The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs

The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs
Stony Brook Southampton
MFA in Writing & Literature
The MFA program in Writing and Literature at Stony
Brook Southampton is committed to offering students the
best of advanced training in writing, reading, and editing.
The program welcomes talented writers whose writing is
expressed in any form – from novels, poetry, and scripts to
scientific, technological, and cultural analysis.
see more details on page 25
Syracuse University
Creative Writing Program :: MFA
The three year MFA program in Creative Writing gives
promising fiction writers and poets an opportunity to
practice their art with dedicated fellow writers.
Univeristy at Buffalo - CUNY
Innovative Writing Program :: MA
Our MA Certificate invites you to view writing as an
investigative, exploratory process in its own right.
North Carolina
East Carolina University
Creative Writing Program :: MA
The Master’s Degree in English with a Concentration in
Creative Writing is an advanced degree with a specialty in
the writing of original poetry, fiction, scripts and plays, or
creative nonfiction.
North Carolina State University
Creative Writing Program :: MFA
NCSU has a first-rate faculty who believe that the
workshops, though important, are not everything. The
one-on-one in the office, the wrangling with manuscripts
until they’re finished, the individual attention—that’s what
makes this program different.
Queens University of Charlotte
Creative Writing Program :: MFA (low-res)
The MFA program offers courses of study in fiction, poetry,
creative nonfiction, and writing for stage and screen, with
residencies in Charlotte, NC; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil; and Santiago, Chile.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
MFA Writing Program
We are one of the oldest MFA programs in the country.
With an emphasis on studio time in which to study the
writing of poetry or fiction, students also develop their
talents through small classes in the arts. Workshops and
individual conferences with faculty are the core of the
curriculum.
see more details on page 29
University of North Carolina Wilmington
MFA in Creative Writing
Our MFA program—an intensive, three-year studioacademic
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.
see more details on page 30
Warren Wilson College
Creative Writing Program :: MFA (low-res)
The program is structured to meet students’ needs, to help
them recognize specific strengths and address specific
weaknesses in their work, and to encourage them to see
themselves as active participants in the creation and study
of literature.
North Dakota
University of North Dakota
Creative Writing Program :: MA, PhD
The academic atmosphere is intimate, class size for
graduate courses is small, and students are encouraged to
work closely with members of the graduate faculty.
Ohio
Antioch University Midwest
Creative Writing Program :: MA
Creative writing students focus on fiction or creative
nonfiction, but often work with other genres and forms
within the individualized study phase. As the final phase
of graduate work, each creative writing student completes
a thesis.
Ashland University
MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)
Ashland University offers degree tracks in poetry, fiction,
and creative nonfiction with a cross-genre option. The
program is characterized both by an insistence on high
aesthetic standards for the creation of new literature and
by an emphasis on a supportive community of writers.
Following the University’s century-old tradition of “Accent
on the Individual”, the MFA at AU provides writers a
nurturing and challenging atmosphere for developing their
craft, with a student-teacher ratio of no greater than 5 to 1
in each course.
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