
More Info: stmarys-ca.edu/mfawriting
facebook.com/smcmfa
twitter.com.smcmfa
#writesmc
Notable Graduates: Joshua Braff, Kaya Oakes,
Application Deadline: 01/30/2015
Tuition: 20,000 per annum
Funding Opportunities: Fellowships, scholarships, and paid internships are readily available.
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Program Name: MFA Writing Program at Greensboro
State: North Carolina
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Jim Clark
Faculty: Jim Clark
Michael Parker
Stuart Dischell
Terry L. Kennedy
Craig Nova
David Roderick
Holly Goddard Jones
More Info: The Master of Fine Arts in creative writing is a two-year residency program with an emphasis on providing students with studio time in which to study the writing of poetry of fiction. www.mfagreensboro.org
Notable Graduates: Robert Morgan, Kelly Cherry, Rodney Jones, Claudia Emerson, George Singleton, Steve Almond, Julianna Baggott, Jillian Weise.
Application Deadline: 01/01/2015
Tuition: $7,000 per year In-State | $20,000 O.S.
Funding Opportunities: Graduate Assistantships are available to most committed students. A GA’s duties might include working in the University Writing Center, conducting library research for faculty, helping organize conferences and events, assisting in the production of English Department publications, or light office work. The stipend is $15,000 for nine months.
Applicants holding a master’s degree in English may seek Teaching Assistantships. In the first year, TAs teach one section of composition each semester and tutor in the University Writing Center. The second year, they teach three sections over the academic year. Students without an MA may seek a TA their second year.Out-of-state and in-state tuition waivers often accompany assistantships awarded to students.All applicants are considered for the Randall Jarrell and Fred Chappell fellowships.
Arcadia University
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
State: Pennsylvania
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Joshua Isard
Faculty: Joshua Isard
Paul Elwork
Dorian Geisler
Genevieve Betts
Richard Wertime
More Info: Arcadia University’s M.F.A. is one of the few low-residency programs to include weekly online workshops and a residency spent abroad (in Edinburgh, Scotland) with one-on-one faculty advising.
Webiste: http://www.arcadia.edu/mfa-creative-writing.htm
Notable Graduates: Matthew Kabik
Liz Kerr
Christopher DiCicco
Mary Coyle
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities:
Sarah Lawrence
Program Name: MFA Writing Program
State: New York
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Brian Morton
Faculty: Includes Jo Ann Beard, Tina Chang, Michael Greenburg, Garth Risk Hallberg, Marie Howe, Thomas Lux, Dennis Nurske, Vijay Seshadri, Joan Silber, and Mark Wunderlich.
More Info: Study includes weekly workshops and craft classes; yearlong colloquium with writers and publishing professionals talk with students about every aspect of the writing life; and biweekly, one-on-one meetings between student and professor.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: Scholarships, Graduate Assistanships
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Program Name: Write-by-the-Lake Writer's Retreat
State: Wisconsin
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Christine DeSmet
Faculty: Marilyn Taylor, Laurel Yourke, Laurie Scheer, Christine DeSmet, Angela Rydell, Kathy Steffen, Lori Devoti, Tim Storm, Amy Lou Jenkins, Brad Schreiber, Marilyn Atlas, Julie Tallard Johnson.
More Info: 12 sections, limited enrollment in each. Master Classes for full novels. Graduate credit option.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 06/11/2015
Tuition: $365-$750
Funding Opportunities: Some scholarships available.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Program Name: Weekend with Your Novel
State: Wisconsin
Concentrations: Fiction
Other Concentrations: Novels
Program Director: Christine DeSmet
Faculty: Christine DeSmet, Laurie Scheer, guest authors and other instructors.
More Info: Two tracks, beginning and advanced. Focuses on revision and polishing, or starting right. Includes critique groups, feedback on pages. Held Nov. 14-16, 2014.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 11/14/2014
Tuition: $125/day plus critiques
Funding Opportunities: Some scholarships.
University of New Orleans
Program Name: The Creative Writing Workshop
State: Louisiana
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Playwriting, Screenwriting
Program Director: M.O. Walsh
Faculty: M.O. Walsh, Barb Johnson, Fredrick Barton, Randy Bates, John Gery, Richard Goodman, Carolyn Hembree, Joanna Leake, Justin Maxwell, Henry Griffin, Erik Hansen
More Info: The Creative Writing Workshop offers both traditional and low residency options for the MFA degree. An eclectic mix of students in one of America's greatest cities makes for a dynamic workshop environment. The low res offers summer abroad residencies.
Notable Graduates: Joseph Boyden, Amanda Boyden, Barb Johnson, Bill Loehfelm, Jericho Brown, Sonja Livingston, Lish McBride, Summer Wood, Skip Horack
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: 7000/year in state, 19,000 out of state
Funding Opportunities: Competitive GAships in teaching, tutoring, research, editing (Bayou magazine) and publishing (UNO Press). Also graduate awards to help waive out of state fees and tuition.
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Program Name: Low-residency MFA
State: West Virginia
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Jessie van Eerden
Faculty: Jessie van Eerden
Mark Defoe
Devon McNamara
Richard Schmitt
Doug Van Gundy
Eric Waggoner
Karen McElmurray
Crystal Wilkinson
Carter Sickels
More Info: http://www.wvwc.edu/academics/gradprograms/MFA/ Emphasis on place and identity; Ireland Residency option; faculty/student ratio 1:4; two 10-day residencies (July & January); semester coursework completed through correspondence with faculty mentor
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 10/01/2014
Tuition: $10,200/year
Funding Opportunities: Loans; small internal scholarship; opportunity for postgraduate teaching fellowship (open only to our graduates)
Cornell University
Program Name: Cornell MFA in Creative Writing
State: New York
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: rotating
Faculty: Fiction: J. Robert Lennon, Ernesto Quinonez, Stephanie Vaughn, Helena Maria Viramontes. Poetry: Alice Fulton, Ishion Hutchinson, Joanie Mackowski, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon. Lecturers: Charles Robert Green, Valzhyna Mort. Editor of EPOCH Magazine: Michael Koch.
More Info:
Notable Graduates: Junot Diaz, Téa Obreht, Melissa Bank, Stewart O'Nan
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition: All students fully funded
Funding Opportunities: All students are fully funded for two years and given a stipend of more than $25K/yr in exchange for teaching and editorial duties at EPOCH. Two additional paid years as post-degree lecturers in English are available. Most students remain for 4 years.
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Program Name: Wisconsin Wrights: Playwriting Intensive
State: Wisconsin
Concentrations: Fiction
Other Concentrations: Playwriting, Scripts, Nonfiction, Biography
Program Director: Sarah Marty
Faculty: Liz Fentress is a director, playwright, and actor. In 2008, her play The Honey Harvest won the North American Actors Association annual playwriting competition and was staged in London’s West End.
Bob Curry writes fiction, plays, and screenplays, and teaches writing at UW–Madison Continuing Studies and Madison College.
More Info: Join fellow playwrights in an intensive workshop that provides an overview of play-writing basics plus an opportunity to work with actors in developing your script. In daily craft sessions, you work on structure, theme, character, and plot.
Notable Graduates: Kimberly Megna Yarnall’s plays have been performed from New York City to Anchorage.
Kristin Hammargren is a playwright and actor based in the Midwest.
Sam White is a Madison area actor/director, and has been playwriting for many years.
Application Deadline: 05/28/2014
Tuition: $250.00
Funding Opportunities:
University of Oregon
Program Name: Creative Writing Program
State: Oregon
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: George Rowe
Faculty: Poetry: Daniel Anderson, Geri Doran, Garrett Hongo
Fiction: Jason Brown, Ehud Havazelet, third position to be filled in 2014-15
More Info: The Creative Writing Program at the University of Oregon is a highly selective and highly individualized two-year in-residence MFA program. It features individual tutorials along with small workshops and craft seminars--all led by regular faculty.
Notable Graduates: William Archila, Lory Bedikian, Daniel Camacho, Gary Clark, Cai Emmons, Charles Flowers, Miriam Gershow, Eugene Gloria, Erdag Goknar, Sarah Hulse, Major Jackson, Sara Eliza Johnson, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Keetje Kuipers, Chang-rae Lee, Andrés Montoya, Gina Ochsner, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Susan Rich, Joshua Robbins, Jeffrey Schultz, and Brian Turner
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: covered for all students in the program
Funding Opportunities: All students admitted to the MFA program receive a Graduate Teaching Fellowship that includes a tuition waiver, health insurance, and a stipend of $15,000 (for 2014-15) and $18,000 (for 2015-16 and beyond). The teaching load is one course/term.
Institute of American Indian Arts
Program Name: Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing
State: New Mexico
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Screenwriting
Program Director: Jon Davis
Faculty: Sherman Alexie, Ramona Ausubel, Marie-Helene Bertino, Sherwin Bitsui, Amanda Boyden, Joseph Boyden, Natalie Diaz, Melissa Febos, Santee Frazier, Manuel Gonzales, Sterlin Harjo, Geoff Harris, Joan Naviyuk Kane, Chip Livingston, Ismet Prcic, Eden Robinson, Ken White, and Orlando White.
More Info: The program begins with a weeklong residency on the campus in Santa Fe, then moves online for a 16 week semester. Recent and upcoming visitors include Debra Earling, Joy Harjo, Nick Flynn, Arthur Sze, Dana Levin, Michael Wiegers, and Gary Fisketjon.
Notable Graduates: We graduate our first class in May of 2015.
Application Deadline: 01/30/2015
Tuition: $9,360/year, $18,720/entire program
Funding Opportunities: Internal scholarships funded by the Truman Capote Trust, the Lannan Foundation, and private donors. We distribute between $70,000 and $100,000 in scholarship aid each year.
