University of Idaho

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

http://www.uidaho.edu/class/english/graduate/mfaincreativewriting

By design, our cohorts are small: 9 total students per year across 3 genres, Poetry, Fiction, and CNF. All 2nd year MFA students participate in a "Symposium" reading series, where they read their theses-in-progress and field questions from their peers, faculty, and community members. This allows students to prepare for completing and defending their creative thesis in their 3rd and final year in the program.

Degrees Offered

MFA

Genres

Fiction, Poetry, CNF

Residency type

Full

Program length

3 years

Financial Aid

We are fully funded. Our TAs have a 2-2 teaching load and receive enormous support from our writing program director and staff. TAs teach freshman writing for the first two years; in their final year of study, most TAs co-teach an introductory course in Creative Writing. TAs, as department needs arise, also teach upper-division creative writing courses in Poetry, Ficiton, and CNF and teach lower-division gen-ed CNF courses.

Teaching opportunities

Yes

Editorial opportunities

Yes

Cross-genre study

While we require applicants to commit to one particular genre, we encourage students to “cross-pollinate” and to push themselves in new directions.

Graduates

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