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The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs New Hampshire Institute of Art MFA in Creative Writing (low-res) Website: mfa.nhia.edu Address: 148 Concord St., Manchester, NH 03104 Program Director: Monica Bilson Program Contact: Emily Bradley Phone: (603) 836-2151 Email: graduateadmissions@nhia.edu Degrees Offered: MFA Type of Program: low-residency Length of Program: 2 years Genres: fiction, nonfiction, hybrid/interdisciplinary Enrollment: 32 Total Credits Required: 60 Scholarships: yes (see website) Core Faculty: Tim Horvath, Eric Pinder, Mark Sleiter, Ryan Flaherty, Emily Bradley, Monica Bilson Visiting Faculty: Joni Cole, David Crouse Publishing/Editing Courses: yes (see website) Recent Visiting Writers: Kate Christensen, Lance Olsen, Paul Harding Program Description: Our Low-residency MFA in Creative Writing is situated within an art institute, inspiring opportunities for cross-pollination and hybridization of genres and art forms. In each ten-day residency, writers work alongside the MFA students in Visual Arts, Photography, and Writing for Stage and Screen. Whether you’d like to write traditional fiction or nonfiction or invent a new hybrid form, you’ll learn how different disciplines approach the creative process, participate in writing workshops and seminars with our award-winning faculty, and receive one-one-one feedback from mentors and peers. The New School MFA in Creative Writing Website: www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/mfacreative-writing Address: 66 W. 12th Street, Writing Program, Rm. 503, New York, NY 10011 Program Director: Luis Jaramillo Program Contact: Lori Lynn Turner Phone Number: (212) 229-5611 Email: lorilynnturner@newschool.edu Degrees Offered: MFA Type of Program: residency Length of Program: 2 years Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children Enrollment: 180 Total Credits Required: 36 Application Deadlines: January 15 Scholarships: yes (see website) Assistantships: yes (see website) Core Faculty: Jeffery Renard Allen, Susan Bell, Mark Bibbins, Susan Cheever, Jonathan Dee, John Freeman, Elaine Equi, Ann Hood, Shelley Jackson, Zia Jaffrey, Luis Jaramillo, Hettie Jones, James Lasdun (see online for complete list) Visiting Faculty: Robert Antoni, Catherine Barnett, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Dave Johnson, Jeff T. Johnson, Sarah Ketchersid, Sharon Mesmer, Kathleen Ossip, Andrea Pinkney, Susan Shapiro, Justin Taylor, L.B. Thompson, Frederic Tuten Publishing/Editing Courses: yes (see website) Publishing/Editing Courses: yes (see website) Literary Magazine: LIT Magazine Reading Series: The New School Writing Program Reading Series Program Description: In just sixteen years, The New School has established itself as one of the most discerning, informed, and engaged graduate writing programs in the country. It’s no accident that our alumni are among the most successfully published MFA graduates in the world, and have distinguished themselves as teachers, editors, publishers, and media professionals. In 2014, over 35 books were published by alumni and faculty of The New School. See display ad on page 42. 18 Links to all programs at www.newpages.com
The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs New York University Graduate Creative Writing Program Website: cwp.fas.nyu.edu Address: 58 West 10th Street, New York, NY 10011 Program Director: Deborah Landau Phone: (212) 998-8816 Email: creative.writing@nyu.edu Degrees Offered: MA, MFA Type of Program: residency Length of Program: 2 years Genres: fiction, poetry Total Credits Required: 32 units Application Deadlines: December 18 Scholarships: yes (see website) Assistantships: yes (see website) Core Faculty: E.L. Doctorow, Sharon Olds, Zadie Smith, Yusef Komunyakaa, Anne Carson, Nathan Englander, Jonathan Safran Foer, Charles Simic, Matthew Rohrer, Darin Strauss, Chuck Wachtel, Deborah Landau (director) Visiting Faculty: Catherine Barnett, Mary Gaitskill, Kimiko Hahn, Amy Hempel, Edward Hirsch, Marie Howe, Major Jackson, Nick Laird, David Lipsky, Rick Moody, Brian Morton, Eileen Myles, Joyce Carol Oates, Irini Spanidou, Craig Morgan Teicher, Hannah Tinti, Colson Whitehead, Rachel Zucker Literary Magazine: Washington Square Review Reading Series: cwp.fas.nyu.edu/readingseries Recent Visiting Writers: Sherman Alexie, Donald Antrim, Amy Bloom, Anne Carson, Lydia Davis, Stuart Dybek, Mark Doty, Joshua Ferris, Jorie Graham, Terrance Hayes, Marie Howe, Etgar Keret, Maxine Hong Kingston, Rachel Kushner, Dorothea Lasky, Jonathan Lethem, Patricia Lockwood, James McBride, Dinaw Mengestu, Lorrie Moore, Joyce Carol Oates, Sharon Olds, Claudia Rankine, Karen Russell, Tracy K. Smith, Gary Shteyngart, Colson Whitehead Program description: The graduate Creative Writing Program at NYU consists of a community of writers working together in a setting that is both challenging and supportive. Through innovative literary outreach programs, a distinguished reading series, special literary seminars with master writers, and the production of a high-quality literary journal, students participate in a dynamic literary community actively engaged in all aspects of the literary arts. Situated in the heart of Greenwich Village, students have the opportunity to enjoy America’s most literary terrain while working closely with some of the finest poets and novelists writing today. New York University MFA Writers Workshop in Paris (low-res) Website: cwp.fas.nyu/edu/object/cwp.low.residency.paris Address: 58 West 10th Street, New York, NY 10011 Program Director: Deborah Landau Phone: (212) 998-8816 Email: creative.writing@nyu.edu Degrees Offered: MFA Type of Program: low-residency Length of Program: 2 years Genres: fiction, poetry Total Credits Required: 32 units Application Deadlines: October 15, March 15 Core Faculty: Chris Adrian, Catherine Barnett, Mark Doty, Nathan Englander, John Freeman, Myla Goldberg, Aleksandar Hemon, Meghan O’Rourke, Matthew Rohrer, Helen Schulman, Darin Strauss, Colson Whitehead, Deborah Landau (director) Visiting Faculty: Anne Carson, Lydia Davis, Olena Kalytiak Davis, Timothy Donnelly, Geoff Dyer, Percival Evertt, Marilyn Hacker, Matthea Harvey, Edward Hirsch, Ann Hood, Marie Howe, Hari Kunzru, Nick Laird, Jonathan Lethem, Dinaw Mengestu, Eileen Myles, Leigh Newman, Julie Orringer, Robert Polito, ZZ Packer, Said Sayrafiezadeh, Elissa Schappell, Danzy Senna, Brenda Shaughnessy, Marisa Silver, Charles Simic, Zadie Smith, Craig Morgan Teicher Program Description: The MFA Writers Workshop in Paris constitutes an intimate creative apprenticeship that extends beyond traditional classroom walls. Over two years, students and faculty convene regularly in Paris for five intensive ten-day residency periods (held biannually in January and July). While in residency in Paris, students participate in a vibrant community engaged in all aspects of the literary arts, including workshops, craft talks, lectures, individual conferences, and manuscript consultations, as well as a diverse series of readings, special events, and professional development panels. During the intervals between residencies, students pursue focused courses of study, completing reading and writing assignments under the close supervision of individual faculty members. These ongoing dialogues with faculty are tailored to specific student interests; students are mentored by a different professor each term. Links to all programs at www.newpages.com 19
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