Pacific Lutheran University
Program Name: Rainier Writing Workshop
State: Washington
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Rick Barot
Faculty: Suzanne Berne, Linda Bierds, David Biespiel, Mary Clearman Blew, Barrie Jean Borich, Fleda Brown, David Cates, Kevin Clark, Stephen Corey, Gary Ferguson, Greg Glazner, Kevin Goodan, Adrianne Harun, Lola Haskins, Jim Heynen, John Holman, David Huddle, Judith Kitchen, Dinah Lenney, Rebecca McClanahan, Kent Meyers, Brenda Miller, Scott Nadelson, Ann Pancake, Lia Purpura, Stan Sanvel Rubin, Marjorie Sandor, Peggy Shumaker, Sherry Simpson
More Info: We are a low-residency program with a 3-year, 4-residency structure; each mentorship with a faculty member lasts a whole year. We encourage study in multiple genres. Distinctive "outside experience" is built into the second year.
Notable Graduates: Kelli Russell Agodon, Barrie Jean Borich, Jennifer Culkin, Kathleen Flenniken, Lisa Ohlen Harris, Holly Hughes, Debbie Moderow, Carrie Mesrobian.
Application Deadline: 11/30/2014
Tuition: $34,000
Funding Opportunities: Scholarships and Fellowships.
UW-Madison Continuing Studies
Program Name: School of the Arts at Rhinelander
State: Wisconsin
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: All writing genres
Program Director: Lynn Tarnoff
Faculty:
More Info: 1- to 5-day programs in multidisciplinary arts. Choose from 15 different writing options, or combine with visual, culinary and performing arts - or mind/body/spirit classes. Held the third week in July for over 50 years. http://www.soawisconsin.org
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 07/15/2014
Tuition: Varies
Funding Opportunities: Some Financial Aid available
Converse College
Program Name: Converse College Low Residency MFA
State: South Carolina
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Rick Mulkey
Faculty: Suzanne Cleary (Poetry)
Denise Duhamel (Poetry)
Albert Goldbarth (Poetry)
Rick Mulkey (Poetry, Director of the MFA Program)
Cary Holladay (Fiction)
Robert Olmstead (Fiction)
Leslie Pietrzyk (Fiction)
Marlin Barton (Fiction)
Jim Minick (Nonfiction)
Susan Tekulve (Fiction and Nonfiction)
Richard Tillinghast (Poetry and Nonfiction)
Dan Wakefield (Fiction and Nonfiction)
More Info: Two Application deadlines each year: October 1 for Winter Residency, and February 15 for Summer Residency.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 10/01/2014
Tuition: $5960 per semester
Funding Opportunities: Partial merit-based Graduate Assistantships/Scholarships for 2nd year students; C. Michael Curtis Publishing Internship for second year student.
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing, plus MFA/MA
State: Alaska
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Dramatic writing
Program Director: Gerri Brightwell
Faculty: Derick Burleson, Gerri Brightwell, Daryl Farmer, Len Kamerling. Visiting: Sean Hill, Kyle Mellen.
More Info: We have a strong program located in Interior Alaska. Our faculty and students form a tight-knit community. We have a visiting writers series that has brought in such names as Luis Alberto Urrea, Eowyn Ivey, and Yusef Konumyakaa
Notable Graduates: David Crouse, Jennifer Brice, Sherry Simpson
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: A number of TAships are available teaching in the composition program.
Northern Michigan University
Program Name: MFA/MA Programs
State: Michigan
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Jennifer A. Howard
Faculty: Matt Bell, Matthew Gavin Frank, Beverly Matherne, Austin Hummell, John Smolens, Jennifer A. Howard, Jon Billman
More Info: NMU offers both a three-year MFA program and a two-year MA with concentrations in literature, writing, pedagogy, and theater. We're located in Michigan's wild Upper Peninsula, on the shore of Lake Superior.
Notable Graduates: Erin Cellelo, Justin Daugherty
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: $3700/semester
Funding Opportunities: Teaching assistantships, graduate assistantships.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
State: Illinois
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Jodee Stanley
Faculty: Philip Graham, Janice N. Harrington, Brigit Kelly, Michael Madonick, Audrey Petty, Alex Shakar
More Info: Information about the graduate creative writing program at Illinois can be found at
http://creativewriting.english.illinois.edu/graduate/about
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 12/17/2014
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: All MFA students receive financial aid in the form of teaching appointments and/or fellowships. All financial aid awards include full tuition waivers and partial fee waivers.
Cleveland State University
Program Name: NEOMFA
State: Ohio
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Playwriting
Program Director: Michael Geither
Faculty: Fiction: Imad Rahman, Chris Barzak, Varley O'connor, Eric Wasserman, Bob Pope.
Poetry: Mary Biddinger, Caryl Pagel, Robert Miltner, Catherine Wing, Phil Brady, Steve Reese. CNF - David Giffels. Playwriting - Mike Geither
More Info: The Northeast Ohio MFA in creative writing allows students to take classes at four campuses in order to take advantage of the resources of four universities. We're a good place for students who take a second or multiple genre(s) seriously.
Notable Graduates: Mike Oatman, Sarah Tracey, Nick Sturm, Susan Grimm, Karen Schubert, Meg Johnson
Application Deadline: 02/01/2015
Tuition: $9,377.10 full-time in 2014
Funding Opportunities: Vary by campus
University of South Carolina
Program Name: University of South Carolina MFA
State: South Carolina
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Elise Blackwell
Faculty: Samuel Amadon, David Bajo, James Barilla, Elise Blackwell, Fred Dings, Nikky Finney, and others
More Info: We offer the camaraderie of a small program with the advantages of a large English department. Program strengths include an accessible and internationally published faculty, a stellar line-up of visiting writers, and numerous professional opportunities.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 12/15/2015
Tuition: most tuition is abated
Funding Opportunities: Assistantships, fellowships, scholarships
Temple University
Program Name: MFA Creative Writing Program
State: Pennsylvania
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Jena Osman
Faculty: Jena Osman (poetry)
Brian Teare (poetry)
Samuel R. Delany (fiction)
Don Lee (fiction)
Joan Mellen (fiction)
Alan Singer (fiction)
More Info: We are a two year program.
Please go to our website at www.temple.edu/creativewriting
Notable Graduates: Emily Abendroth, Julia Chang, Quinn Eli, Rob Fitterman, Elisa Ludwig, Alex McAulay, Pattie McCarthy, Megan Milks, Meera Nair, Danny Romero, Mecca Sullivan, Divya Victor, Tracey Wilson
Application Deadline: 12/15/2014
Tuition: http://bursar.temple.edu
Funding Opportunities: TAships
University Fellowships
Future Faculty Fellowships
The New School
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
State: New York
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Writing for Children
Program Director: Luis Jaramillo
Faculty: Jeffery Renard Allen, Catherine Barnett, Mark Bibbins, Susan Cheever, Jonathan Dee, Elaine Equi, Shelley Jackson, Hettie Jones, James Lasdun, David Lehman, David Levithan, Patrick McGrath, Honor Moore, Craig Morgan Teicher, Dale Peck, Helen Schulman, Tor Siedler, Laurie Sheck, Darcey Steinke, Benjamin Taylor, Sarah Weeks, Brenda Wineapple, Stephen Wright, Tiphanie Yanique
More Info: In less than 20 years, The New School’s MFA in Creative Writing program has become one of the world’s most respected graduate writing programs. Our graduates publish books with the big four publishing houses, small presses, and everything in between.
Notable Graduates: Alysia Abbott, Christopher Beha, Jennifer Benka, Margot Berwin, Mark Bibbins, Coe Booth, Nick Burd, Jennifer Close,
Alice Eve Cohen, Siobhan Fallon, Jenny Feldon, Jenny Han, Amy Lawless, David Samuel Levinson, Patricia McCormick,
Kathleen Ossip, Danielle Pafunda
Julie Sarkissian, Sufjan Stevens, Justin Taylor, Rachel Zolf
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: $13,740 per term
Funding Opportunities: Departmental Merit Scholarships, Research Assistantships, Teaching Assistantships, Editorial Assistantships, Program Administration Assistantships
Drew University
Program Name: MFA in Poetry & Poetry in Translation
State: New Jersey
Concentrations: Poetry
Other Concentrations: Poetrry in translation
Program Director: Sean Nevin
Faculty: Alicia Ostriker
Anne Marie Macari
Aracelis Girmay
Ellen Doré Watson
Gerald Stern
Ira Sadoff
Jane Mead
Jean Valentine
Joan Larkin
Judith Vollmer
Michael Waters
Mihaela Moscaliuc
Ross Gay
Sean Nevin
More Info:
The Drew University Master of Fine Arts in Poetry Program is a two-year, low-residency program for poets and poet translators.
Notable Graduates: Alumna Laurie Ann Guerrero won the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize and her book, A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying, was published by Notre Dame Press in 2013.
Rebecca Gayle Howell G’11 received the 2012 Cleveland State University Poetry Center First Book prize for Render/An Apocalypse.
Alumna Monica Hand’s me and nina was published by Alice James Books in 2012.
Ttranslated by Drew MFA Alumna Rebecca Gayle Howell’s (with Husam Qaisi) Amal al-Jubouri’s Hagar Before the Occupation/Hagar After the Occupation (Alice James Books, 2011) was named one of the best books of 2011 by the Library Journal. ”
Alumna Laurie Ann Guerrero was named the Poet Laureate of San Antonio.
