The Writing Seminars

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.

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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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November 17, 2021

Aleyna Rentz, M.F.A. ’19, Named 2021 St. Lawrence Book Award Finalist

The Writing Seminars is pleased to announce that Aleyna Rentz’s was named a finalist for The St. Lawrence Book Award for her short story collection, The Land of Uz. Black […]

October 18, 2021

Two luminaries—a cosmologist and a poet—contemplate our place in the universe

Writing Seminars faculty member Andrew Motion engages with Adam Riess from Physics in wide-ranging discussion ahead of upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.

September 17, 2021

Amy Lynwander Wins 2021 District Fray + The Inner Loop Creative Writing Contest

The Writing Seminars is pleased to announce that Amy Lynwander, has won the 2021 TILxDF Writing Contest for her nonfiction piece, The Many Afterlives. The winning entries will be published […]

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