Overview

About the Program

The Creative Writing program at the University of Oregon emphasizes the workshop, integrating concentrated time for writing with craft seminars and individualized reading tutorials.

You’ll hear our program is not for the faint of heart. It isn’t—and we’re proud of that. We hope to offer our students the rigorous apprenticeship we undertook with our own teachers.

Established in the 1960s by James B. Hall, the UO’s Creative Writing Program is one of the oldest in the country. Hall originally designed the Program so the writing workshop would be complemented with graduate courses in literature and other artistic disciplines. Under the direction of Ralph Salisbury and John Haislip, the Program featured more individual attention in conference hours and moved away from complementary classes in other fields. Upon his arrival in 1989, then-Director Garrett Hongo redesigned the Program along its current studio lines.

Graduates include PEN-Hemingway Award winner Chang-rae Lee, Yale Younger Poet winner Brigit Pegeen Kelly, National Poetry Prize winner Eugene Gloria, screenwriter Kenny Moore, and Bilingual Review Poetry Prize winner Andrés Montoya. Writers such as Robert Wrigley, Elizabeth McCracken, Reetika Vazirani, David Mura, Li-young Lee, James Houston, and Lynn Freed have served as visiting faculty.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Poetry

Fiction

Writing and Conference

Creative Thinking and Writing

Literature
Prose Writing

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-04 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

60 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Eugene, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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English requirements

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General requirements

Official Transcripts
English Language Proficiency Requirement
Financial Verification for International Applicants
Letters of Recommendation
Statement of Purpose
Writing Sample
GRE (UO Institution Code: 4846), optional
GMAT not required

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

34386 USD / year

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Out-of-State

34386 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

20076 USD / year

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Living costs

Eugene

United States

970 - 1380 USD / month

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Overview

About the Program

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

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Living costs

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Financing

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