Application Deadline: 06/15/2014
Tuition: see website: http://www.drew.edu/graduat
Funding Opportunities: Yes
Queens College-CUNY
Program Name: MFA in CW & Literary Translation
State: New York
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Prose, Drama, Translation
Program Director: Nicole Cooley
Faculty: Nicole Cooley (poetry); Kimiko Hahn (poetry); Roger Sedarat (poetry and translation); John Weir (fiction and non-fiction); Maaza Mengiste (fiction); Richard Schotter (playwriting); Ammiel Alcalay (translation)
More Info: We are one of two MFA programs in the nation to offer an MFA in literary translation and one of the few that includes playwriting as well. The only MFA program in the borough of Queens, our program is very diverse, with a strong commitment to community.
Notable Graduates: Selected Books
Jacob Appel (MFA Playwriting 2013), The Biology of Luck, novel, (Elephant Rock Books, 2013); Scouting for the Reaper (story collection, winner of the Hudson Prize, Black Lawrence Press, 2014).
Mike Baugh (MFA Translation 2014) translation of Vladimir Fuka and Ivan Mahler's New York, to published in Rizzoli Books, 2014.
Hillary Gulley (MFA Translation 2013), translation of Cuba in Splinters (anthology), to be published by OR Books in 2014.
Anne Posten (MFA Translation 2013), translation of This Beautiful Place, by Tankred Dorst, Hanging Loose Press 2013.
Ilaria Papini (MFA playwriting 2013), translation of Still Life in Ditch, by Fausto Paravidino, Hanging Loose Press, 2014
Selected Awards and Honors
Hillary Gulley (MFA Translation 2013) received a PEN Translation Award.
Zakia Henderson-Brown (MFA Poetry 2013) received a fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center, a fellowship at The Cave Canem Foundation and The Callaloo Literary Festival.
Rajiv Mohabir (MFA Poetry 2013) received fellowships from the American Institute of Indian Studies, the VONA Foundation, and the Kundiman Foundation.
Camila Santos (MFA Fiction 2013) received a fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center as well as a grant from The Queens Council for The Arts.
Application Deadline: 02/15/2015
Tuition: in-state tuition $3,600 a semester
Funding Opportunities: The Girro Cestaro Award; the Irma Long Scholarship; the Paper Lantern Lit Fellowship; opportunities to teach courses in the English Department in the second or third year
University of Central Florida
Program Name: MFA Creative Writing
State: Florida
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Terry Ann Thaxton
Faculty: Jocelyn Bartkevicius, Susan Hubbard, Russ Kesler, Darlin' Neal, Lisa Roney, David James Poissant, Pat Rushin, Don Stap, Terry Ann Thaxton, Laurie Uttich
More Info: The MFA program in Creative Writing offers concentrations in fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction, and features a curriculum fueled by aesthetic values and focused on students’ original creative work.
Notable Graduates: Kelle Groom, Ashley Inguanta,Dan Lopez, Juan Martinez.
Application Deadline: 01/05/2015
Tuition: $3300 per semester (9 credit hours)
Funding Opportunities: Provost Fellowships, Graduate Teaching Assistantships, Graduate Assistant Position across the university
Washington University in St. Louis
Program Name: The MFA Program
State: Missouri
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: David Schuman
Faculty: Mary Jo Bang, Paul Legault, Carl Phillips, Edward McPherson, Kathleen Finneran, Marshall Klimasewiski, Danielle Dutton, Kathryn Davis, Anton DiSclafani
More Info: http://english.artsci.wustl.edu/graduate/writing_program
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 12/15/2014
Tuition: Full and equal funding for each student
Funding Opportunities:
Adelphi University
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
State: New York
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Judith Baumel
Faculty: Judith Baumel, Poetry; Catherine Chung,
Fiction; Martha Cooley, Fiction; Anton Dudley, Dramatic Writing; Kermit Frazier,
Dramatic Writing; Jacqueline Jones LaMon, Poetry; John Murillo, Visiting Professor of Poetry; Igor Webb, Creative Nonfiction/Fiction.
More Info: An intimate learning experience with opportunities to work in multiple genres including poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. The unique, hands-on Professional Development Practicum offers meetings with writers, agents and arts professionals.
Notable Graduates: Andrew Davie, Elliott Freeman, Kimberly Gray, Amber Magruder, Dhipinder Walia
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: 40 credit program, $40,000
Funding Opportunities: Gerald Cain and Scott James Social Media Fellowship (Full Tuition plus stipend).
Full Tuition Fellowships
Half Tuition Fellowships
Teaching Assistantships
LIU Brooklyn
Program Name: LIU Brooklyn Creative Writing MFA
State: New York
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Playwriting, Cross-Genre
Program Director: Jessica Hagedorn
Faculty: Jessica Hagedorn
John High
Lewis Warsh
and annual Visiting Writers
More Info: for application information, contact:
Marilyn.Boutwell@liu.edu
718-246-6336
Notable Graduates: Willie Perdomo, poet
Uche Nduka, poet
Felice Belle, poet & playwright
Aimee Herman, poet & performance artist
Application Deadline: 02/15/2014
Tuition: check on-line
Funding Opportunities: Contact: Marilyn.Boutwell@liu.edu
Johns Hopkins University
Program Name: The Writing Seminars
State: Maryland
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Jean McGarry, Mary Jo Salter (Co-chairs)
Faculty: James Arthur
John Irwin
Matthew Klam
Brad Leithauser
Dora Malech
Alice McDermott
Jean McGarry
Eric Puchner
Mary Jo Salter
David Yezzi
More Info: http://writingseminars.jhu.edu/graduate/
Notable Graduates: Louise Erdrich, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Rosanna Warren, Tom Sleigh, Jeffrey Blitz, Wes Craven, Lucie Brock-Broido, Susan Stewart, John Astin
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: $47,060; fully funded by university
Funding Opportunities: Full tuition, benefits and $30,000 teaching fellowship for 100% of successful candidates.
Southern New Hampshire University
Program Name: Master of Fine Arts: Fiction/Nonfiction
State: New Hampshire
Concentrations: Non-Fiction
Other Concentrations: Creative Nonfiction
Program Director: Benjamin Nugent
Faculty: Richard Adams Carey, Wiley Cash, Craig Childs, Merle Drown, Ann Garvin, Amy Irvine McHarg, Leslie Jamison, Jo Knowles, Diane Les Becquets, Benjamin Nugent, Mark Sundeen, Katherine Towler, Robin Wasserman, Mitch Wieland
More Info: Narrative prose only. Program capped at 65 students to allow for greater one-on-one attention and support from our faculty to our students. Adult and Young Adult fiction concentrations. Creative Nonfiction concentrations, including environmental writing.
Notable Graduates: Jacquelyn Mitchard, Charlie Stella, Pratima Cranse, Timothy Woodward
Application Deadline: 11/01/2014
Tuition: 8,059/semester
Funding Opportunities: Financial aid, partial scholarships
Pacific University
Program Name: Pacific Master of Fine Arts in Writing
State: Oregon
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Shelley Washburn
Faculty: Sandra Alcosser
Ellen Bass
Marvin Bell
Judy Blunt
Bonnie Jo Campbell
Claire Davis
Kwame Dawes
Jack Driscoll
Katherine Dunn
Vievee Francis
Pete Fromm
Debra Gwartney
Laura Hendrie
Pam Houston
Dorianne Laux
Craig Lesley
David Long
Joseph Millar
Ben Percy
David St. John
Mary Helen Stefaniak
Kellie Wells
More Info: Our program offers a high level of craft and conversation along with the good humor and community of individuals who share a passion for art. We believe there is no one way to write. Above all, we believe in quality and originality in any guise.
Notable Graduates: Michelle Bitting, Jan Bottiglieri, Sean Davis, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Nancy Hechinger, Kase Johnstun, Deborah Reed, Katey Schultz, Lesley Schwartz, George Wallace
Application Deadline: 09/01/2014
Tuition: $16,148 for 2014-15
Funding Opportunities: -Two Pearl Scholarships, $7500 each
-Partial Merit-based Scholarships
-Financial Aid Loans.
McNeese State University
Program Name: MFA Program in Creative Writing
State: Louisiana
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Jacob Blevins
Faculty: Amy Fleury, John Griswold, Christopher Lowe
More Info: For more information, visit: http://mfa.mcneese.edu/
Notable Graduates: Neil Connelly, Morri Creech, Adam Johnson, Michael Shewmaker
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition: $5651 (in-state)
Funding Opportunities: Teaching assistantships (out of state and in state tuition is waived with assistantships), stipend
Chatham University
Program Name: MFA Creative Writing
State: Pennsylvania
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Children's Writing
Program Director: Sheryl St. Germain
Faculty: Sheryl St. Germain, Sheila Squillante, Heather McNaugher, Marc Nieson, Kathy Ayres, Joy Katz, Sherrie Flick
More Info: See www.chatham.edu/mfa
Notable Graduates: Rachel Carson (BA)
Robert Isenberg, Sara Ries, Jane Fishman
Application Deadline: 08/07/2014
Tuition: $14, 866 annual
Funding Opportunities: Fellowships, Teaching and Research Assistantships. Graduate Workstudy. See website: www.chatham.edu/mfa
University of Arizona
Program Name: Creative Writing MFA
State: Arizona
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Alison Hawthorne Deming
Faculty: Kate Bernheimer
Susan Briante
Christopher Cokinos
Alison Deming
Fenton Johnson
Farid Matuk
Jane Miller
Ander Monson
Manuel Munoz
Aurelie Sheehan
Joshua Marie Wilkinson
More Info:
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 01/01/2015
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: Full funding
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing and Media Arts
State: Missouri
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Screenwriting, Playwriting
Program Director: Christie Hodgen
Faculty: Hadara Bar-Nadav
Michelle Boisseau
Christie Hodgen
Michael Pritchett
Robert Stewart
Whitney Terrell
More Info: UMKC's MFA in Creative Writing & Media Arts is an exciting studio-research program that combines intensive workshops with literature and craft classes to foster discovery and mastery in creative writing.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: There are several types of funding available, including Durwood Scholarships, Graduate Teaching Assistantships, and Creative Writing Scholarships. Additional information on the MFA program and various types of funding is available on the English department website at: http://cas.umkc.edu/english/default.asp
Hofstra University
Program Name: MFA Program in Creative Writing
State: New York
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Drama
Program Director: Erik Brogger
Faculty: Erik Brogger
Patricia Horvath
Phillis Levin
Julia Markus
Martha McPhee
More Info: We are a small program with an emphasis on faculty mentoring. Our Great Writers, Great Readings series brings notable writers to campus, among them Phllip Levine, Jennifer Egan, John Edgar Wideman, Lynn Nottage, Haruki Murakami, and Stephen Dunn.
