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The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs Publishing & Editing :: MFA The Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, an organization of writers, sponsors the Whidbey Writers Workshop’s two low-residency MFAs: the MFA in writing and the MFA in Publishing and Editing. Pacific Lutheran University Creative Writing Program :: MFA (low-res) An innovative three-year, four-residency program provides a high-quality experience at a more leisurely pace, perfect for busy professionals and those who wish to take time to develop their work’s fullest potential. Seattle Pacific University MFA in Creative Writing (low-res) The low-residency MFA is for apprentice writers who want to pursue excellence in the craft of writing and care about the relationship between faith and literature. For us, faith is not a shortcut or a warrant to produce didactic or sentimental work. We are inspired by a tradition of writing in which the highest standards of art, an openeyed exploration of human experience, and a respect for transcendent mystery come together. see more details on page 24 THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA CREATIVE WRITING MFA english.ua.edu/grad/cw THE PROGRAM Bankhead Visiting Writers Series Supportive & egalitarian environment Innovative & flexible curriculum THE PLACE Lively local culture Burgeoning arts scene Home of Black Warrior Review THE PERKS Full financial support for all Creative writing teaching opportunities Prison Arts & Capote fellowships University of Washington Creative Writing Program :: MFA Students participate in writing workshops in fiction and poetry, and undertake coursework in literary periods and types, and critical theory. Western Washington University Creative Writing Program :: MA Our courses encompass and explore multiple cultural traditions, allowing our graduates to cultivate skills in critical thinking, creative expression, close reading, persuasive writing, and effective speaking. West Virginia West Virginia University MFA Program in Creative Writing Founded in 2001, West Virginia University’s MFA Program is located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, along the Monongahela River. Our program offers specializations in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Workshop sizes are always small, usually capped at twelve students. In addition to taking five workshops, including one out of genre, students work one-on-one with faculty mentors in preparing their theses. see more details on page 33 West Virginia Wesleyan College MFA in Creative Writing (low-res) Students join an extraordinarily warm community every summer and winter for an intensive ten-day residency that initiates an independent semester of apprenticeship completed off-site through correspondence with a mentor. Students work with a mixture of new and returning faculty, working one-on-one with a different mentor within their discipline throughout each residency and off-campus period. see more details on page 34 Wisconsin Mount Mary College Creative Writing Program :: MA Mount Mary University’s Master of Arts in English coed program blends professional writing instruction with graduate-level fundamentals to create a unique graduate program. University of Wisconsin at Madison Creative Writing Program :: MFA Founded in 2002, the Graduate Program in Creative Writing offers a two-year Master of Fine Arts Degree in the areas of fiction and poetry. 60 Links to all programs at www.newpages.com
The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Creative Writing Program :: MA, PhD Create on the shores of Lake Michigan at one of America’s first graduate English programs to grant both the M.A. and Ph.D. with concentrations in Creative Writing. Wyoming University of Wyoming MFA in Creative Writing The University of Wyoming’s Creative Writing MFA program is an intensive two-year studio degree in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Special features include a flexible curriculum, cross-genre opportunities, opportunities for interdisciplinary study, and our Eminent Writers in Residence program, which brings distinguished authors to campus to work closely with our students. We have a deeply committed faculty, a lively visiting writers series, an incomparable natural setting, and full funding for students, including teaching assistantships with reasonable teaching loads, full tuition waivers, summer stipends, and support for travel and publication. see more details on page 31 University of British Columbia - Vancouver Creative Writing Program :: MFA (online) Take distance education classes online while remaining at home. Optional summer intensives on the Vancouver campus of UBC enable you to meet faculty and other students face-to-face, and provide a complement to the work performed online. University of Calgary Creative Writing Program :: MA, PhD We offer an M.A. or Ph.D. in English with a Creative Writing option. This means they will be taking literature courses as well as writing workshops. University of Guelph MFA in Creative Writing Our degree program offers workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, and poetry. Defining characteristics of the program include innovative plenary courses, a semester-long mentorship with a professional writer, and the opportunity to design and teach creative writing workshops in a downtown Toronto public school. see more details on page 27 Canada Concordia University Creative Writing Program :: MA Our program combines an advanced scholarly education in English literature with a creative thesis and courses in the art and craft of writing poetry, plays, and prose fiction, under the supervision of award-winning writing faculty. University of Alberta Creative Writing Program :: MA MA students can pursue not only literary studies but also interests in film studies and creative writing in either the thesis-based MA or course-based MA. University of British Columbia - Okanagan Creative Writing Program :: MFA Students in the FCCS/IGS MFA can focus on the Visual Arts, Media Arts, Creative Writing, or Performance (Theatre). They can also combine those disciplines and other academic disciplines to form an individualized program of study. University of British Columbia - Vancouver Creative Writing Program :: MFA Offering an unprecedented 11 genres for potential study, students work in a learner-centered, workshop-driven program which offers an exciting breadth of choices, award-winning faculty and a setting in one of the world’s most beautiful cities. at LOW-RESIDENCY MFA IN MINNEAPOLIS augsburg.edu/mfa • Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Screenwriting, Playwriting • Teaching, Translation, Publishing • Home of the Augsburg Howling Bird Press National Book Prize 2015 Poetry Winner Forthcoming This Summer 2016 Prose Contest Opens April 1, 2015 HOWLING BIRD PRESS AUGSBURG COLLEGE • MFA in Creative Writing M I N N E A P O L I S • M I N N E S O T A www.augsburg.edu/mfa Links to all programs at www.newpages.com 61
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