North Carolina State University - MFA Creative Writing Posted on April 26th
Master of Fine Arts
NC State offers an MFA in Creative Writing. The degree is a two-year program in poetry or fiction. Students are eligible to apply for teaching assistantships and other fellowships. Applications for Fall 2008 admission are due by April 1, 2008. Click here for more about the MFA and application details.
Program Graduates
Notable NCSU graduates include T.R. Pearson, John Gregory Brown, Sarah Dessen, Kaye Gibbons, Peggy Payne, Neil Caudill, and Jonathan Minton. Recent graduates whose first books have appeared recently include Andy Duncan, Pamela Duncan, and Haven Kimmel.
Writing Workshops and the Creative Thesis
The creative-writing workshops are small-group classes (no more than 15 students) in fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, screen writing, and special topics such as the novella. MFA students share their work with their class and meet regularly for individual conferences with their instructors. Students also hold open readings of their work each semester.
The creative thesis may be the draft of a novel or memoir, a collection of short stories, a script, or a collection of poems. Students work with a director and two additional readers from the faculty as they complete their theses, and they present their work at an oral examination.
