Overview

Our Creative Writing Program at the University of Utah is vibrant and highly successful. We are committed on all levels to developing well-rounded practitioners with substantial backgrounds in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, digital writing practices, hybrid and other experimental forms, book arts, and literary history and theory.

The programme

Our program hosts a dynamic reading series and opportunities for interaction with visiting authors and scholars. Undergraduates are introduced to a variety of writing lives through small workshops and intensive focus on their work, while studying the larger ecology of contemporary publishing. In our graduate program, home to Quarterly West and Western Humanities Review, students intensify and deepen their investigation. We offer a modular MFA in Environmental Humanities, the American West, or Book Arts.

Many graduates in our PhD Program, which Atlantic Monthly rated as among the top five in the country, publish widely in literary journals, place books before or soon after completing the program, win national and international awards, oversee and participate in a graduate reading series, and go on to find good academic positions. Our renowned and aesthetically diverse faculty, whose honors include Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, Pushcart Prizes, the Berlin Prize, and other prestigious recognition of their creative work, scholarship, and teaching, includes Katharine Coles, Michael Mejia, Lance Olsen, Jacqueline Osherow, Paisley Rekdal, and Melanie Rae Thon.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Online Writing Pedagogy

Critical Theory

Form and History in Romantic Poetry

Contemporary Literature

Fiction Workshop

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Salt Lake City, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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Other requirements

General requirements

A completed University of Utah Common Online Graduate Admissions Application, including an affidavit of support for International Students.

Payment of application fee ($55 for domestic applicants; $65 for international applicants) via the online application system.

Transcripts must be uploaded via the online application system.

Official GRE scores sent directly to the University from ETS

Statement of Purpose

Writing Sample

Three Academic Letters of Reference

Tuition Fees

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19708 USD / year

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19708 USD / year

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5600 USD / year

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Living costs

Salt Lake City

United States

1000 - 1730 USD / month

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Overview

The programme

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

Prepare for Your English Test

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Salt Lake City

Financing

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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