University of Oregon Creative Writing Program
Program Description
Established in the 1960s by James B. Hall, the University of Oregon's MFA Program in Creative Writing is one of the longest standing in the country. The program structure privileges the writing workshop itself, recognizing the need for students to spend a majority of their time writing. The structure emphasizes performance and productivity as the student's primary responsibilities: Half the required 72 credit hours accrued in this two-year MFA program are in the writing workshop. In addition to courses in the traditional narrative and lyric styles in poetry, we also offer seminars in the literature of diaspora, problems in postcolonial literature, and the literary memoir.
Our list of graduates includes PEN-Hemingway Award winner Chang-rae Lee, Yale Younger Poet winner Brigit Pegeen Kelly, National Poetry Prize winner Eugene Gloria, screenwriter Kenny Moore, and Bilingual Review Poetry Prize winner Andrés Montoya.
Essentially, we offer the opportunity for developing writers to spend two years writing in a stimulating intellectual environment, a supportive community, and a beautiful natural setting.
Our list of graduates includes PEN-Hemingway Award winner Chang-rae Lee, Yale Younger Poet winner Brigit Pegeen Kelly, National Poetry Prize winner Eugene Gloria, screenwriter Kenny Moore, and Bilingual Review Poetry Prize winner Andrés Montoya.
Essentially, we offer the opportunity for developing writers to spend two years writing in a stimulating intellectual environment, a supportive community, and a beautiful natural setting.
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Admissions
Full-time: Yes
Part-time: Yes
Length of Program: 2 Years
Low Residency: No
Student Body
Genre
Fiction
Poetry
