The Mighty Red, the newest novel by Louise Erdrich (MA ’79), was selected as the Today show’s October book club pick. Erdrich appeared on the program to answer questions from […]
Where Words Matter
Founded in 1947, the Writing Seminars is the second-oldest creative writing program in the United States and has always been ranked highly in the field. The department is celebrated for the quality of its faculty and its small classes. No course is lecture-sized; all are seminars.
- Degrees Offered BA, MFA
- Major Writing Seminars
Explore the Program
Major in Writing
Study at one of the first major academic institutions to offer a degree for writers.
Master of Fine Arts
Four poets and four fiction writers are admitted annually to this selective two-year program.
Faculty
The department is celebrated for the quality of its faculty and its small classes. No course is lecture-sized; all are seminars.
News & Announcements
Six MFA Poets Selected for The Best American Poetry 2024
The poems of six graduates of the Writing Seminars’ MFA program have been included in this year’s volume of The Best American Poetry. Poems by Christopher Childers, Armen Davoudian, Gabriella […]
Fulbright Grants Awarded to Two Writing Seminars Alumni
Recent Writing Seminars graduates Gabriella Fee (MFA ’22) and Sophia Berkey (BA ’24) have been awarded 2024 Fulbright grants. Fee has won a Study/Research Award to Italy, where she’ll spend […]