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The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs University of North Carolina Wilmington MFA in Creative Writing Website: www.uncw.edu/writers/mfa/ Address: UNCW Department of Creative Writing, 601 S. College Rd., Wilmington, NC 28403 Program Director/Contact: Mark Cox Phone: (910) 962-3331 Email: coxm@uncw.edu Degrees Offered: MFA Type of Program: residency Length of Program: 3 years Genres: creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry Enrollment: 75 Total Credits Required: 48 Application Deadline: January 5 Scholarships: yes (see website) Assistantships: yes (see website) Core Faculty: Lavonne Adams, Wendy Brenner, May-lee Chai, Mark Cox, Clyde Edgerton, Phil Furia, Philip Gerard, David Gessner , Nina de Gramont , Rebecca Lee, Beth Staples, Malena Mörling, Anna Lena Phillips, Robert Siegel , Emily L. Smith, and Michael White Visiting Faculty: Cristina García, Allan Gurganus, Elizabeth Kostova, ZZ Packer, Donna Tartt, Diana Hume George, Melanie McGrath, Terry Tempest Williams, David Wright, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Carolyn Forché, A. Van Jordan, Timothy Liu, Mary Ruefle, Gerald Stern Publishing/Editing Courses: yes (see website) Literary Magazine: Ecotone Literary Imprint: Lookout Books Reading Series: Creative Writing Reading Calendar Recent Visiting Writers: Hope Edelman, Jason Mott, Natasha Tretheway, Cynthia Huntington, Bob Reiss, Bill Roorbach Program Description: Our MFA program—an intensive, three-year studio-academic experience in the writing of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction—joins students who share a common passion and faculty members who provide critical support of their work. The faculty of the Department of Creative Writing view MFA students as colleagues-in-the-making, and consider it a privilege to teach in such a community. Our invitation to successful candidates to join our MFA community is regarded as an equal privilege. We do all that we can to mentor our MFA students to successful lives as writers; in return we ask that they contribute something of value to our writing community. 30 University of South Carolina MFA in Creative Writing Website: artsandsciences.sc.edu/engl/mfa-program-carolina Address: Department of English, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 Program Director: David Bajo Program Contact: Liz Countryman Email: countrym@mailbox.sc.edu Degrees Offered: MFA Type of Program: residency Length of Program: 3 years Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry Enrollment: 36 Total Credits Required: 45 Application Deadlines: December 15 Scholarships: yes (see website) Assistantships: yes (see website) Core Faculty: Samuel Amadon, David Bajo, James Barilla, Elise Blackwell, Fred Dings, Nikky Finney Publishing/Editing Courses: yes (see website) Literary Magazine: Yemassee Reading Series: yes (see website) Recent Visiting Writers: Ian McEwan, Aleksandar Hemon, Jennifer Egan, Martin Amis, Marilynne Robinson, Teju Cole, George Saunders Program Description: The University of South Carolina MFA blends the camaraderie of a small program with the resources of a large English department. Students work closely with well-published and supportive faculty and interact frequently with both internationally acclaimed and emerging visiting writers. All admitted students receive substantial funding. Intensive yet collegial workshops comprise the program’s center, while students also receive world-class training in literary study with optional opportunities in pedagogy, editing, and outreach in a vibrant, inexpensive, and relaxed college city. Links to all programs at www.newpages.com
The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs University of Tampa MFA in Creative Writing (low-res) Website: www.ut.edu/mfacw/ Address: 401 W. Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33606-1490 Program Director: Steve Kistulentz Program Contact: Steve Kistulentz Phone: (813) 258-7409 Email: utgrad@ut.edu Degrees Offered: MFA Type of Program: low-residency Length of Program: 2 years Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry Enrollment: 20 Total Credits Required: 48 Application Deadlines: November 1 for the January Residency; April 1 for the June Residency Scholarships: yes (see website) Assistantships: no Core Faculty: Jessica Anthony, Sandra Beasley, John Capouya, Brock Clarke, Tony D’Souza, Erica Dawson, Mikhail Iossel, Stefan Kiesbye, Steve Kistulentz, Donald Morrill, Josip Novakovich, Jason Ockert, Jeff Parker, Alan Michael Parker, Jennifer Vanderbes Publishing/Editing Courses: yes (see website) Literary Magazine: Tampa Review, Tampa Review Online Reading Series: yes (see website) Recent Visiting Writers: Mary Biddinger, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Connelly, Beth Ann Fennelly, Arthur Flowers, Nick Flynn, Tom Franklin, Barbara Hamby, Hal Hartley, Eli Horowitz, Leslie Jamison, Denis Johnson, Miranda July, David Kirby, Ben Lerner, Susan Minot, Rick Moody, Benjamin Percy, Francine Prose, George Saunders, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Wesley Stace, Rebecca Wolff. Program Description: The University of Tampa lowresidency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program is designed to help poets, fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers advance their command of craft through exposure to literature from a writerly perspective and with supportive critique and mentoring. The two-year, four-term course of individualized study encourages the rich interplay of participation in an extended literary community, and it seeks to deepen the understanding of writing as an ongoing engagement with discovery and transformation. See display ad on page 63. Links to all programs at www.newpages.com University of Wyoming MFA in Creative Writing Website: www.uwyo.edu/creativewriting Address: Dept. of English - 3353, 1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071 Program Director: Jeff Lockwood Program Contact: Gwynn Lemler Phone: (307) 766-6453 Email: cw@uwyo.edu Degrees Offered: MFA Type of Program: residency Length of Program: 2 years Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry Enrollment: 9 Total Credits Required: 40 Application Deadlines: January 10 Scholarships: yes (see website) Assistantships: yes (see website) Core Faculty: Andrew Fitch, Alyson Hagy, Harvey Hix, Jeff Lockwood, Beth Loffreda, David Romtvedt, Brad Watson Visiting Faculty: Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Joy Williams Publishing/Editing Courses: yes (see website) Reading Series: MFA Student Reading Series Recent Visiting Writers: Dinaw Mengestu, Sherwin Bitsui, Claire Vaye Watkins, Rachel Levitsky, Chris Cokinos Program Description: The University of Wyoming’s Creative Writing MFA program is an intensive two-year studio degree in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Special features include a flexible curriculum, cross-genre opportunities, opportunities for interdisciplinary study, and our Eminent Writers in Residence program, which brings distinguished authors to campus to work closely with our students. We have a deeply committed faculty, a lively visiting writers series, an incomparable natural setting, and full funding for students, including teaching assistantships with reasonable teaching loads, full tuition waivers, summer stipends, and support for travel and publication. 31
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