Overview

A dual-genre specialization is also offered. The small-group workshop format allows for individual attention from published, award-winning faculty. Students in the Prose and Poetry program at Northwestern University also have the opportunity to learn the ropes in teaching writing, publishing, and editing.

Flexible scheduling – with courses offered evenings and weekends on Northwestern’s Chicago and Evanston campuses as well as online and in hybrid format – gives students the opportunity to balance their professional, personal and writing lives. While earning their degrees, students connect with other writers at readings and other events in an artistic community that extends beyond the University into Chicagoʼs vibrant literary scene.

Prose and Poetry Program Goals

To help students determine the strengths and weaknesses of their writing, and learn how to evaluate criticism of their work

To teach students how to take their writing apart, re-think and revise it
To show students how to experiment with different styles and forms
To guide students in creating a publishable manuscript or portion of one
To teach students how to read literature as a writer and a critic
To train students to teach creative writing, informed by current pedagogy and classroom experience
To give students the opportunity to edit an international literary magazine with their peers
To provide students with the tools to create strong applications for jobs in teaching, publishing, and editing

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Queer Film and Retrospectatorship

Postmodernist Fiction in the U.S. and the World

(Re)Reading A Thousand and One Nights Today

Literature of Climate Change

Inventing the American Novel

Cinephilia and Creative Critical Writing

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-06-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-15 00:00:00
Starting 2026-09-16 00:00:00
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Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00
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Starting 2027-03-31 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

Evanston, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Submit an application online.
Pay an online application fee by credit card.
Submit your essays.
Upload your transcript(s) or academic record(s).
Submit your test scores (international applicants are required to submit English language test scores; programs may also require scores from additional tests such as the GRE or GMAT)
Upload two Letters of Recommendation.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

117780 USD / year

≈ 117780 USD / year
Out-of-State

117780 USD / year

≈ 117780 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

117780 USD / year

≈ 117780 USD / year

Living costs

Evanston

United States

1100 - 1500 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Prose and Poetry Program Goals

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Living costs

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