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The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs The University of Illinois at Chicago Program for Writers :: MA, PhD The MA degree is an ideal choice for those students who wish to continue their studies for professional development or for further academic work at the PhD level. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign MFA in Creative Writing he MFA degree at UIUC provides students with graduate study and professional training in the writing of fiction and poetry with our distinguished graduate faculty: Philip Graham, LeAnne Howe, 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. see more details on page 28 Indiana Ball State University Creative Writing Program :: MA The English master’s degree in creative writing is a flexible, innovative, two-year program that encourages cross-genre study through graduate workshops in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, and graduate literature seminars. Write Your Book. Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Join a community that includes 36 graduates who published books in 2013. Concentrations are offered in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and writing for children. Live the writer’s life in New York City. www.newschool.edu/writeyourbook5 Butler University MFA in Creative Writing The MFA is a 36-hour studio MFA that includes ten three-credit courses and six hours of formal thesis work with an advisor. We offer programs in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, as well as electives in screenwriting, young adult fiction, poetic form, literary editing and publishing, and teaching creative writing. We offer top-flight, full-time faculty, nationally recognized visiting faculty, and one of the finest visiting writers series in the country. see more details on page 9 Indiana State University Specialization in Writing :: MA For the culminating experience, creative writing students produce a thesis-length project—for instance, a novel or a collection of stories or poems. Indiana University - Bloomington Creative Writing Program :: MFA The Creative Writing Program at Indiana University in Bloomington offers a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree in fiction and poetry. Indiana University South Bend Creative Writing Program :: MA IU South Bend’s Master of Arts in English equips students with skills that are highly valued by employers and provide strong intellectual enrichment, including writing and analytical skills. Purdue University Creative Writing Program :: MFA Established in 1987, the English Department’s graduate program in creative writing gives poets and fiction writers the opportunity to develop their work in a supportive atmosphere which values originality and a vital literary tradition. University of Notre Dame Creative Writing Program :: MFA The program is a course of study with the flexibility for students to initiate a variety of literary lives through exposure to a range of aesthetics, a global literary orientation, course work in historical and contemporary literary forms, and interaction with visiting authors. Iowa THE NEW SCHOOL Equal Opportunity Institution Photo by Martin Seck Iowa State University Creative Writing Program :: MFA This program emphasizes study in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama that encourages writers to identify and explore in their stories and lyric impressions the complex influences of place, the natural world, and the environmental imagination. 42 Links to all programs at www.newpages.com
The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs The University of Iowa Creative Writing Workshop :: MFA The Iowa Writers’ Workshop is a two-year residency program which culminates in the submission of a creative thesis (a novel, a collection of stories, or a book of poetry) and the awarding of a Master of Fine Arts degree. The University of Iowa Creative Writing Program :: MFA For the past forty years, the Nonfiction Writing Program has encouraged students to explore new approaches to creative nonfiction while also developing an appreciation for the deep history of the genre. University of Northern Iowa Creative Writing Program :: MA We pride ourselves on paying close attention to student writing, language use, and cultural analysis to help students prepare to work in a range of professions and countries. Kansas Kansas State University Creative Writing Program :: MA The Master’s in Creative Writing and Literature prepares students to be poets, novelists, essayists, short story writers, reviewers, editors, and teachers. Pittsburg State University Creative Writing Program :: MA In addition to the traditional Literature Emphasis, we offer a Creative Writing Emphasis, a Technical / Professional Writing emphasis, and an emphasis in Composition and Rhetoric. University of Kansas Creative Writing Program :: MFA, PhD The Graduate Program in Creative Writing offers a threeyear MFA and five-year PhD in Creative Writing. Funding is available for the majority of graduate students via teaching and research assistantships. Wichita State University Creative Writing Program :: MFA The Master of Fine Arts program at Wichita State University, now approaching its 40th anniversary, is a three-year, studio-academic program in fiction or poetry writing with students in full residence. Kentucky Bluegrass Writers Studio Eastern Kentucky University MFA in Creative Writing (low-res) The mission of the Bluegrass Writers Studio is simple: to help our participants fulfill the dream of becoming better writers—with more focus, speed, and support than selfstudy can typically provide. Murray State University MA/MFA in Creative Writing (low-res) In the beautiful lakes region of Western Kentucky, something extraordinary is happening. Masters in their craft—some of the most widely respected novelists, poets and essayists working today—are guiding a group of talented and diverse writers in Murray State University’s high quality, low-residency, and very affordable MFA program. see more details on page 16 Spalding University MFA in Creative Writing (low-res) The Spalding MFA offers an intellectually stimulating and emotionally supportive experience; unparalleled flexibility and individually tailored graduate study; a diverse and close-knit community of writers. Our 65-hour, briefresidency MFA in Writing combines superb instruction with unparalleled flexibility. Each semester of the program begins with a ten-day residency, in which students and faculty gather for an intensive workshopping and learning experience. see more details on page 25 University of Louisville Creative Writing Program :: MA The Creative Writing Program at U of L offers a variety of creative writing courses covering the major genres of poetry, fiction, drama and creative nonfiction at the graduate and undergraduate level. Louisiana Louisiana State University Creative Writing Program :: MFA A three year program, we offer full funding and genre flexibility to all accepted students. Our faculty includes nationally recognized screenwriters and filmmakers as well as poets, fiction and nonfiction writers invested in our students’ success. McNeese State University Creative Writing Program :: MFA Founded in 1981, the M.F.A. program in creative writing at McNeese State University is a three year, sixty hour curriculum culminating in the creative thesis, a book length manuscript with significant artistic merit. Links to all programs at www.newpages.com 43
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