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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. see more details on page 8 52 Links to all programs at www.newpages.com
The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WRITING MFA in Fiction, Poetry and Nonfiction Option for joint course of study in Literary Translation FULL-TIME FACULTY FICTION: Donald Antrim • Nicholas Christopher Stacey D’Erasmo • Deborah Eisenberg Richard Ford • Heidi Julavits • Binnie Kirshenbaum Victor LaValle • Sam Lipsyte • Ben Marcus Orhan Pamuk • Gary Shteyngart • Alan Ziegler POETRY: Lucie Brock-Broido • Timothy Donnelly Richard Howard • Dorothea Lasky • Mark Strand NONFICTION: Lis Harris • Margo Jefferson Richard Locke • Phillip Lopate • Patricia O’Toole Simon Schama TRANSLATION: Susan Bernofsky RECENT ADJUNCT FACULTY Paul Beatty • Jonathan Dee • Geoff Dyer David Ebershoff • James Fenton • John Freeman Rivka Galchen • Vivian Gornick • Eamon Grennan Edith Grossman • Mary Karr • Hari Kunzru Erroll MacDonald • Tom McCarthy • Darryl Pinckney Lynne Tillman • Brenda Wineapple • James Wood RECENT ALUMNI Sam Amadon • Elyssa East • Meghan Daum Rivka Galchen • Rachel Kushner • Kelly McMasters Dinaw Mengestu • Cecily Parks • Karen Russell Beth Raymer • Tracy K. Smith • Wells Tower Karen Thompson Walker • Adam Wilson Scholarships, financial aid and teaching fellowships available. Join a thriving School of the Arts community in New York, comprised of talented students and faculty across writing, visual arts, theatre and film disciplines. DEADLINE: JANUARY 6, 2015 Visit arts.columbia.edu/np for more information. Links to all programs at www.newpages.com 53
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