MFA in Creative Writing
Master of Fine Arts
The Creative Writing MFA at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø is home to an engaged and lively literary community. During the three-year (48-credit) program 51³Ô¹ÏÍø take writing workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, as well as literature courses. Students can take additional coursework in Literary Translation, Bookarts, and Creative Writing Pedagogy. We encourage our 51³Ô¹ÏÍø to take workshops in all the genres to broaden their perspectives and to pursue their degrees open to experimentation and the potential found in hybrid work. The distinguished facultyÌýof the MFA at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø has published widely and received a prestigious O. Henry Award, Pushcart prizes, and a Guggenheim fellowship.
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Current graduate 51³Ô¹ÏÍø discuss their work outside the Culture & Society Building on the Boca Raton Campus. Photo Credit: Scott Rachesky
Teaching assistantships that include tuition waivers offer 51³Ô¹ÏÍø the opportunity to teach composition and creative writing during their time in the program.
Also available to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø are a summer internship program, the opportunity to work on the literary magazine , and stipends for both conference travel and summer travel. Our Off the PageÌýreading series brings nationally known writers to the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø campus, and every year the Lawrence A. Sanders Writer-in-Residence teaches a weeklong workshop exclusively for the MFA 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. Recent Sanders writers have included Justin Torres, Jo Ann Beard, Tayari Jones, Nick Flynn, Eula Biss, Michael Martone, and Forrest Gander. Visiting writers have included Roxane Gay, Phil Klay, Rodrigo Toscano, Rebecca Makkai, and others.
Of course, in addition to their coursework, extracurricular activities, and the thesis projects that culminate their degrees, our 51³Ô¹ÏÍø take time to enjoy the sun and sea that make South Florida such a popular vacation destination.
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