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The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs Bowling Green State University Creative Writing Program :: MFA The MFA in Creative Writing gives a comprehensive and rigorous education in the professional writing, editing, and marketing of poetry and fiction. Artistic development, craft knowledge, and professional presentation are guiding principles. We offer support for all students. Miami University Creative Writing Program :: MA We have no more than 20 graduate students here at any one time, divided among our well-established poetry and fiction concentrations and a new track in creative nonfiction. Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) Creative Writing Program :: MFA The NEOMFA is the only creative writing program that provides writers with the platform to hone creative skills, explore the finer details of the craft, and expand the scope of their creative energies across four universities in one single writing program. The Ohio State University Creative Writing Program :: MFA The MFA at OSU is a fully funded three-year program, unparalleled in its commitment to the success of its students. The enthusiastic mutual support of current students and alumni is legion. Ohio University Creative Writing Program :: MA, PhD One of the first universities in the country to offer a Ph.D. in Creative Writing, Ohio University continues as home to a thriving, widely respected graduate program with concentrations in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. University of Cincinnati Creative Writing Program :: MA, PhD For graduate students, we offer an MA and a PhD. Students at all levels focus on either fiction or poetry and will soon have a third option in creative nonfiction. Oklahoma Oklahoma City University Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing (low-res) The Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing: Write in the middle of it all. A new kind of low-residency program. Two years, five residencies. Creative and professional development. see more details on page 21 54 Oklahoma State University Creative Writing Program :: MFA, PhD The BA, MFA, and PhD programs in creative writing focus on the vital relationship between fictional and poetic coursework in both writing and literary study. University of Central Oklahoma Creative Writing Program :: MA Students seeking the MA in English with a creative writing major pursue a program of study that includes both writing workshops and historically focused literature seminars. University of Oklahoma Creative Writing Program :: MA, PhD As the MA and PhD in English is a research degree as well as teaching apprenticeship, all students are expected to choose fields of specialization in which to focus their coursework and writing. Oregon Eastern Oregon University MFA in Creative Writing (low-res) Innovative, intense, intimate. The new low residency MFA in Creative Writing combines the rigor and energy of small, focused workshops (5-7 students working with faculty mentors) in the heart of Northeast Oregon’s Grande Ronde Valley. If you value the real West over the resort town West, then join us in the low residency MFA program at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande. see more details on page 12 Oregon State University Creative Writing Program :: MFA This program features a nationally competitive pool of applicants in fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, full funding for all our students through GTA positions, with full tuition waiver, and a vibrant Visiting Writers Series. Oregon State University - Cascades Creative Writing Program :: MFA (low-res) Our goal, quite simply: to think seriously about why we write how we do, whom we hope to reach by writing in this way, and how to do it better. Pacific University Creative Writing Program :: MFA (low-res) In a rigorous course of study and with an emphasis on the creative process, award-winning writers work closely with students to support and inspire emerging craft and voice. Portland State University Creative Writing Program :: MFA Located in the center of one of the country’s most vibrantly literary cities, the Creative Writing MFA at Portland State University provides writers with opportunities for creative development with a core faculty of prominent authors. Links to all programs at www.newpages.com
The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs University of Oregon Creative Writing Program :: MFA Students in our MFA Program work intensively with our faculty in regular individual tutorials and in small workshops. The Oregon MFA privileges the workshop, integrating concentrated time for writing with craft seminars and reading tutorials. Pennsylvania Arcadia University MFA in Creative Writing (low-res) A low-residency program incorporating online workshops, one-on-one work with faculty members, and a residency spent abroad. Each student produces a manuscript length thesis as well as a plan to publish it. see more details on page 7 Bucknell University Creative Writing Program :: MA The English department at Bucknell encourages collegial relationships between professors and graduate students, as well as among graduate students themselves. Carlow University Creative Writing Program :: MFA (low-res) The MFA is a low-residency international program designed for students who want to be professional writers, to teach creative writing at the college level, or to enjoy the satisfaction of writing and reading in an individualized program. see display ad on page 47 Cedar Crest College Pan-European MFA in Creative Writing (low-res) With 15-day summer residencies held exclusively in European cities—Dublin, Barcelona, Vienna—the Cedar Crest College low-residency MFA in Creative Writing offers writers the inspiration of place as they hone their craft with accomplished faculty mentors. The study of how location leads to artistic inspiration compliments our workshops and one-on-one tutorials grounded in shaping the written word. see more details on page 10 Chatham University MFA in Creative Writing Program (res & low-res) Chatham University’s MFA, focusing on place-based writing and social outreach, is the premier graduate program for students interested in creative writing and innovative community programs. No other MFA program offers concentrations in travel writing, food writing, teaching, publishing, or nature writing in addition to a primary genre focus (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction or children’s writing), or the ability to have a dual-genre focus. see more details on page 10 Rosemont College MFA in Creative Writing The mission of Rosemont College’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is to empower students with real-life skills and experiences that will enable them to achieve their professional and creative goals as writers, and to become productive contributors of larger writing communities as authors, teachers, publishers, and readers. see more details on page 22 Saint Joseph’s University Creative Writing Program :: MA The graduate writing studies program combines a traditional literature-based master’s degree with a creative writing program by offering a wide variety of courses and providing students with a highly flexible, unique academic experience. Seton Hill University MFA in Writing Popular Fiction (low-res) Seton Hill’s unique online program—supported by intensive on-campus writers’ residencies—teaches writers to create, market, and teach the fiction that sells. It is designed for those authors who wish to write within the popular fiction genres such as romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and mystery. see more details on page 24 Temple University Creative Writing Program :: MFA The writing component of the two-year M.F.A. degree features small, intensive workshops in poetry or fiction, supplemented in the second year by one-on-one tutorials with resident faculty. University of Pittsburgh Creative Writing Program :: MFA Ours is a three-year degree providing students with the time and opportunity to produce a book-length final manuscript. Our graduate writing faculty have distinguished themselves nationally and internationally through numerous publications and awards. Wilkes University Creative Writing Program :: MA, MFA (low-res) To graduate from our Master of Arts in Creative Writing program students will produce and present a full-length text and support materials that demonstrate the mastery of requisite standards, processes, and procedures for bringing that project into its appropriate public venue. Links to all programs at www.newpages.com 55
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