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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 />

University of Oregon<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MFA<br />

Students in our MFA Program work intensively with<br />

our faculty in regular individual tu<strong>to</strong>rials and in small<br />

workshops. <strong>The</strong> Oregon MFA privileges the workshop,<br />

integrating concentrated time for writing with craft seminars<br />

and reading tu<strong>to</strong>rials.<br />

Pennsylvania<br />

Arcadia University<br />

MFA in <strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> (low-res)<br />

A low-residency program incorporating online workshops,<br />

one-on-one work with faculty members, and a residency<br />

spent abroad. Each student produces a manuscript length<br />

thesis as well as a plan <strong>to</strong> publish it.<br />

see more details on page 7<br />

Bucknell University<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MA<br />

<strong>The</strong> English department at Bucknell encourages collegial<br />

relationships between professors and graduate students,<br />

as well as among graduate students themselves.<br />

Carlow University<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MFA (low-res)<br />

<strong>The</strong> MFA is a low-residency international program<br />

designed for students who want <strong>to</strong> be professional writers,<br />

<strong>to</strong> teach creative writing at the college level, or <strong>to</strong> enjoy<br />

the satisfaction of writing and reading in an individualized<br />

program.<br />

see display ad on page 47<br />

Cedar Crest College<br />

Pan-European MFA in <strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> (low-res)<br />

With 15-day summer residencies held exclusively in<br />

European cities—Dublin, Barcelona, Vienna—the Cedar<br />

Crest College low-residency MFA in <strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> offers<br />

writers the inspiration of place as they hone their craft with<br />

accomplished faculty men<strong>to</strong>rs. <strong>The</strong> study of how location<br />

leads <strong>to</strong> artistic inspiration compliments our workshops<br />

and one-on-one tu<strong>to</strong>rials grounded in shaping the written<br />

word.<br />

see more details on page 10<br />

Chatham University<br />

MFA in <strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program (res & low-res)<br />

Chatham University’s MFA, focusing on place-based<br />

writing and social outreach, is the premier graduate<br />

program for students interested in creative writing and<br />

innovative community programs. No other MFA program<br />

offers concentrations in travel writing, food writing,<br />

teaching, publishing, or nature writing in addition <strong>to</strong> a<br />

primary genre focus (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction or<br />

children’s writing), or the ability <strong>to</strong> have a dual-genre focus.<br />

see more details on page 10<br />

Rosemont College<br />

MFA in <strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> mission of Rosemont College’s Master of Fine Arts in<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> is <strong>to</strong> empower students with real-life skills<br />

and experiences that will enable them <strong>to</strong> achieve their<br />

professional and creative goals as writers, and <strong>to</strong> become<br />

productive contribu<strong>to</strong>rs of larger writing communities as<br />

authors, teachers, publishers, and readers.<br />

see more details on page 22<br />

Saint Joseph’s University<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MA<br />

<strong>The</strong> graduate writing studies program combines a<br />

traditional literature-based master’s degree with a creative<br />

writing program by offering a wide variety of courses and<br />

providing students with a highly flexible, unique academic<br />

experience.<br />

Se<strong>to</strong>n Hill University<br />

MFA in <strong>Writing</strong> Popular Fiction (low-res)<br />

Se<strong>to</strong>n Hill’s unique online program—supported by<br />

intensive on-campus writers’ residencies—teaches writers<br />

<strong>to</strong> create, market, and teach the fiction that sells. It is<br />

designed for those authors who wish <strong>to</strong> write within the<br />

popular fiction genres such as romance, science fiction,<br />

fantasy, horror, and mystery.<br />

see more details on page 24<br />

Temple University<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MFA<br />

<strong>The</strong> writing component of the two-year M.F.A. degree<br />

features small, intensive workshops in poetry or fiction,<br />

supplemented in the second year by one-on-one tu<strong>to</strong>rials<br />

with resident faculty.<br />

University of Pittsburgh<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MFA<br />

Ours is a three-year degree providing students with<br />

the time and opportunity <strong>to</strong> produce a book-length<br />

final manuscript. Our graduate writing faculty have<br />

distinguished themselves nationally and internationally<br />

through numerous publications and awards.<br />

Wilkes University<br />

<strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong> Program :: MA, MFA (low-res)<br />

To graduate from our Master of Arts in <strong>Creative</strong> <strong>Writing</strong><br />

program students will produce and present a full-length<br />

text and support materials that demonstrate the mastery<br />

of requisite standards, processes, and procedures for<br />

bringing that project in<strong>to</strong> its appropriate public venue.<br />

Links <strong>to</strong> all programs at www.newpages.com<br />

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