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The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs Cedar Crest College Pan-European MFA in Creative Writing (low-res) Website: mfa.cedarcrest.edu Address: 100 College Dr, Allentown, PA 18104 Program Director: Fred Leebron Program Contact: Robert Wilson Phone Number: (610) 606-4666 x3474 Website: mfa.cedarcrest.edu Degrees Offered: MFA Type of Program: low-residency Length of Program: 2 years Genre(s): fiction, nonfiction, poetry, dual-genre Enrollment: 25 Total Credits Required: 48 Application Deadlines: April 1 for summer start, August 1 for fall start, December 1 for spring start Scholarships: yes (see website) Assistantships: no Core Faculty: Robert Antoni, David Bezmozgis, Jeffrey Greene, Aleksandar Hemon, Jake Lamar, Fred Leebron, Gwyneth Lewis, Dinaw Mengestu, Jayne Anne Phillips, Kathryn Rhett Publishing/Editing Courses: no Program Description: With 15-day summer residencies held exclusively in European cities—Dublin, Barcelona, Vienna—the Cedar Crest College low-residency MFA in Creative Writing offers writers the inspiration of place as they hone their craft with accomplished faculty mentors. The study of how location leads to artistic inspiration complements our workshops and one-on-one tutorials grounded in shaping the written word. Our students join an international community of authors with study in fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. We understand the irony faced by all writers: To carefully hone your craft, you need periods of solitude, spent refining and reflecting upon your work. But you also need periods of intense interaction with a supportive and knowledgeable community of writers who provide valuable feedback and guidance. The Cedar Crest College Pan-European MFA in Creative Writing provides you with both. During the year, craft your writing where you live or where your travels take you, while receiving monthly guidance and feedback from a faculty-mentor. For our summer residencies, take in the rich artistic history of European cities during intensive and inspiring residency workshops and tutorials. See display ad on page 6. 10 Chatham University MFA in Creative Writing (res & low-res) Website: www.chatham.edu/mfa Address: 1 Woodland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232 Program Director: Sheryl St. Germain Program Contact: Erin Hutton Phone: (412) 365-1190 Email: ehutton@chatham.edu Degrees Offered: MFA, BFA Type of Program: residency, low-residency Length of Program: 2 years Genres: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, writing for children, travel writing, nature writing Enrollment: 100 Total Credits Required: 42 Application Deadlines: January 15 for early admission, otherwise rolling admissions Scholarships: yes (see website) Assistantships: yes (see website) Core Faculty: Sheryl St. Germain, Sheila Squillante, Sherrie Flick, Lori Jakiela, Heather McNaugher, Kathy Ayres, Sally Alexander, Jonathan Auxier, Joy Katz Visiting Faculty: BK Loren, Scott Russell Sanders, Pam Houston, Dinty Moore, Ann Fisher Wirth, Janisse Raye, Robert Hass, Barbara Hurd Publishing/Editing Courses: yes (see website) Literary Magazine: The Fourth River Reading Series: Summer Community of Writers Recent Visiting Writers: BK Loren, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Aaron Smith, Terrance Hayes, Toi Derricote, Mary Karr, Geraldine Brooks Program Description: Chatham University’s MFA, focusing on place-based writing and social outreach, is the premier graduate program for students interested in creative writing and innovative community programs. No other MFA program offers concentrations in travel writing, food writing, teaching, publishing, or nature writing in addition to a primary genre focus (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction or children’s writing), or the ability to have a dual-genre focus. We are also the only MFA program to offer a hybrid program with both full and low residency options. See display ad on page 64. Links to all programs at www.newpages.com
The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs Columbia College Chicago MFA in Creative Writing Website: www.colum.edu/CreativeWriting Address: Department of Creative Writing, 600 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605 Program Director: Matthew Shenoda, chair Phone: (312) 369-7611 Email: creativewriting@colum.edu Degrees Offered: MFA, BA, BFA Type of Program: residency Genres: poetry, fiction, nonfiction Enrollment: 300 (undergrad); 10-14 per MFA genre Application Deadlines: May 1 (undergraduate); January 1 (graduate) Scholarships: yes (see website) Assistantships: yes (see website) Core Faculty: Jenny Boully, Nami Mun, Tony Trigilio, David Trinidad, Matthew Shenoda, CM Burroughs, Garnett Kilberg Cohen, Don De Grazia, Patricia Ann McNair, Joe Meno, Sam Weller, Audrey Niffenegger, Samuel Park, David Lazar, Lisa Fishman, Aviya Kusher, Shawn Shiflett, Alexis Pride Publishing/Editing Courses: yes (see website) Literary Magazine: Columbia Poetry Review, Court Green, Hotel Amerika, South Loop Review Reading Series: The Department of Creative Writing Poetry and Nonfiction Reading Series Recent Visiting Writers: Kate Greenstreet, Mary Ruefle, Carmen Gimenez Smith, John D’Gata, Chuck Klosterman, Ruth Ellen Kocher, Adrian Matejka, Chris Offutt, Kwame Dawes, David MacLean, Jill Talbot, Chris Abani Program Description: Our intensive graduate programs are small, vibrant and supportive communities for growing as a student, honing your craft as a writer, and obtaining experience as an educator. Developed by poets for poets, the Master of Fine Arts in Poetry is a small, intimate graduate experience that encompasses a wide breadth of poetic traditions. The two-year program fosters close working relationships with our accomplished, award-winning faculty and a supportive environment in which to grow as a poet and as a student of poetry. Columbia’s three-year Master of Fine Arts in Nonfiction features intensive study of nonfiction writing in the center of Chicago’s historic and lively cultural scene. It’s a small, intimate program that ensures close attention from experienced, well-published faculty as you produce a book-length manuscript to complete your degree. Columbia University School of the Arts MFA in Creative Writing Website: arts.columbia.edu/writing Address: 415 Dodge Hall, MC 1804, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Program Director: Sam Lipsyte Program Contact: Bill Wadsworth Phone: (212) 854-4391 Email: writing@columbia.edu Degrees Offered: MFA Type of Program: residency Length of Program: 2-3 years Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, joint course of study in literary translation Enrollment: 290 Total Credits Required: 60 Application Deadlines: January 6 Scholarships: yes (see website) Assistantships: yes (see website) Core Faculty: Donald Antrim, Susan Bernofsky, Lucie Brock- Broido, Nicholas Christopher, Stacey D’Erasmo, Timothy Donnelly, Deborah Eisenberg, Richard Ford, Lis Harris, Richard Howard, Margo Jefferson, Heidi Julavits, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Dorothea Lasky, Victor LaValle, and more (see complete list online) Visiting Faculty: Paul Beatty, Jonathan Dee, Geoff Dyer, James Fenton, John Freeman, Rivka Galchen, Edith Grossman, Laura Kipnis, Hari Kunzru, Erroll McDonald, Sigrid Nunez, Darryl Pinckney, Richard Rodriguez, James Wood Publishing/Editing Courses: yes (see website) Literary Magazine: Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art Reading Series: yes (see website) Program Description: The Columbia University School of the Arts MFA Writing Program, offering concentrations in Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry, and a joint course of study in Literary Translation, is highly regarded for artistic diversity and for its outstanding faculty of acclaimed writers and editors. The rigorous approach to literary instruction requires 60 credits over 2-3 years of study. Extracurricular programming includes the Creative Writing Lecture Series, Nonfiction Dialogues, student reading series, Our Word: Writers of Color, and events to introduce students to editors and agents. Internships, scholarships and teaching fellowships are available. See display ad on page 53. Links to all programs at www.newpages.com 11
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