About the MFA in Creative Writing
Mastering the Art of Creativity
Polish your craft and develop your voice as a professional writer in a program that features intensive theoretical and practical training across genres. Enjoy a supportive learning environment with an award-winning faculty and benefit from opportunities to be published and mentored through the Distinguished Visiting Writers Program.
Fast Facts
- This nationally recognized creative writing program is an intense, three-year course of study that focuses on the crafts of fiction, poetry and nonfiction writing.
- Fully funded, our program offers teaching assistantships to all MFA candidates with tuition waivers.
- The program offers year-long novel-writing and long-form nonfiction courses.
- The Distinguished Visiting Writers series includes one-on-one sessions with prominent writers.
- The program partners with the Hemingway Foundation/PEN New England and hosts an annual Hemingway Festival that features the PEN/Hemingway winner.
- Writing in the Wild writing retreats take students to spectacular Idaho wilderness areas.
