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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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