Overview

Key Features

The Creative Writing program from Portland State University is a terminal degree in the field of creative writing, which qualifies our graduates to apply for tenure-track teaching jobs at the university level. The program's strengths include distinguished faculty who bring their real-life experience and expertise as published authors into the classroom, faculty mentorship, a thesis project experience, and small class sizes with a supportive community of peers that extends beyond the classroom.

We will also guide you into your literary life by teaching you the critical reading and analytical skills you will need as a teacher, editor, publisher, literary agent, journalist, or arts administrator, and the list goes on.

Our creative writing program also hosts an annual reading series that brings writers of national and international reputation to campus and gives students the opportunity to edit, design, and market the literary journal Portland Review.

Career opportunities:

The program regularly offers professional-development info sessions, career advising, alumni networking, advertisement of job, and internship opportunities. Internship opportunities have included Literary Arts, Tin House, Hawthorne Books, Fishtrap, Civil Coping Mechanisms, Oregon Humanities, Entropy, Earthzine, and the Portland Tribune.

Graduates of the program go on to pursue the following careers, among others:

Teacher, all levels (university, secondary, elementary, community)
Book Editor
Magazine Editor
Publisher
Journalist/Reporter
Screenwriter
Literary Agent
Copywriter
Copyeditor
Grant writer
Proofreader
Arts Administrator
Tutor
Advertising

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Core Workshop in Fiction

Core Workshop in Poetry

Core Workshop in Nonfiction: Writing as Survival

Seminar: “The Apocalypse”

Seminar: “Forms of Nonfiction”

Screenwriting for Film

Memoir Writing

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-30 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

48 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Portland, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.2

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

All applicants must hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution (the degree may be in progress at the time of application but must be completed before admission can be finalized). We also expect an undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.25.
A personal introduction. Approximately two-to-three pages, double-spaced, describing the applicant's background as a writer, goals, and interest in this particular program.
A manuscript. The manuscript should be in the applicant's primary genre.
Three letters of recommendation. These should come from a professional or academic author who can comment on your academic performance, or attest to your skills as they pertain to your selected program of study.
Transcripts. Submit an unofficial transcript from each post-secondary institution at which you received a degree.
C.V. / Resume is optional but strongly recommended for applicants who would like to be considered for a Graduate Assistantship.

Tuition Fees

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8832 USD / year

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8832 USD / year

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5988 USD / year

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Living costs

Portland

United States

1271 - 2262 USD / month

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