Explore the Program

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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.

Upcoming Events

Solmaz Sharif: Ackerman Visiting Writer

Born in Istanbul to Iranian parents, Solmaz Sharif is the author of Customs (Graywolf Press, 2022) and Look (Graywolf Press, 2016), a finalist for the National Book Award. She holds […]

Peter Carey: Chaffee Visiting Writer

Peter Carey is one of three writers in history to have won the Booker Prize twice, first for Oscar and Lucinda and then for True History of the Kelly Gang. […]

Mary Ruefle: Sullivan and Elder Visiting Poet

Mary Ruefle is the author of many books, including The Book  (Wave Books, 2023), Dunce (Wave Books, 2019), which was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize, longlisted for the National Book Award and the […]

News & Announcements

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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 […]