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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 />
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