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<strong>The</strong> <strong>NewPages</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> <strong>Programs</strong><br />

Cornell University<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MFA, PhD<br />

<strong>The</strong> program offers two degree options: the M.F.A. degree,<br />

with concentrations in either poetry or fiction, and the Joint<br />

M.F.A./Ph.D. Degree, where candidates earn an M.F.A. in<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> (focused on either poetry or fiction) and<br />

continue on for a PhD in English Language and Literature.<br />

Hofstra University<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MFA<br />

Hofstra University’s M.F.A. program in <strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong><br />

offers concentrations in fiction, poetry, playwriting, or<br />

creative non-fiction.<br />

Hunter College - CUNY<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MFA<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> MFA is a full-time, two-year program<br />

in which students work closely with the distinguished<br />

writers who comprise the faculty.<br />

Long Island University - Brooklyn<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MFA<br />

This program offers a solid foundation and practice<br />

through courses in literature, writing workshops and writing<br />

process and technique courses designed for the aspiring<br />

writer.<br />

Manhattanville College<br />

MFA in <strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong><br />

With our unique, non-tracking curriculum, students<br />

have the opportunity <strong>to</strong> work in a variety of genres, <strong>to</strong><br />

experiment with cross-genre writing, or <strong>to</strong> focus on a single<br />

genre with gifted teachers and men<strong>to</strong>rs who are also<br />

award-winning authors.<br />

<strong>The</strong> New School<br />

MFA in <strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong><br />

In just sixteen years, <strong>The</strong> New School has established<br />

itself as one of the most discerning, informed, and<br />

engaged graduate writing programs in the country. It’s no<br />

accident that our alumni are among the most successfully<br />

published MFA graduates in the world, and have<br />

distinguished themselves as teachers, edi<strong>to</strong>rs, publishers,<br />

and media professionals.<br />

see more details on page 18<br />

New York University<br />

Graduate <strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program<br />

<strong>The</strong> graduate <strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program at NYU consists<br />

of a community of writers working <strong>to</strong>gether in a setting that<br />

is both challenging and supportive. Through innovative<br />

literary outreach programs, a distinguished reading<br />

series, special literary seminars with master writers, and<br />

the production of a high-quality literary journal, students<br />

participate in a dynamic literary community actively<br />

engaged in all aspects of the literary arts.<br />

see more details on page 19<br />

New York University<br />

Low-Residency MFA Writers Workshop in Paris<br />

(low-res)<br />

<strong>The</strong> MFA Writers Workshop in Paris constitutes an intimate<br />

creative apprenticeship that extends beyond traditional<br />

classroom walls. Over two years, students and faculty<br />

convene regularly in Paris for five intensive ten-day<br />

residency periods (held biannually in January and July).<br />

see more details on page 19<br />

Pratt Institute<br />

Graduate <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MFA<br />

<strong>The</strong> Pratt M.F.A. in <strong>Writing</strong> is a new and unique two-year<br />

program specifically designed <strong>to</strong> support and encourage<br />

intellectually rigorous and inspired writing practices that<br />

are philosophically, culturally and politically informed.<br />

Queens College - CUNY<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MFA<br />

We are proud <strong>to</strong> be the latest MFA program in the City<br />

University of New York system and the only one in the<br />

borough of Queens. We offer degrees in poetry, prose,<br />

playwriting and literary translation.<br />

Sarah Lawrence College<br />

MFA in <strong>Writing</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> Master of Fine Arts Program in <strong>Writing</strong> at Sarah<br />

Lawrence confers degrees in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.<br />

Study at Sarah Lawrence includes weekly workshops<br />

and craft classes; a yearlong colloquium in which writers<br />

and publishing professionals talk with students about<br />

every aspect of the writing life; and biweekly, one-on-one<br />

meetings between student and workshop instruc<strong>to</strong>r. In<br />

these biweekly conferences, our faculty of distinguished<br />

writers engages with your work in depth and in detail,<br />

accompanying you every step of the way as you<br />

investigate the possibilities of your art.<br />

see more details on page 23<br />

State University of New York at Albany<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MA, PhD<br />

<strong>The</strong> area provides coursework in creative writing, including<br />

poetry, fiction, nonfiction prose, drama, and hypertext, as<br />

well as in various kinds of persuasive and argumentative<br />

writing.<br />

State University of New York at Brockport<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MA<br />

Students who come <strong>to</strong> Brockport for graduate studies<br />

in English work closely with a faculty of active writers—<br />

including scholars, critics, and writers of memoir, fiction,<br />

and poetry.<br />

Links <strong>to</strong> all programs at www.newpages.com<br />

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