The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs

The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs
Cornell University
Creative Writing Program :: MFA, PhD
The program offers two degree options: the M.F.A. degree,
with concentrations in either poetry or fiction, and the Joint
M.F.A./Ph.D. Degree, where candidates earn an M.F.A. in
Creative Writing (focused on either poetry or fiction) and
continue on for a PhD in English Language and Literature.
Hofstra University
Creative Writing Program :: MFA
Hofstra University’s M.F.A. program in Creative Writing
offers concentrations in fiction, poetry, playwriting, or
creative non-fiction.
Hunter College - CUNY
Creative Writing Program :: MFA
The Creative Writing MFA is a full-time, two-year program
in which students work closely with the distinguished
writers who comprise the faculty.
Long Island University - Brooklyn
Creative Writing Program :: MFA
This program offers a solid foundation and practice
through courses in literature, writing workshops and writing
process and technique courses designed for the aspiring
writer.
Manhattanville College
MFA in Creative Writing
With our unique, non-tracking curriculum, students
have the opportunity to work in a variety of genres, to
experiment with cross-genre writing, or to focus on a single
genre with gifted teachers and mentors who are also
award-winning authors.
The New School
MFA in Creative Writing
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.
see more details on page 18
New York University
Graduate Creative Writing Program
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.
see more details on page 19
New York University
Low-Residency MFA Writers Workshop in Paris
(low-res)
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).
see more details on page 19
Pratt Institute
Graduate Writing Program :: MFA
The Pratt M.F.A. in Writing is a new and unique two-year
program specifically designed to support and encourage
intellectually rigorous and inspired writing practices that
are philosophically, culturally and politically informed.
Queens College - CUNY
Creative Writing Program :: MFA
We are proud to be the latest MFA program in the City
University of New York system and the only one in the
borough of Queens. We offer degrees in poetry, prose,
playwriting and literary translation.
Sarah Lawrence College
MFA in Writing
The Master of Fine Arts Program in Writing at Sarah
Lawrence confers degrees in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
Study at Sarah Lawrence includes weekly workshops
and craft classes; a yearlong colloquium in which writers
and publishing professionals talk with students about
every aspect of the writing life; and biweekly, one-on-one
meetings between student and workshop instructor. In
these biweekly conferences, our faculty of distinguished
writers engages with your work in depth and in detail,
accompanying you every step of the way as you
investigate the possibilities of your art.
see more details on page 23
State University of New York at Albany
Creative Writing Program :: MA, PhD
The area provides coursework in creative writing, including
poetry, fiction, nonfiction prose, drama, and hypertext, as
well as in various kinds of persuasive and argumentative
writing.
State University of New York at Brockport
Creative Writing Program :: MA
Students who come to Brockport for graduate studies
in English work closely with a faculty of active writers—
including scholars, critics, and writers of memoir, fiction,
and poetry.
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