Notable Graduates: While our students have published in numerous literary journals, our program is only in its second year.
Application Deadline: 05/31/2014
Tuition: $1,000/semester hour
Funding Opportunities: Teaching Fellowships
Provost's Scholarship
Hofstra University Graduate Scholarships
University of Houston Victoria
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
State: Texas
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Diana Lopez
Faculty: Diana Lopez
Saba Razvi
Beverly Lowry
Charles Alexander
More Info:
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 07/30/2014
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities:
University of Missouri
Program Name: Creative Writing
State: Missouri
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Trudy Lewis
Faculty:
More Info: The University of Missouri’s Creative Writing Program is known for its commitment to literary study as an essential component of literary production. The department offers the M.A. and Ph.D. in English, with a concentration in creative writing.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: All of our graduate students receive assistantships or fellowships and teach composition, literature or writing workshops. As a result, graduates do well in competing for teaching positions, which increasingly seek versatility. The program is under the direction of Professor Trudy Lewis.
Boise State University
Program Name: MFA Program in Creative Writing
State: Idaho
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Publishing and Editing
Program Director: Mitch Wieland
Faculty: Brady Udall, Fiction
Mitch Wieland, Fiction
Martin Corless-Smith, Poetry
Janet Holmes, Poetry
More Info: Students have the opportunity to work for The Idaho Review and Ahsahta Press as a GA, for credit, and as an intern.
Notable Graduates: Tyler McMahon
Al Heathcock
Cynthia Hand
Adrian Kien
Karena Youtz
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: $10,000
Funding Opportunities: All incoming students receive a Teaching Assistantship, which includes a stipend and a full tuition waiver.
Columbia College Chicago
Program Name: Department of Creative Writing
State: Illinois
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Matthew Shenoda
Faculty: Fiction: Garnett Kilberg Cohen, Don De Degrazia, Patrician Ann McNair, Joe Meno, Nami Mun, Audrey Niffenegger, Samuel Park, Alexis Pride, Shawn Shiflett, Nonfiction: Jenny Boully Aviya Kushner, David Lazar, Jill Talbot, Sam Weller, Poetry: CM Burroughs, Lisa Fishman, Matthew Shenoda, Tony Trigilio, David Trinidad
More Info: The Department of Creative Writing houses three MFA programs: Fiction Writing, Poetry Writing, and Nonfiction Writing.
Notable Graduates: Joe Meno, Don De Grazia, Sam Weller, J. Adams Oaks, Stephanie Kuehnert, Megan Stielstra, Kelly Forsythe, Holly Amos, Dolly Lemke, Stephen Danos, Sara Peck, Joshua Young, Nicole Wilson, Becca Klaver, Hanna Andrews, Ryan Spooner
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: $922/credit hour
Funding Opportunities: Graduate Merit Awards; Albert P. Weisman; David Friedman Memorial Award; Graduate Opportunity Award; Getz Grad Award; Schultz/Shiflett Scholarship; plus 1-year assistantships to director
Fairleigh Dickinson university
Program Name: Creative Writing MFA
State: New Jersey
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Writing for young Adults, Literary Translation
Program Director: Rene Steinke
Faculty: Rene Steinke, Ellen Akins, Renee Ashley, Jeffery Renard Allen, Susan Bernofsky, Coe Booth, Rebecca Chace, Walter Cummins, David Daniel, Donna Freitas, Kathleen Graber, David Grand, H.L. Hix, Thomas E. Kennedy, Minna Proctor, Eliot Schrefer.
More Info: Our low-residency program offers students the opportunity to study in the U.S. or, if they choose, abroad in Wroxton, England. We also offer the chance to work on The Literary Review, an international literary magazine with an illustrious 57-year history.
Notable Graduates: James Owen Weatherall, Nina Foxx, Lisa Van Allen, and many others.
Application Deadline: 06/30/2014
Tuition: 16,536 per year
Funding Opportunities: Baumeister Fellowship
The Director's Award
TLR Graduate Assistantships
Provost's Graduate Scholarship
Stony Brook Southampton
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing and Literature
State: New York
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Julie Sheehan
Faculty: Julie Sheehan, Robert Reeves, Roger Rosenblatt, Lou Ann Walker, Melissa Bank, Star Black, Billy Collins, Jules Feiffer, Neal Gabler, Andrew Botsford, Robert Emmett Ginna, Matt Klam, Emma Walton Hamilton, Ursula Hegi, Kaylie Jones, Patricia Marx, Patricia McCormick, Dan Menaker, Susan Scarf Merrell, Frederic Tuten, Meg Wolitzer.
More Info: Rolling admissions for an MFA in creative writing and literature encouraging work across genres and courses available in graphic novel and children's literature. Workshops abroad; one-year children's lit fellows program.
Notable Graduates: Helen Simonson, Elena Gorokhova, Tricia Rayburn, Bob Morris, Peggy Kern, Judy Mandel, Victor Giannini, Tracy King-Sanchez
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: Limited number of Teaching Assistantships are available to fall applicants and second-year students; Stony Brook Southampton Writers Conference Scholarship; various awards and prizes.
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
State: New Jersey
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Writing for Young Adults; Literary Translation
Program Director: Rene Steinke
Faculty: David Grand, Rene Steinke, Rebecca Chace, Ellen Akins, Jeffery Renard Allen, Thomas E. Kennedy, Walter Cummins, H.L. Hix, Renee Ashley, Kathleen Graber, David Daniel, Minna Proctor, Eliot Schrefer, Donna Frietas, Coe Booth, Susan Bernofsky.
More Info: Students have opportunities to work in an editorial capacity on the international literary magazine, The Literary Review.
The January residency is held in Oxfordshire, England. The August residency is held at the Madison, NJ campus, a former estate.
Notable Graduates: James Owen Weatherall (The Physics of Wall Street, NYT Bestseller); Kerstin Lieff (The Berlin Diaries, Colorado Book Prize); Lynn Lurie (Corner of the Dead, Juniper Prize); Eric Paul (I Offered Myself as the Sea); Lisa Dale (The Wishing Thread); Mariya Gusev, translator, founding editor of The St. Petersburg Review
Application Deadline: 06/30/2014
Tuition: $16,536.00/per year
Funding Opportunities: Baumeister Scholarship; Doerfler Scholarship; Provost Scholarship; Assistantships at The Literary Review
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
Program Name: Rutgers University-Newark MFA Program
State: New Jersey
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Jayne Anne Phillips
Faculty: Jayne Anne Phillips, Tayari Jones, Akhil Sharma, Alice Elliott Dark, Brenda Shaughnessy, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Rachel Hadas, John Keene, James Goodman, A. Van Jordan
More Info:
Notable Graduates: Christa Parravani
Application Deadline: 01/10/2015
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: Teaching Assistantships (Composition and Creative Writing), Part-time Lectureships, Half-Tuition Scholarships, Chancellor's Tuition Remission Awards, Chancellor's Stipend Award, Capote Fellowship
The University of Mississippi
Program Name: The University of Mississippi MFA Progra
State: Mississippi
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: additional workshops in CNF, screenwriting, and nature writing
Program Director: Beth Ann Fennelly
Faculty: Beth Ann Fennelly, director, poetry and CNF
Chiyuma Elliot, poetry
Ann Fisher-Wirth, poetry and nature writing
Tom Franklin, fiction
Derrick Harriell, poetry
Chris Offutt, fiction and screenwriting
Richard Ford--Spring master classes
Mary Miller--AY 2014-2015 Grisham Writer in Residence;
Kiese Laymon, AY 2015-2016 Grisham Writer in Residence
More Info: We have the John Grisham Visiting Writers Series as well as popular student-run reading series. Every year we have a Grisham Writer in Residence, a year-long appointment for an emerging writer.
Notable Graduates: Jake Rubin (The Poser, a novel and screenplay); M. O. Walsh (My Sunshine Away, a novel); Greg Brownderville (Gust, poetry).
Application Deadline: 01/05/2015
Tuition: free
Funding Opportunities: all 8 incoming studentsare FULLY FUNDED. They receive free tuition and either a Grisham Fellowship ($14,000 and no teaching duties) or a TAship ($11,500). All receive free health care and $300 travel money.
Virginia Tech
Program Name: Virginia Tech MFA in Creative Writing
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Jeff Mann
Faculty: Bob Hicok, Matthew Vollmer, Fred D'Aguiar, Jeff Mann, Lucinda Roy, Nikki Giovanni, Erika Meitner, Ed Falco
More Info: The program encourage students to work across genres, including poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, playwriting, and new media creative writing. Students also edit The Minnesota Review and The New River. http://www.graduate.english.vt.edu/MFA/
Notable Graduates: L. Lamar Wilson, Katherine Sullivan (publisher of YesYes Books), Weston Cutter, Jeremy Griffin, Christopher Linforth
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: All students recieve tuition wavers
Funding Opportunities: All students accepted to the program receive full tuition wavers, health insurance, and $16,100 in funding per year for 3 years.
