The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs

The NewPages Guide to Creative Writing Programs
Antioch University Los Angeles
MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)
Website: www.antiochla.edu/mfa
Address: 400 Corporate Pointe, Culver City, CA 90230
Program Director: Steve Heller, MFA, EdD
Phone: (310) 578-1080
Email: admissions.aula@antioch.edu
Degrees Offered: MFA
Type of Program: low-residency
Length of Program: 2 years (4 semesters, 5 residencies)
Genres: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, young adult, mixed
genre, dual-genre
Enrollment: 150
Total Credits Required: 48 semester credits
Application Deadlines: February 15, August 15
Scholarships: yes (see website)
Assistantships: no
Core Faculty: Steve Heller, Jenny Factor, Bernadette
Murphy
Associate Faculty: Dodie Bellamy, Francesca Lia Block,
Gayle Brandeis, Jim Daniels, Tananarive Due, Hope Edelman,
Richard Garcia, Christine Hale, Jim Krusoe, Alistair McCartney,
Carol Potter, Sharman Apt Russell, Erin Aubrey Kaplan, Alma
Villanueva, Terry Wolverton
Publishing/Editing Courses: yes (see website)
Literary Magazine: Lunch Ticket
Recent Visiting Writers: Mary Gordon, Rick Moody, Lin
Oliver, Natasha Tretheway, Tobias Wolf
Program Description: In Antioch University Los Angeles’
unique low-residency program, students explore the important
role of the writer in society, reading works by diverse and
socially-conscious authors. The MFA in Creative Writing program
is comprised of on-campus residencies—which include classes,
readings, and workshops—complemented by a five-month,
online project period during which students live and write in
their home communities. Antioch University Los Angeles offers
specialized fields of creative writing study in the following
genres: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, and Writing for
Young People. Our distinguished instructors are all actively
published writers who serve as dedicated mentors throughout
the program. Scholarships are available.
Arcadia University
MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)
Website: www.arcadia.edu/mfa-creative-writing.htm
Address: 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside, PA 19038
Program Director: Prof. Joshua Isard
Program Dontact: Prof. Joshua Isard
Phone: (267) 620-4886
Email: isardj@arcadia.edu
Degrees offered: MFA
Type of Program: low-residency
Length of Program: 2 years
Genres: fiction, poetry
Enrollment: 15
Total Credits Required: 39
Application Deadlines: March 1st, and then rolling after
that as space is available
Scholarships: no
Assistantships: yes (see website)
Core Faculty: Joshua Isard, Genevieve Betts, Paul Elwork,
Dorian Geisler, Katherine Hill, Tracey Levine
Publishing/Editing Courses: no
Literary Magazine: Marathon Literary Review
Reading Series: yes (see website)
Recent Visiting Writers: Tom Franklin, Brad Watson,
Alice Thompson, Marie Lamba, Alan Warner, Lauren Grodstein
Program Description: Arcadia University’s low-residency
M.F.A. program in Creative Writing, the only one of its kind in
the Philadelphia area, is distinctive in that it incorporates both
a dynamic online environment and a study abroad experience.
The course emphasizes online workshops; personal attention
from faculty; studying abroad, with a residency in Edinburgh,
Scotland; and the preparation of both a book-length manuscript
and a plan to publish it.
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