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.
Study at one of the first major academic institutions to offer a degree for writers.
Four poets and four fiction writers are admitted annually to this selective two-year program.
The department is celebrated for the quality of its faculty and its small classes. No course is lecture-sized; all are seminars.
Associate Professor Eric Puchner’s new novel, Dream State, was released this week. Among the book’s fans is Oprah Winfrey, who has chosen Dream State as next month’s Book Club pick. […]
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced that Richie Hofmann, MFA ’14, is one of 35 writers selected to receive a 2025 Creative Writing Fellowship of $25,000. This year’s […]
The Writing Seminars is happy to announce that Olakunle Ologunro, MFA ’24, has been awarded an Elizabeth George Foundation grant for 2025. The grant will support the completion of a […]