University of San Francisco
Program Name: MFA in Writing Program
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Bich Minh Nguyen & Micah Ballard
Faculty: Catherine Brady, Dave Madden, Bich Minh Nguyen, D.A. Powell, Bruce Snider, Susan Steinberg, Ryan Van Meter, Stephen Beachy, Lewis Buzbee, Lowell Cohn, Norma Cole, Thomas Sayers Ellis, John Isles, Joshua Mohr, Brittany Perham, Nina Schuyler, Porter Shreve, Aaron Shurin, K.M. Soehnlein
More Info: The two-and-a-half year MFA program offers workshops, literature seminars, and intensive thesis mentoring. Students may also study or write outside their primary genre.
Notable Graduates: Liza Campbell, George Dohrmann, James B. Frost, Lindsay Tam Holland, Jen Larson, Thomas Peele, Jane Porter, Cynthia Robinson, Craig Santos Perez, Wendy Tokunaga, Helen Wickes
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: usfca.edu/artsci/graduate/financialaid
Funding Opportunities: Graduate Merit Fellowships; Teaching Assistantships; Zivic Fellowship; Lawrence Ferlinghetti Poetry Fellowship
Arizona State University
Program Name: ASU MFA in Creative Writing Program
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Sally Ball
Faculty: Sally Ball, Matt Bell, Norman Dubie, Beckian Fritz Goldberg, Cynthia Hogue, T.R. Hummer, Tara Ison, T.M. McNally, Melissa Pritchard, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Alberto Alvaro Rios, Jeannine Savard
More Info: http://english.clas.asu.edu/cw-apply
Notable Graduates: Caitlin Horrocks (author of This is Not Your City), Dexter L. Booth (author of Cave Canem Prize winning collection Scratching the Ghost), Matthew Gavin Frank (author of numerous books including Preparing the Ghost), Bonnie Nadzam (author of Lamb), Kathleen Winter (author of Nostalgia for the Criminal Past), Hugh Martin (Stegner Fellow and author of The Stick Soldiers)
Application Deadline: 01/01/2015
Tuition: approx. $20,000 per year for nonresident
Funding Opportunities: Typically, up to 10 TA or RA positions are available for each incoming class; TA and RA positions include tuition remission and a stipend.
University of California, Riverside
Program Name: Low Residency MFA
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Screenwriting
Program Director: Tod Goldberg
Faculty: Elizabeth Crane
Jill Alexander Essbaum
Gina Frangello
Tod Goldberg
Stephen Graham Jones
Kevin Jones
Joshua Malkin
Anthony McCann
Mary Otis
William Rabkin
Emily Rapp
Rob Roberge
John Schimmel
Mark Haskell Smith
Deanne Stillman
David Ulin
Mary Yukari Waters
More Info: The UCR Palm Desert Low Residency MFA takes a 21st century approach to the graduate degree in creative writing. Our goals are simple: get your book published, your script produced and prepare you for a life as a professional writer.
Notable Graduates: Congressman Mark Takano, Jim Jennewein, Tiffany Hawk, Lee Cataluna, Daniel Rosen, Rick Marlatt, Natalia Cortes-Chaffin, Natashia Deon, Lee Cohn, Amy Yergen, Karl Iglesias, Jessica Brice, Kate Abbott, John Rosenberg, Ross Helford, Mickey Birnbaum, William Hillyard
Application Deadline: 08/01/2014
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities:
Louisiana State University
Program Name: Creative Writing
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Screenwriting
Program Director: Laura Mullen
Faculty: Jason Buch, Jennifer Davis, Lara Glenum, Zack Godshall, Mari Kornhauser, Laura Mullen, Jim Wilcox
More Info: In 2009, our MFA program was ranked third in the nation by Poets & Writers for overall funding and support of MFA students. Our nationally-recognized faculty are outstanding, devoted teachers.
Notable Graduates: Mona Lisa Saloy, Virgil Suarez, Jennifer Tamayo, Kim Vodicka, Megan Volpert, Afton Wilky, Carolyn Chun, Anthony Kellman, Jacqueline Parker, Gregory Baxter, Brent Benoit, Amanda Briggs, James Claffey, Ronlyn Domingue, Laurie Lynn Drummond, Michael Griffith, Mark LaFlaur, Dinty Moore, Clarence Nero, Connie Porter, David Racine, Josh Russell, Olympia Vernon, Vincent Celluci, Elizabeth Wing, Jenn Nunes, Jacques Servin, & Min Kang...
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: tuition waiver with acceptance
Funding Opportunities: All accepted students are fully funded: we typically offer Graduate Teaching Assistant stipends of $16,500 to students entering with a BA or $17,000 to students entering with an MA, plus tuition waivers and attractive health insurance coverage.
University of Minnesota
Program Name: University of Minnesota Creative Writing
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Peter Campion
Faculty: Charles Baxter, Patricia Hampl, Julie Schumacher, Ray Gonzalez, Peter Campion, MJ Fitzgerald, Madelon Sprengnether, Kim Todd
More Info: Each year we admit four students in each genre. Please see our program website for more information: creativewriting.umn.edu
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 12/01/2014
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: All of our admitted students receive full funding (tuition waiver + stipend), in the form of a teaching assistantship, for all three years of the program.
New England College
Program Name: NEC MFA Creative Writing Program
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Translation, Cross-genre/hybrid forms, New and Mixed Media
Program Director: Tara Rebele
Faculty: Matt Bell, Kate Bernheimer, Katie Farris, Brian Henry, Ilya Kaminsky, Andrew Morgan (Program Coordinator), Malena Mörling, Tara Rebele (Program Director), Allison Titus
More Info: The New England College MFA Creative Writing Program offers individualized, low-residency education in three degree tracks: Fiction, Poetry, and Dual-Genre. It is the first and only low-residency MFA to offer fully-funded Teaching Assistantships.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 11/21/2014
Tuition: $8,512
Funding Opportunities: Scholarships, Graduate Teaching Assistantships (low-residency GTAs with full funding, partial funding options also available)
City University of Hong Kong
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Xu Xi
Faculty: Sybil Baker (Fiction), Tina Chang (Poetry), Marilyn Chin (Poetry/Fiction), Jose Dalisay (Fiction), Evan Fallenberg (Fiction), Luis Francia (CNF/Poetry), Robin Hemley (CNF/Fiction), Justin Hill (CNF/Fiction), Justin Hill (Fiction/CNF), Tabish Khair (Fiction/CNF/Poetry), Sharmistha Mohanty (Fiction), Nami Mun (Fiction), Suzanne Paola (CNF/Poetry), Jess Row (Fiction), James Scudamore (Fiction), Ravi Shankar (Poetry/CNF), Ira Sukrungruang (CNF/Poetry), Madeleine Thien (Fiction), Xu Xi (Fiction/CNF)
More Info: Hong Kong English Department phone number is
(8520 34428870. Call Hong Kong for information about this program.
International focus on writing in English, with a specific interest in Asia.
