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Overview
The MFA in Creative Writing program from Arizona State University is distinguished by an outstanding faculty that has garnered national and international attention: Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, a Pulitzer Prize and several Pulitzer nominations, two Flannery O’Connor Awards, the Western States Book Award, PEN/Faulkner finalist recognition, the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, the International Griffin Poetry Prize, the Western Literature Association Distinguished Achievement Award, and two Medals of Achievement from the National Society of Arts and Letters.
The program's alumni are equally impressive, having won the Iowa Short Fiction Award, the Pen Southwest Book Award, the Prairie Schooner Book Prize, the May Swenson Poetry Award, the Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award, and numerous Pushcart Prizes. They are the recipients of grants from the NEA and Fulbright and Stegner Fellowships.
Career Opportunities
The Creative Writing MFA program from Arizona State University prepares students primarily for the professional creation of new art, including fiction, poetry and other written forms. In addition to working as novelists, poets and short story writers, students go on to careers in education, arts administration, media and entertainment, and in political and community organizations.
Career examples include:
- book designer or marketer
- book editor
- creative writing professor
- essayist or journalist
- literary events coordinator
- novelist
- poet
- screenwriter
- secondary education teacher
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
- Research
- Applied Project
- Conference and Workshop
- Forms of Fiction
- Writing Workshops
- First Book Seminar
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Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
IELTS 6.5
PTE Academic 60
TOEFL® IBT 80
Duolingo English Test 105
Credits
48 SCH
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Creative Writing Literature Journalism View 383 other Masters in Creative Writing in United StatesExplore more key information
Visit official programme websiteAcademic requirements
GPA 3
English requirements
IELTS 6.5
PTE Academic 60
TOEFL® IBT 80
Duolingo English Test 105
Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
- Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a bachelor's or master's degree from a regionally accredited institution. Applicants should have an undergraduate major in English or creative writing; however, exceptional students who do not have either of these undergraduate majors may be admitted on the basis of writing excellence.
- Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00= "A") in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor's degree program, or applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program.
All applicants must submit:
- graduate admission application and application fee
- official transcripts
- statement of purpose
- resume or curriculum vitae
- three letters of recommendation
- creative manuscript
- proof of English proficiency
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International
25200 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 25200 USD per year during 24 months. -
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23544 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 23544 USD per year during 24 months. -
In-State
11720 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 11720 USD per year during 24 months.
Living costs for Tempe Junction
900 - 1350 USD /month
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Funding
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