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Major in Writing

Study at one of the first major academic institutions to offer a degree for writers.

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Master of Fine Arts

Four poets and four fiction writers are admitted annually to this selective two-year program.

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Faculty

The department is celebrated for the quality of its faculty and its small classes. No course is lecture-sized; all are seminars.

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Louise Erdrich, MA ’79, on the Today Show

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 […]

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 […]