http://www.english.cityu.edu.hk/mfa/index.jsp
Notable Graduates: BOOK TITLES, AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN BRACKETS
Nicholas YB Wong, Poetry (Cities of Sameness; 2nd book forthcoming)
Verena Tay, Fiction (Spectre)
Amanda Webster, CNF/Memoir (The Boy Who Loved Apples)
Lavanya Shanbhogue (winner, Commonwealth Story Prize; debut novel in contract)
Adnan Mahmutovic, Fiction (How To Fare Well and Stay Fair; Thinner Than A Hair)
Dai Fan, CNF (University of Iowa International Writers Workshop fellow; head of creative writing program in English at Sun Yat Sen University in Guangzhou, China)
Miho Kinnas, Poetry (first book of poems in contract)
Robert Powers, Fiction (1st place, Glimmer Train New Writer Award)
Andrew Robinson, Fiction (3rd place, Glimmer Train New Writer Award)
Hayley Katzen CNF (Australian Book Review Calibre Essay Prize finalist)
Keane Shum, CNF (published essays in Iowa Review, Colorado Review, and other journals)
John Francis Smith, Fiction (winner, South China Morning Post/RTHK short story contest)
Application Deadline: 03/31/2015
Tuition: US$23,250 (HK$181,350)
Funding Opportunities: Funding for Hong Kong residents only through government non-means loan scheme
Some teaching opportunities in the Department of English for Hong Kong residents only
Hollins University
Program Name: Jackson Center for CW at Hollins
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Thorpe Moeckel
Faculty: T.J. Anderson III, Carrie Brown, R.H.W. Dillard, Cathryn Hankla, Jeanne Larsen, Thorpe Moeckel, Elizabeth Poliner, Eric Trethewey
More Info: http://www.hollins.edu/grad/eng_writing/index.shtml
email: hugrad@hollins.edu
Notable Graduates: Annie Dillard, Henry Taylor, Natasha Trethewey, Madison Smartt Bell, Kiran Desai, Tony D'Souza, David Huddle, Adam Ross, Jill McCorkle, Adrian Blevins, Jenny Boully, Scott Cairns, Wyn Cooper, Kevin Prufer, Mary Ruefle, Richard McCann, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Jake Silverstein, Will Schutt, Luke Johnson, Scott Loring Sanders, Ethan Hauser
Application Deadline: 01/06/2015
Tuition: $20,446
Funding Opportunities: Graduate Assistantships (full tuition + $7000 stipend per year: total value 54.4492); Teaching Assistanships for second year MFA students (full tuition + $7000); full tuition waiver for all second-year students who show need; Graduate Scholarhships in varying amounts; annual Graduate Travel & Research Grants
New York University
Program Name: Creative Writing Program
Program Web Site: http://cwp.as.nyu.edu
State: New York
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Deborah Landau
Faculty: Anne Carson, E.L. Doctorow, Nathan Englander, Jonathan Safran Foer, Yusef Komunyakaa, Matthew Rohrer Joyce Carol Oates, Sharon Olds, Charles Simic, Zadie Smith, Darin Strauss, and Chuck Wachtel
More Info: NYU’s Creative Writing Program offers a rigorous and supportive environment for poets and fiction writers, a distinguished and dedicated faculty,small classes, and a vibrant reading series and literary journal. For more info: http://cwp.as.nyu.edu
Notable Graduates: Pearl Abraham, Kazim Ali, Daphne Beal, Ben Blum, Toi Derricotte, Boris Fishman, Nick Flynn, Nell Freudenberger, Aracelis Girmay, Garth Risk Hallberg, A. M. Homes, Mitchell S. Jackson, Dana Levin, Kseniya Melnick, Maaza Mengiste, Yannick Murphy, Jula Pierpont, Elissa Schappell, Darin Strauss, Hannah Tinti, Joe Wenderoth, Jeffrey Yang
Application Deadline: 12/18/2014
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: All incoming students receive fellowships, ranging from half-tuition remission to full-tuition remission with generous stipends. All students have the opportunity to teach. For more details: http://cwp.fas.nyu.edu/object/cwp.grad.fellowshipsliteraryoutreach
New York University
Program Name: Low-Res MFA Writers Workshop in Paris
State: New York
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Deborah Landau
Faculty: Chris Adrian, Catherine Barnett, Mark Doty, Nathan Englander, Myla
Goldberg, Aleksandar Hemon, Deborah Landau, Meghan O'Rourke, ZZ
Packer, Matthew Rohrer, Helen Schulman, Darin Strauss, and Colson
Whitehead
More Info: Writers convene in Paris for five ten-day residencies, which include workshops, craft talks, professional panels and readings. Between residencies, students work closely with an individual faculty mentor: Details: http://cwp.fas.nyu.edu/object/cwp.low.res
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 09/30/2014
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: Although departmental funding is not available, students may consult a list of external scholarships and grant opportunities: http://www.nyu.edu/life/resources-and-services/career-development.html
Hunter College
Program Name: Creative Writing MFA Program
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Peter Carey
Faculty: Fiction
Peter Carey
Colum McCann
Nicole Krauss
Claire Messud
Poetry
Tom Sleigh
Donna Masini
Catherine Barnett
Memoir
Kathryn Harrison
Alexandra Styron
More Info:
Notable Graduates: Gary Shteyngart (New Yorker "20 Under 40")
Janice Y.K. Lee (New York Times best seller)
Phil Klay (New York Times best seller)
Application Deadline: 02/01/2015
Tuition: 6,725 per year
Funding Opportunities: Many funding and teaching opportunities.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Multi Genre (including CNF)
Program Director: Kathy Graber
Faculty: Poetry: David Wojahn, Kathy Graber, Claudia Emerson, Gregory Donovan
Fiction: Clint McCown, Thomas DeHaven, Susann Cokal
CNF: Harrison Fletcher
More Info: the program’s nationally prominent online literary journal, Blackbird. Assistantships not only offer teaching opportunities in writing and rhetoric coursework, but also undergraduate creative writing classes as well.
Notable Graduates: Anna Journey, Sheri Reynolds
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: see website for current infromation
Funding Opportunities: Graduate assistantship stipends have greatly increased, and now range from $11,500 up to $22,000 a year (plus tuition waiver). All full-time students funded.
Rosemont College
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Dramatic Writing, Novel Writing, Children's and Young Adult
Program Director: Carla Spataro
Faculty: Anne Kaier, J.C. Todd, Liz Abrams-Morley, Blythe Davenport, Carmen Machado, B.J. Burton, Zachary Vickers, Amy Punt, Cynthia Reeves, Richard Bank, Anne Converse Willkomm, Carla Spataro, Christine Salvatore-Smith
More Info: Rolling admissions
Notable Graduates: Monica Anderson, Cassandra Krivy Hirsch, Eric McKinley, Roman Colombo, Ben Heins, Fereshteh Sholevar
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition: 695 per credit hour
Funding Opportunities: Graduate Assistantships that cover the cost of a class
Columbia College Chicago
Program Name: MFA Creative Writing
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Matthew Shenoda
Faculty: The core faculty includes poets Tony Trigilio (Director), CM Burroughs, Lisa Fishman, Matthew Shenoda, and David Trinidad; fiction writers Nami Mun (Director), Sam Weller, Don De Grazia, Garnett Kilberg-Cohen, Patricia Ann McNair, Joe Meno, Audrey Niffenegger, Alexis Pride, Samuel Park, and Shawn Shiflett; and nonfiction writers Jenny Boully (Director), Aviya Kushner, David Lazar, Sam Weller, and David MacLean (Elma Stuckey Writer-in-Residence).
More Info: Major annual Reading series
Award-winning literary journals
Story Week Festival of Writer
Award-winning, widely published faculty
Notable Graduates: Nicole Wilson, Kelly Forsythe, Bill Hillman, Becca Klaver, Chris Terry,
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: $18,000 and $23,000 a year
Funding Opportunities: Each program offers up to four Graduate Merit Awards worth a full tuition waiver, and one assistantship worth $12,000 each year. There are department and college-wide work-study positions, writing center tutoring, and college-wide scholarships for continuing students.
San Jose State University
Program Name: MFA @ San Jose State University
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Scriptwriting
Program Director: Alan Soldofsky
Faculty: CORE FACULTY
Andrew Foster Altschul (Fiction, Center for Literary Arts Director)
Persis Karim (Poetry, Persian Studies)
Samuel Maio (Poetry)
Cathleen Miller (Creative Nonfiction)
Alan Soldofsky (Poetry)
Scott Sublett (Playwriting and Screenwriting)
Nick Taylor (Fiction, Director of the Center for Steinbeck Studies)
More Info: The MFA at SJSU balances creative writing workshops with literary study. The program is designed to give students the opportunity to develop their talents in more than one genre. Website: http://www.sjsu.edu/english/graduate/mfa/
Notable Graduates: Marina Adair, Daniel Arnold, Jennifer de Guzman, Kate Evans, Erica Goss, Mark Heinlein, Peter Nathaniel Malae, Kevin Manning, Nelli Moody, Tommy Mouton, John T. Newman, Colette O'Connor, Anne Jennings Paris, Kelly Rice, C.J. Sage, Jerry Sexton
B.A, Graduates: Sally Ashton, Rochelle Escamilla, James D. Houston, Sandra McPherson, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Amy Tan
Application Deadline: 03/01/2015
Tuition: $4,294.50 per semester (full-time)
Funding Opportunities: Opportunities for Teaching Associate positions for qualified students: 6-unit fee waiver for T.A.'s plus salary.
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Program Name: matt
State:
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Program Director: mPHZtKscMCndocYflUS
Faculty: NIUUkJ http://www.QS3PE5ZGdxC9IoVKTAPT2DBYpPkMKqfz.com
More Info: NIUUkJ http://www.QS3PE5ZGdxC9IoVKTAPT2DBYpPkMKqfz.com
Notable Graduates: NIUUkJ http://www.QS3PE5ZGdxC9IoVKTAPT2DBYpPkMKqfz.com
Application Deadline: 03/15/1984
Tuition: zkFpJklUk
Funding Opportunities: NIUUkJ http://www.QS3PE5ZGdxC9IoVKTAPT2DBYpPkMKqfz.com
john
Program Name: john
State:
Concentrations:
Other Concentrations: PYRjQKPxIIxXEk
Program Director: bOFemmsw
Faculty: IVy0gB http://www.QS3PE5ZGdxC9IoVKTAPT2DBYpPkMKqfz.com
More Info: IVy0gB http://www.QS3PE5ZGdxC9IoVKTAPT2DBYpPkMKqfz.com
Notable Graduates: IVy0gB http://www.QS3PE5ZGdxC9IoVKTAPT2DBYpPkMKqfz.com
Application Deadline: 03/08/1999
Tuition: sMIbeyOL
Funding Opportunities: IVy0gB http://www.QS3PE5ZGdxC9IoVKTAPT2DBYpPkMKqfz.com
New England College
Program Name: NEC MFA Creative Writing Program
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Translation, Dual-Genre
Program Director: Tara Rebele
Faculty: Matt Bell, Kate Bernheimer, Katie Farris, Brian Henry, Ilya Kaminsky, Andrew Morgan, Malena Morling, Alissa Nutting, Tara Rebele, and Allison Titus
More Info: Low-residency format. Additional opportunities to study and work in cross-genre writing and hybrid forms, new media, performance, editing and publishing. Transformative education for writers.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 04/01/2015
Tuition: $8,688
Funding Opportunities: Full and Partially Funded Teaching Assistantships (on campus and online teaching options), MFA Scholarships, Financial Aid
Seton Hill University
Program Name: MFA in Writing Popular Fiction
State:
Concentrations:
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Nicole Peeler,
Faculty:
More Info:
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition:
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Seton Hill University
Program Name: MFA in Writing Popular Fiction
State:
Concentrations: Fiction
Other Concentrations: Genre Fiction: Science Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Yound Adult
Program Director: Nicole Peeler, Albert Wendland
Faculty: Michael Arnzen
Nicole Peeler
Lee McClain
Albert Wendland
More Info: Emphasis in popular genre fiction (romance, SF, fantasy, mystery, horror, in the adult, children's and YA markets), work with individual mentors, focus on marketing skills, author platforms, knowledge of genre, agents, editors, teaching of writing.
