University Of Wyoming Mfa Creative Writing

University of Southern California

PHD
LOS ANGELES, CA

The USC PhD in creative writing and literature program is one of the few dual PhD programs in the country that weaves the disciplines of literature and creative work into a single educational experience.

University of Southern Maine Stonecoast

MFA
PORTLAND, ME

The MFA is a two-year program, alternating intensive ten-day residencies with six-month independent writing projects supervised by the faculty mentors.

University of Southern Mississippi, Center for Writers

MA, PHD, BA
HATTIESBURG, MS

Between thirty-five and forty students work toward MA and PhD degrees in English, with emphases in fiction or poetry, and each student completes a creative thesis or dissertation to fulfill requirements for the degree.

University of St. Andrews

MFA, MA, MLITT
ST. ANDREWS, UNITED KINGDOM

The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is a two-year postgraduate degree, and consists of two distinct phases of study. MFA Year One is taught through technical seminars, workshops, and individual tuition; MFA Year Two consists of two semesters of postgraduate supervision.

University of Stirling

MLITT
STIRLING, UNITED KINGDOM

Offers the opportunity to produce a body of work—poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction—over the course of a creative and stimulating year. The degree combines intensive writers' workshops, technique-focused option modules, and one-to-one tuition by the distinguished writers on staff, along with stimulating visits from authors, agents, and publishers.

University of Tampa

MFA, BA
TAMPA, FL

The University of Tampa Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is a low-residency program designed to help poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers advance their command of craft through exposure to literature from a writerly perspective and with supportive critique and mentoring.

University of Tennessee

MA, PHD
KNOXVILLE, TN

Students receive critical feedback on their poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction in writing workshops, scrutinize aspects of genre in special topics classes, and investigate larger theoretical and historical contexts for creative work in literature, rhetoric, writing, and linguistics courses.

University of Texas at El Paso

MA, BA
EL PASO, TX

The Masters of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso offers a bilingual (English and Spanish) course of study in fiction, poetry, literary translation, and nonfiction. The MFA program requires a forty-eight-hour commitment over the course of three years.

University of Texas, Austin, Michener Center for Writers

MFA
AUSTIN, TX

The MFA in Writing is a three-year, full-time residency program, unique in its interdisciplinary focus. While writers apply and are admitted in a primary field of concentration—chosen from fiction, poetry, playwriting, or screenwriting—they have the opportunity to develop work in a second field during their program of study.

Narrative Author Graduates: Malachi Black , Claire Bowman , Jenny Browne , Matthew Dickman , Meg Freitag , Alen Hamza , Michael McGriff , Corey Miller , Amy Parker , Emily Rapp , Sam Taylor

University of Texas, Austin, New Writers Project

MFA
AUSTIN, TX

A two-year studio MFA program offering students close mentorship, literary community, and teaching and editing experience. We are a small, fully funded program within a large and highly ranked department of English.

University of the Arts in Philadelphia

BA
PHILADELPHIA, PA

As Creative Writing majors, you will immerse yourselves in poetry and fiction. First-years and sophomores take small, workshop-style courses in both genres. Then, as juniors and seniors, you may choose to focus on the genre that interests you most, taking increasingly advanced workshops culminating in finished portfolios with potential for publication.

University of Utah

PHD, MFA, BA
SALT LAKE CITY, UT

Our courses offer students a foundation in the major works of literary history and literary theory, as well as the chance to explore contemporary literature, videogames, young adult and children's literature, digital humanities, their own creative work, and much more.

University of Victoria

MFA
VICTORIA, CANADA

The two objectives of the program are to create a publishable or producible body of work, as a Major Writing Project, in one of five genres (fiction, creative nonfiction, playwriting, film, and poetry) and to train students in the teaching of writing at the postsecondary level.

University of Virginia

MFA, BA
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA

A two-year graduate program that admits five poets and five fiction writers each academic year. Our program is full-time, and residency is required for both years of study.

Narrative Author Graduates: Will Boast , Julia Cariño , Jennifer Chang , George David Clark , Tom Jenks , Reed Johnson , James Kimbrell , Michael Knight , Hannah Pittard , Austin Smith , Sam Taylor , Reetika Vazirani , Gina Wohlsdorf

University of Washington

MFA, BA
SEATTLE, WA

Students participate in writing workshops in prose and poetry, and undertake coursework in literary periods and types, and critical theory. MFA candidates also present an MFA thesis, an MFA essay, and an oral presentation.

University of Wisconsin

MFA, BA
MADISON, WI

All of our MFA candidates receive generous financial aid, the opportunity to teach courses both in Creative Writing and English Composition, and a semester of teacher-training and support. Our MFAs also have the opportunity to take workshops in other genres, including fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, playwriting, and screenwriting.

University of Wisconsin, Whitewater

BA
WHITEWATER, WI

A degree in Creative Writing provides opportunities to cultivate and improve upon your craft. You will learn about the industry from published writers, study literature from a writer's point of view, and participate in a variety of writing courses across a variety of genres.

University of Wyoming

MFA
LARAMIE, WY

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.

Vanderbilt University

MFA, BA
NASHVILLE, TN

A two-year program requiring four semesters of graduate work in writing workshops and seminars. Students enroll in a workshop and two seminars during each of their first three semesters. Then during the final semester, they work intensively on a creative thesis.

Vassar College

BA
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY

Students interested in pursuing either the major or one of the department's seven correlate sequences have the opportunity to explore the entire universe through the wide lens of literary study.