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The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign MFA in Creative Writing Website: creativewriting.english.illinois.edu Address: Dept. of English, 608 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL 61801 Program director: Jodee Stanley Program contact: Steve Davenport, Assoc. Director Phone: (217) 333-3979 Email: sdavenpo@illinois.edu Degrees offered: MFA Type of program: residency Length of program: 3 years Genres: fiction, poetry Enrollment: 18 Application deadlines: December 5, 2014 Assistantships: yes (see website) Core faculty: Philip Graham, Janice N. Harrington, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Michael Madonick, Alex Shakar Publishing/editing courses: yes (see website) Literary magazine: Ninth Letter Reading series: yes (see website) Recent visiting writers: Sara Levine, Ladan Osman, Roger Reeves, Richard Siken, Alissa Nutting, Jamaal May, Peter Orner Program description: The MFA degree at the UIUC provides students with graduate study and professional training in the writing of fiction and poetry with our distinguished graduate faculty: Philip Graham, Janice N. Harrington, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Michael Madonick, and Alex Shakar. The degree’s primary goal is to give writers time and space to work on perfecting their art. Upon graduation, students will have the skills necessary to teach writing and will produce a book-length, publishable manuscript. Students will also have the opportunity to gain experience in literary editing and publishing while working on Ninth Letter. 28 University of Nebraska Omaha MFA in Writing (low-res) Website: www.unomaha.edu/unmfaw Address: MFA in Writing/WFAB 301, 6001 Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182-0324 Program Director: Richard Duggin Program Contact: Jenna Lucas Finn Phone Number: (402) 554-3020 Website: www.unomaha.edu/unmfaw Email: jlucas@unomaha.edu Degrees Offered: MFA Type of Program: low-residency Genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, young adult fiction Total Credits Required: 60 Application Deadlines: October 1; May 1 (priority deadlines) Scholarships: yes (see website) Core Faculty: Pope Brock, Charlene Donaghy, Kate Gale, Teri Youmans Grimm, Amy Hassinger, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Michael Kinghorn, Patricia Lear, Michael Oatman, Tom Paine, Jim Peterson, Elizabeth Powell, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Catherine Texier, William Trowbridge, Charles Wyatt Visiting Faculty: Sherwin Bitsui, Rachel Cohn, David Allan Evans, Gabriel Fried, Andrew Hinderaker, James Jay, Allan Kornblum, Jude Nutter, Kristen-Paige Madonia, John Price, Ned Stuckey French, Therese Svodboda, Charles Harper Webb, Gabrielle Zevin Publishing/Editing Courses: no Program Description: The University of Nebraska Omaha MFA in Writing is a low-residency creative writing course of study for writers like yourself who are committed to a literary life. The full program comprises four 16-week semesters and five 10-day symposium-style residencies. During your tenure in the program, you will be absorbed in an intense study of one of five literary genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, playwriting, poetry, or young adult fiction. All our students and faculty convene in the beautiful Lied Lodge and Conference Center in Nebraska City twice a year in Summer and Winter Residency. The Lodge is set in a 260-acre park with walking trails and a golf course. Included in your residency fee are individual guest rooms, three meals a day, dedicated classroom and workshop space, and after-class amenities that include a swimming pool, sauna, lounge, and social areas. See display ad on page 58. Links to all programs at www.newpages.com
The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs University of New Hampshire MFA in Writing Program Address: Hamilton Smith Hall, 95 Main Street, Durham, NH 03824 Website: cola.unh.edu/english/program/writing-mfa Program Director: David Rivard Program Contact: Janine Auger Phone: (603) 862-3963 Email: janine.auger@unh.edu Degrees Offered: MFA Type of Program: residency Length of Program: 2-3 years Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry Enrollment: 50 Total Credits Required: 48 Application Deadlines: January 15th Scholarships: yes (see website) Assistantships: yes (see website) Core Faculty: Charles Simic, Mekeel McBride, David Rivard, Ann Joslin Williams, Tom Paine, Sue Hertz, Andrew Merton, Tom Haines, Jaed Coffin Publishing/Editing Courses: no Literary Magazine: Barnstorm Reading Series: The Writers Series Recent Visiting Writers: Margot Livesey, Tom Perrotta, Jean Valentine, Tom Sleigh, Susan Orlean, Nicolson Baker Program Description: The MFA Program at the University of New Hampshire has a clear goal: to help you mold your gifts and passion for the art and to prepare you for the opportunities and demands that all writers will experience in a long career. What happens to you after you leave this program—how you will sustain yourself and your work—is one of our strongest concerns. This supportive community of students and faculty shares a belief that writing matters and that the best books of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction are made out of both the creative imagination and rigorous work. University of North Carolina at Greensboro MFA Writing Program Website: www.mfagreensboro.org Address: UNC Greensboro, 3302 Moore Humanities and Research Admin Building, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402- 6170 Program Director: Jim Clark Program Contact: Terry Kennedy Phone: (336) 334-5459 Email: terry_kennedy@uncg.edu Degrees Offered: MFA Type of Program: residency Length of Program: 2 years Genres: poetry, fiction Enrollment: 25 Total credits Required: 36 Application Deadlines: January 1 Scholarships: yes (see website) Assistantships: yes (see website) Core Faculty: Stuart Dischell, Holly Goddard Jones, Craig Nova, Michael Parker, David Roderick, Jim Clark Publishing/Editing Courses: yes (see website) Literary Magazine: Greensboro Review Reading Series: yes (see website) Recent Visiting Writers: Lucie Brock-Broido, Joshua Ferris, John Irving, Tracy Kidder, Colum McCann, Robert Pinsky, Mark Strand Program Description: The MFA Writing Program at Greensboro is one of the oldest such programs in the country. During the early years, the University had among its faculty a number of noted writers, such as Allen Tate, Caroline Gordon, John Crowe Ransom, Hiram Haydn, Peter Taylor, and Randall Jarrell. They invited other distinguished writers to campus to read from their work and to meet with students; these writers included Robert Lowell, Robert Frost, Flannery O’Connor, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, and Saul Bellow. In 1965, under the leadership of Robert Watson, creative writing offerings were formalized. Since that time, enrollment has grown, but the faculty has intentionally kept the program small, enabling students to have individual conferences with faculty. Links to all programs at www.newpages.com 29
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