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.

News & Announcements

February 26, 2020

J.P. Grasser, MFA ’14, Wins Frontier Poetry’s 2019 OPEN

Congratulations to Writing Seminars alumnus, J.P. Grasser, for winning the $5000 prize in Frontier Poetry’s 2019 OPEN. JP’s poem will be published on April 1st.

February 12, 2020

Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson Receives Reporting Grant from the Pulitzer Center

The Writing Seminars is happy to announce that Joanne Cavanaugh Simpson has been awarded a grant from the Pulitzer Center. The grant will support an element of Cavanaugh Simpson’s nonfiction […]

January 16, 2020

Danielle Evans Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

The Writing Seminars is pleased to announce that Danielle Evans has been awarded a Creative Writing Fellowship in prose by the National Endowment for the Arts. The work Evans submitted […]

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