Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/creativewriting/

We are a highly selective and supportive graduate writing community. As thoughtful and rigorous mentors, we are a small program whose award-winning faculty fully support emergent writers. Although a comparatively new program with a small cadre of graduates, a third of our students have published books, many of those with extremely reputable presses, including trade presses W.W. Norton, Atlantic-Little, Harper Collins, Henry Holt, and various literary and university presses. The majority of our graduates continue not only to write, but to publish in periodical form, both online and hard copy journals and literary magazines. We stay in close contact with our alumni as they continue to grow.

Degrees Offered

MFA

Genres

Fiction, Poetry

Residency type

Full

Program length

3 Years

Financial Aid

Every student in the MFA program receives full-tuition, health insurance, and a stipend. Students can also receive travel grants to attend the Association of Writers & Writing Program conference, academic conferences, writing workshops and residencies.

Teaching opportunities

Second and third-year students teach an introductory creative writing workshop in their genre or conduct tutorials with Creative Writing undergraduate students.

Editorial opportunities

The inaugural issue of Nashville Review, a literary journal edited by students in the MFA program, appeared in Spring 2010. The online journal pays contributors to publish fiction and nonfiction, poetry and comics, music (lyrics and tunes) and paintings, drawings, and photography as cover art. The Review also publishes interviews with established writers, artists, and musicians, along with essays, reviews, and translations.

Cross-genre study

Yes, by discretion of the instructor.

Graduates

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