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The MFA Program for Writers

2 Years On Campus Masters Program

Warren Wilson College

Program Overview

Now in its fifth decade, the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, established in 1976 by master poet and teacher Ellen Bryant Voigt, continues to set the standard for the innovative model it pioneered. This rigorous and highly-selective four -- semester graduate program, with study tracks in fiction and poetry, combines ten-day residencies on campus each January and July with five-month nonresident semesters in which students work individually with the country's finest fiction writers and poets.The nationally-recognized MFA faculty encompass a range of aesthetics, and include Pulitzer and National Book Award winners, national and state poets laureate, and NEA, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and MacArthur fellows. Residency lectures and readings are free and open to the public.Our diverse and close-knit student body come from all over the world, and from a variety of disciplines and occupations. MFA program alumni have won countless major awards and have published well over a thousand books.

Program Key Stats

$18800
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Eligibility Criteria


6.5

Additional Information & Requirements

Full participation in five residency sessions.Successful completion of four semester projects, with a minimum accumulation of 60 graduate hours.Work with at least four different faculty supervisors.Broad reading in literature and contemporary letters, as demonstrated by a comprehensive bibliography of usually at least 50-60 entries.The ability to write clear prose, and to articulate cogent response to work by other writers, as demonstrated every semester in brief bibliographical annotations or their approved equivalent.A substantial analytical essay (30-50 pp.) of intelligence and insight.A Thesis Manuscript of poetry (30-50 pp.) or fiction (70-100 pp.) of high quality.An objective assessment of that manuscript by faculty and peers in a one-hour Thesis Interview.A one-hour graduate class taught to peers during a residency period.A public reading of his/her work during residency

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