Notable Graduates: Susan Mallery
Maria Snyder
Shelley Bates
Victoria Thompson
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition: $818/credit
Funding Opportunities: Seton Hill provides financial assistance to graduate students in the form of a 20% (or 25% Alumni) Graduate Studies tuition discount.
Mississippi University for Women
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing (Low Residency)
State: Mississippi
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Drama
Program Director: Kendall Dunkelberg
Faculty: (see our website http://www.muw.edu/mfacreativewriting )
More Info: Mississippi University for Women will offer the first Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing program in Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and Georgia. We admit women and men and offer affordable tuition, including waivers for of out-of-state fees
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 06/30/2015
Tuition: $5640 annually
Funding Opportunities:
hoking
Program Name: hoking
State:
Concentrations:
Other Concentrations: MQZAXmEdbOevrUElw
Program Director: CrlEHjhEzEvVz
Faculty: 1IWGx7 http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com
More Info: 1IWGx7 http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com
Notable Graduates: 1IWGx7 http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com
Application Deadline: 09/03/2000
Tuition: QFdgEbTbAhqSRWfcXo
Funding Opportunities: 1IWGx7 http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com
Converse College
Program Name: Converse College Low Residency MFA
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Young Adult Fiction, Environmental Writing
Program Director: Rick Mulkey
Faculty: Robert Olmstead, Leslie Pietrzyk, C. Michael Curtis,Marlin Barton, Cary Holladay, Denise Duhamel, Albert Goldbarth, Suzanne Cleary, Richard Tillinghast, Susan Tekulve, Jim Minick and Rick Mulkey
More Info: Applications Deadlines are October 1 for the January residency/Spring semester, and February 15 for the June residency/Fall semester.
Notable Graduates: Recent MFA graduates include novelist Sonja Condit, Karin Gillespie, Phillip Morris, and poets Kathleen Nalley, Philip Belcher, and Melissa Dickson Jackson.
Notable undergraduate Converse College alums include Becky Gould Gibson, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Julia Peterkin.
Application Deadline: 10/01/2015
Tuition: 5964 per semester
Funding Opportunities: Partial Work Scholarships, the C. Michael Curtis Editing Internship, and Teaching Assistant opportunities.
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Program Name: MFA in Writing
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Translation
Program Director: Louise H Crowley
Faculty: See website: http://vcfa.edu/programs-faculty/writing/faculty
More Info: Low-residency, ranked among the "best of the best" by Poets & Writers, The Atlantic Monthly. Includes dual-genre study, overseas residencies and numerous postgraduate opportunities.
Notable Graduates: Nicole Brown, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Bob Hicok, Thomas E. Kennedy, Wally Lamb, Jo Ann Mapson, David Mura, Tim Seibles, Neela Vaswani.
Application Deadline: 10/14/2015
Tuition: $9683
Funding Opportunities: Merit Scholarships, Diversity Scholarships, Essay-based Scholarships, Time Payment Plan, flexible tuition payment plans.
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Program Name: MFA in Writing & Publishing
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: New Media, Stage & Screen
Program Director: Trinie Dalton
Faculty: Jen Bervin, Bernard Cooper, Trinie Dalton, Matthew Dickman, Janet Fitch, Tim Kirkman, MG Lord, Richard Rayner, Mary Ruefle, Martha Southgate, David Ulin, plus visiting guests.
More Info: Rolling application deadlines for this residential,
2-year program. See website for details: http://vcfa.edu/writing-publishing
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition: 27,500 annual / 2-year program
Funding Opportunities: Need and merit-based scholarships available as well as named and working fellowships. See website for details: http://vcfa.edu/scholarships-and-fellowships
Colorado State University
Program Name: Creative Writing
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Dan Beachy-Quick
Faculty: Dan Beachy-Quick, Matthew Cooperman, Camille Dungy, Sasha Steensen, Leslee Becker, EJ Levy
More Info:
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 04/01/2015
Tuition: $25,606 (res.); $39,478 (non-res.)
Funding Opportunities: Students may apply for a limited number of full and partial GTA positions, fellowships, and scholarships. Students may also apply to work for the University Writing Center and TILT program.
University of Houston - Victoria
Program Name: MFA Creative Writing
Program Web Site: http://www.uhv.edu/asa/graduate/creativewriting.aspx
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Charles Alexander
Faculty: Charles Alexander
Dagoberto Gilb
Beverly Lowry
Saba Razvi
Kim Herzinger
Diana Lopez
Jeffrey Sartain
AJ Ortega
More Info:
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition: $359.00 per credit hour for residents
Funding Opportunities: Scholarships, Financial Aid
UCLA Extension
Program Name: UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Program Web Site: http://writers.uclaextension.edu/
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Linda Venis
Faculty:
More Info: The UCLA Extension Writers' Program offers almost 400 annual courses both onsite and online. Writers' Program creative writing students have been accepted into competitive MFA programs all over the country including NYU and Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition: Full-length courses range from $500-$700
Funding Opportunities: UCLA Extension Writers' Program Scholarship
UNLV
Program Name: MFA International
Program Web Site: http://http://english.unlv.edu/mfa/
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: We are searching for a writer of Literary Non-Fiction
Program Director: Claudia Keelan
Faculty: Maile Chapman, Claudia Keelan, Donald Revell, Douglas Unger, Richard Wiley.
More Info: The MFA at UNLV is a three year program. We are partners with the Peace Corps, which admits qualified applicants who are also enrolled in our program. All students are also required to travel abroad as part of the degree program.
Notable Graduates: Sasha Steensen, Mani Rao, Adam Strauss, Dan Jofeson.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2015
Tuition: $1,000 annually after waivers applied
Funding Opportunities: All students who are admitted to the MFA program in Creative Writing at UNLV are awarded a graduate assistantship
University of New Orleans
Program Name: UNO Writing Workshops Abroad
Program Web Site: http://inst.uno.edu/writing/
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Script-writing, Literature, Theatre, and Film
Program Director: Jarred Marlatt
Faculty: Past and current faculty include Fredrick Barton, Joseph Boyden, Kristen Iversen, Dinty Moore, M.O. Walsh, Allen Wier, and Jim Winter.
More Info: The program takes students into some of the world's great literary and cultural centers. This collaborative environment allows participants to completely immerse themselves in their creative work through workshops, seminars and extra-curricular activities
Notable Graduates: We've had notable participants, but we are not an MFA program and do not therefore have graduates. We are directly affiliated with UNO's Resident and Low-Residency MFA programs, but we are a unique entity run through the Division of International Education.
Application Deadline: 05/01/2015
Tuition: $4,295 for UNO, $4,495 for non-UNO
Funding Opportunities: We have a number of funding opportunities, but most are reserved for UNO students, which only make up 1/3-1/2 of our annual summer enrollment. We also have a writing contest that is open to submissions from all applicants.
City College of New York
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
Program Web Site: http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/english/creativewriting.cfm
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Playwriting, Writing for Children, Translation
Program Director: Emily Raboteau & Salar Abdoh
Faculty: Salar Abdoh
Emily Raboteau
Mark Mirsky
Pam Laskin
Keith Gandal
Michelle Valladares
Lyn DiIorio
David Unger
More Info: Extracurricular opportunities include a lively MFA Reading Series, a Professional Practice Series, a Visiting Writer Series, the Langston Hughes Festival (honoring a writer of African descent) Fiction Magazine, and the Poetry Outreach Center.
Notable Graduates: Oscar Hijuelos
Walter Mosley
Ernesto Quinonez
Application Deadline: 05/01/2015
Tuition: (NY res) $5930/semester
Funding Opportunities: Through the generosity of a donor, the English Department is offering a one-time $3,500 scholarship to any incoming graduate student in any of our graduate programs (MFA in Creative Writing, MA in Literature, or MA in Language & Literacy) who works, either through scholarship or creative writing, in Latino/Latina Studies. Along with normal admissions materials this award will require a one-page expression of interest and qualifications. For more information please email gradenglish@ccny.cuny.edu with subject line "Graduate Scholarship in Latino/Latina Studies"
Additionally, the English Department offers numerous substantial annual writing awards and prizes.
Many of our students offset the comparatively low cost of tuition by teaching undergraduates, typically in composition courses. The college offers a substantial teaching award to excellent, nominated teachers.
Bradley
Program Name: Bradley
Program Web Site: http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com
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Program Director: DgErjXpcZHJ
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Notable Graduates: d3qwXB http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com
Application Deadline: 05/11/2001
Tuition: JDDFuGHtxKSp
Funding Opportunities: d3qwXB http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com
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Program Name: sally
Program Web Site: http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com
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Program Director: PRAADWztRNX
Faculty: RFQSNm http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com
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Notable Graduates: RFQSNm http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com
Application Deadline: 03/18/2006
Tuition: TtRJQRCmLtF
Funding Opportunities: RFQSNm http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com
Chapman University
Program Name: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Program Web Site: http://www.chapman.edu/mfa-creative-writing
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Screenwriting
Program Director: Dr. James P. Blaylock
Faculty: Mark Axelrod, Richard Bausch, James P. Blaylock, Alicia Kozameh, Anna Leahy, Martin Nakell, Tom Zoellner
More Info: The Master of Fine Arts is a high-residence terminal degree in Creative Writing. Full-time students complete the degree in two years.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 02/01/2016
Tuition: $850 per credit, 36 credit program
Funding Opportunities: Three competitive fellowships are awarded each year with full tuition scholarship and a stipend of $18,000 per year. These fellowships are renewable for a second year and require no work obligation so that students can put their writing first. In addition, the program offers one full tuition scholarship each year. Graduate Teaching Assistantships and innovative Graduate Assistantships with literary projects and in campus offices such as Chapman Magazine are available for select students in the second year of study.
