Overview

Students receive critical feedback on their poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction in writing workshops, scrutinize aspects of genre in special-topics classes, and investigate larger theoretical and historical contexts for creative work in literature, rhetoric, writing, and linguistics courses.

The MFA Creative Writing from University of Tennessee Knoxville culminates in a creative thesis comprised of a book-length manuscript of original creative work.

Key Facts

Outside of coursework, MFA students have the opportunity to participate in cultural outreach programs such as the Young Writers’ Institute and gain editorial and arts-management experience by working on Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts.

Each year, our Creative Writing Reading Series brings in a full slate of acclaimed poets and writers. In addition, the student-run Chiasmus reading series gives our creative writing community at all levels an opportunity to share new work.

The program is fully funded. MFA students work as teaching assistants, writing center tutors, and instructors (of both composition and creative writing) in exchange for a stipend and tuition waiver. Additional financial support is available for travel, professional development, and manuscript submission. The Graduate Students in English organization, area study groups, and other activities draw students together as an intellectual and social community with shared passions and aspirations.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Fiction Writing

Colloquium in Poetry Writing

Composition Pedagogy

Applied Criticism: The Rhetoric of Literary Forms

Readings in American Literature

Readings in Black American Literature

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Knoxville, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

online Graduate School Application;
statement of purpose;
Transcripts for all colleges and universities previously attended;
three letters of recommendation
a critical writing sample of up to twenty pages with works cited;
a creative writing sample of up to twenty-five pages of fiction or creative nonfiction or fifteen poems;
copies of GRE scores (OPTIONAL);
international students are required to demonstrate English proficiency as stipulated by the Graduate School, which may involve submitting either TOEFL or IELTS scores.

Tuition Fees

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Free
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Free
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In-State

Free

Additional Details

The program is fully funded.

Living costs

Knoxville

United States

885 - 1454 USD / month

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