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Johns Hopkins University The Writing Seminars

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The Writing Seminars Department of Johns Hopkins University, not a subdivision of the English Department, offers a two year MFA degree in fiction and poetry. We admit 5 students in each genre annually for a total of 20 students enrolled each semester in a genre workshop or forms seminar and a genre seminar; all students are fully funded and teach creative writing. 6 senior faculty members include John Irwin, Brad Leithauser, Alice McDermott, Jean McGarry, Mary Jo Salter, and Dave Smith, Chairman, with 5 senior lecturers in the undergraduate program. A small, urban, residential program more than 60 years old, we host eight visiting writers annually, offer work with THE HOPKINS REVIEW and Intersession courses, and are accessible to Washington, Philadelphia, and New York. Potential applicants may view us at http://writingseminars.jhu.edu/index.html.

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The basics of the Hopkins program are great funding, an autonomous department comprised of top-notch writer/teachers, experience teaching bright undergrads,…

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- | '2006

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My classmates are some of the best poets I have ever read, and the diversity of their material and respect…

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Traci O'Dea | '2006

excellent! great program

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Excellent small size, excellent funding (must be one of the best funded MFAs. All admitted students are fully funded.) MFA…

December 01, 2009 | 5 of 5 people found this review useful | Report as offensive

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qaweorweurawe | '2009

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Baltimore, Maryland
Mid-Atlantic

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Full-time: Yes

Part-time: No

Length of Program: 2 Years

Low Residency: No

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Fiction
Poetry