Bradley
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Application Deadline: 01/26/2007
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Bradley
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Application Deadline: 01/05/1989
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Bradley
Program Name: Bradley
Program Web Site: http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com
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Notable Graduates: WCjbF2 http://www.FyLitCl7Pf7kjQdDUOLQOuaxTXbj5iNG.com
Application Deadline: 01/26/2006
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College of New Rochelle
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
Program Web Site: http://www.cnr.edu/web/graduate-school/master-of-fine-arts
State: New York
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Steven Hobbs
Faculty: •Daniel Smith (creative nonfiction, memoir)
•Sophie McManus MFA (the novel)
•Steven Hobbs MFA – MFA Program Director (short story, the novel, religious narrative)
•Nick Smart PhD (English and American literature, critical theory, public criticism)
•Nereida Seguro Rico PhD (comparative literature, critical theory)
•Amy Bass PhD (history, sports and culture, writing for digital media)
•David Goewey MFA (creative nonfiction, Buddhism)
•Jackson Taylor (historical fiction, the novel)
More Info: -Rolling admission
-36-credit course of study
-Small, supportive community of writers
-Flexible class schedule
-A commitment to serving local communities as writers
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition: $894 per credit
Funding Opportunities: Teaching Fellowships and Scholarship Opportunities
William Paterson University
Program Name: MFA in Creative and Professional Writing
Program Web Site: http://wpunj.edu/mfa/
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Dr Phoebe Jackson
Faculty: Marina Budhos, Philip Cioffari, Brad Gooch, Linda Hamalian, Timothy Liu, John Parras, Christopher Salerno, Martha Witt
More Info: A full-residency program of 41 credits, with tracks in Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Cross-Genre, supporting the production of high-caliber writing, and gearing you up for real-world work in teaching, writing, editing and publishing
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition: $12000/year (in-state)
Funding Opportunities: Graduate assistantships and teaching opportunities with tuition waivers available for outstanding students
Antioch University Santa Barbara
Program Name: MFA in Writing and Contemporary Media
Program Web Site: http://www.antiochsb.edu/academic-programs/mfa-writing-contemporary-media/
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction
Other Concentrations: Creative and Professional Writing
Program Director: Steve Heller
Faculty: Steve Heller, David Starkey, Tananarive Due, Jenny Factor, Kate Maruyama, Neal Baer
More Info: AUSB’s student-centered MFA program empowers writers to explore the ever-changing landscape of storytelling through numerous genres: film and television, stage, journalism, radio, video games, and more.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 08/05/2016
Tuition: $785 per semester unit
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Carlow University
Program Name: MFA in Creative Writing
Program Web Site: http://www.carlow.edu/Master_of_Fine_Arts_in_Creative_Writing.aspx
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Kevin Haworth
Faculty: Jan Beatty, Joseph Bathanti, Janice Eidus, Kristin Kovacic (US), Carlo Gebler, Evelyn Conlon, Mary O'Donell, Brian Leyden (Ireland)
More Info: Carlow’s low-residency MFA program, which can be completed in five semesters, provides the convenience of a low-residency program with boundless opportunities in which students work with internationally-renowned writers in the United States and Ireland.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: unspecified
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: Graduate assistantship, Teaching assistantship, Travel scholarships to Ireland
Seton Hill University
Program Name: MFA in Writing Popular Fiction (low res)
Program Web Site: https://www.setonhill.edu/fiction
State:
Concentrations: Fiction
Other Concentrations: Mystery, Romance, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Program Director: Dr. Nicole Peeler
Faculty: Core Faculty: Dr. Michael Arnzen, Dr. Lee McClain, Dr. Nicole Peeler
Visiting Faculty: Shelley Bates, Paul Goat Allen, Rebecca Drake, Tim Esaias, Anne Harris, Scott Johnson, William Horner, Felicia Mason, Barbara Miller, Heidi Ruby Miller, Jason Jack Miller, Kathryn Miller Haines, Sharon Short, Lucy Snyder, Maria V. Snyder, Victoria Thompson
More Info: Program Contact: Ellen Monnich
Phone Number: (724) 838-4221
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Application Deadline: 03/22/2017
Tuition:
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Program Name: Wichita State Master of Fine Arts
Program Web Site: http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/home/?u=creativewriting
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Sam Taylor
Faculty: Margaret Dawe, Albert Goldbarth, Amy Parker, Sam Taylor. Visiting writers int he past have been Lee Abbott, Renee Ashley, Russell Banks, Marvin Bell, Michael Blumenthal, Scott Blackwood, Sharon Bryan, Scott Cairns, Peter Cameron, Brock Clarke, Ann Copeland, George Cuomo, Richard Currey, Phil Dacey, Robert Dana, Madeline DeFrees, Rick Demarinis, Stephen Dunn, Richard Elman, Carol Frost, Greg Glazner, Deborah Greger, Ron Hansen, Michael Harper, William Hathaway, Shelby Hearon, Laura Kalpakian, Elizabeth Libbey, Jack Matthews, Michael McGriff, Jay Meek, Peter Meinke, Lisel Mueller, Richard Murphy, Jack Myers, Antonya Nelson, Kent Nelson, Achy Obejas, Ed Ochester, Robert Olmstead, Eric Pankey, Bette Pesetsky, Leslie Pietrzyk, Stanley Plumley, Kevin Prufer, Bin Ramke, Nancy Roberts, Mary Elsie Robertson, William Pitt Root, Abraham Rothberg, Hugh Seidman, Bob Shacochis, Terese Svoboda, Mark Smith, Henry Taylor, Katherine Vaz, Michael Waters, Paul West, James Wilcox, C.K. Williams, Hilma Wolitzer, Richard Yates, and Paul Zimmer.
More Info: Wichita State offers a three-year, studio-academic degree. Named to Huffington Post's list of "Top 25 Underrated Creative Writing MFA Programs," WSU brings writers such as Andrew Sean Greer and Mary Ruefle to teach tutorials, and hosts a reading series.
Notable Graduates: Marlin Barton, Michele Battiste, John Bell, Craig Blais, Karen Boren, Karl Elder, Luke Geddes, Eric Gober, Kathryn Kysar, Denise Low-Waso, William McHugh, Richard Mulkey, Tom Noyes, Janet Peery, Steve Wilson, Holly Wilson, Susan Tekulve, Jeff Worley,
Application Deadline: 01/10/2017
Tuition: In-state $5,794.56. Out-of-state $12,967
Funding Opportunities: All of our MFA students receive financial support from the university through graduate teaching assistantships and fellowships which cover their tuition and provide a stipend. Discounted health insurance is also available.
Cedar Crest College
Program Name: Pan-European MFA in Creative Writing
Program Web Site: http://mfa.cedarcrest.edu
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: travel writing
Program Director: Alison Wellford
Faculty: Robert Antoni, David Bezmozgis, Jeffrey Greene, Aleksander Hemon, Gwyneth Lewis, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, Dinaw Mengestu, Alice Miller, Keija Parssinen, Diana Spechler, David St. John, Peter Streckfus, Alison Wellford
More Info: Students attend a 15-day residency each year in July, which rotates between Dublin, Barcelona, and Vienna.
The application deadline is April 1 for the summer residency, August 1 for the fall term, and December 1 for the spring term.
Notable Graduates:
Application Deadline: 04/01/2019
Tuition: $743 per credit, 48-credit degree
Funding Opportunities: The Pan-European MFA in Creative Writing annually offers two scholarships to students who begin study during a summer residency. Scholarships provide $1,500.00 USD per year toward tuition for up to two years of study during the distance mentorships ($750 USD toward tuition for each fall and spring distance-mentorship semester over two years, up to a maximum of $3,000 USD per student).
These merit-based awards are granted on the basis of application writing portfolios and personal essays that demonstrate a promise of distinction in the program.
Mississippi University for Women
Program Name: Mississippi University for Women
Program Web Site: http://www.muw.edu/mfacreativewriting
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations: Drama, Translation, New Media
Program Director: Kendall Dunkelberg
Faculty: Kendall Dunkelberg, Mary Miller, T. K. Lee, Brandy T. Wilson, Ellen Ann Fentress, L. Lamar Wilson, Paulette Boudreaux, Nahal S. Jamir
More Info: The low-res MFA is a 48-hour program that can be completed in 2-3 years (full- or part-time). Students take online classes and online residencies. Deadlines: March 1 (priority), June 30 (final), Dec. 1 (Spring)
Notable Graduates: Beth Kander (Born in Syn trilogy and playwright), C. T. Salazar (poet)
Application Deadline: 06/30/2020
Tuition: $7,525 per year full-time graduate
Funding Opportunities: Partial scholarships available
Florida State University
Program Name: MFA/PhD in Creative Writing
Program Web Site: https://english.fsu.edu/programs/creative-writing
State:
Concentrations: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Other Concentrations:
Program Director: Skip Horack
Faculty: Robert Olen Butler, Barbara Hamby, Skip Horack, Ravi Howard, James Kimbrell, David Kirby, Diane Roberts, Bob Shacochis, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Virgil Suarez, Mark Winegardner
More Info: FSU offers both a three-year MFA and a four-year PhD program, as well as the opportunity for a one-year post-doc lectureship.
Notable Graduates: Kaveh Akbar, Gabrielle Bellot, Matt Bondurant, CJ Hauser, Adam Johnson, Paige Lewis, SJ Sindu
https://english.fsu.edu/programs/creative-writing/crw-alumni
Application Deadline: 01/15/2020
Tuition:
Funding Opportunities: All students are awarded a tuition waiver plus a stipend as graduate teaching assistants.
