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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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 […]

September 3, 2021

Samuel Cheney, MFA ’19, Awarded the Tickner Fellowship

The Writing Seminars is pleased to announce that Samuel Cheney has been awarded awarded the Tickner Fellowship at Gilman School from 2021-2023. Gilman School, an independent boys’ school, awards the […]

June 11, 2021

Deirdre Danklin, MFA ’19, Wins The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize

The Writing Seminars is pleased to announce that Deirdre Danklin, MFA ‘ 19, has won The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize. Established in 2001, The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize highlights one […]

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