Purdue University - MFA Creative Writing Posted on April 23rd
Established in 1987, the English Department’s graduate program in creative writing gives poets and fiction writers the opportunity to develop their work in a supportive atmosphere which values originality and a vital literary tradition. The three-year program is small and flexible, allowing writers to design study plans according to their specific needs.
With full funding for all and one of the best student to faculty ratios (3.5 to 1) in the country, the program ensures personal attention and a friendly writing community. Workshops and classes are completed in the first two years; the third year is dedicated to work on the thesis–a novel or a book-length collection of poetry or fiction–through individual tutorials with a writer chosen from our award-winning M.F.A. faculty.
Teaching assistantships can include composition and creative writing courses, administrative positions within the program such as Assistant Director and Visiting Writers Series Coordinator and editorial positions with Sycamore Review, a nationally recognized literary journal. Accomplishments of program graduates include the Best New American Voices anthology, The Nation/”Discovery” Prize, numerous AWP “Intro” awards, the Loft/McKnight Prize in poetry, the Witter-Byner Fellowship, O. Henry and Pushcart Prizes, a range of national and state arts fellowships, and multiple book publications.
