University of New Hampshire - MFA Creative Writing Posted on April 25th
MFA in Writing
The UNH English Department offers the MFA, the terminal degree in the field of creative writing. Candidates concentrate in fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. The program emphasizes craft, learned in small workshops, and seeks students who plan to become professional writers after taking their degrees.
Application to the Program
The GREs are not required and the writing sample guidelines are as follows:
FICTION:
Please submit at least two separate pieces, i.e. two short stories, part of a novel or novella and a short story.
NON-FICTION
least two separate non-fiction pieces, i.e. feature articles, essays, or newspaper stories.
POETRY:
Ten to fifteen poems.
Course Requirements
The MFA requires 12 courses (48 course credits): five workshops in the major genre, one form and theory course in the major genre, four elective courses that may include additional writing courses or courses from the English Department’s offerings in other fields (such as literature, linguistics, or composition studies), and 8 credit hours of the MFA Thesis. Teaching assistants are required to take English 910, Practicum in Teaching College Composition, as one of their electives.
MFA Thesis
MFA candidates write a book-length, publishable manuscript to complete the program. The minimum length of the thesis is 150 pages for fiction and nonfiction writers and 45 pages for poets. Students will work closely with a thesis advisor as they write and pass an oral defense of the thesis, a defense conducted by a three-member thesis committee of writing faculty.
University of New Hampshire
Department of English
95 Main Street
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603 862 3963
Fax: 603 862 4101
Email: engl.grad@unh.edu
