University of Massachusetts-Boston MFA in Creative Writing
Program Description
The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is a selective program that admits approximately five applicants in fiction and five in poetry each academic year. It offers an intense and focused opportunity for students to further their commitment to writing as the center of their professional life. Through a combination of mentoring by accomplished faculty in a series of creative writing workshops, courses focused on the study of literature offered through the English M.A. program, and electives that include the practice of literary editing and the teaching of creative writing, students will have the guidance to develop and shape their work to the limits of their talent. After three years in the program, they will be prepared to sustain their commitment to contemporary literature as writers, readers, editors, and teachers.
During their first two years, students enroll in one creative writing workshop and one other class each semester, either a required literature course or an elective. In the third year, students work one-on-one with their thesis advisor, while also enrolling in one other required literature or elective course.
During their first two years, students enroll in one creative writing workshop and one other class each semester, either a required literature course or an elective. In the third year, students work one-on-one with their thesis advisor, while also enrolling in one other required literature or elective course.
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UMB, a great entrée to the writer's life.
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Admissions
Full-time: Yes
Part-time: No
Length of Program: 3 Years
Low Residency: No
Student Body
Genre
Fiction
Poetry
