“Flashlight,” by Professor Susan Choi, spans several decades and nations to tell a story of exile in its multiple forms. [The New York Times]
Where Words Matter
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. The department is celebrated for the quality of its faculty and its small classes. No course is lecture-sized; all are seminars.
- Degrees Offered BA, MFA
- Major Writing Seminars
- Minor Writing Seminars
Explore the Program
Major in Writing
Study at one of the first major academic institutions to offer a degree for writers.
Master of Fine Arts
Four poets and four fiction writers are admitted annually to this selective two-year program.
Faculty
The department is celebrated for the quality of its faculty and its small classes. No course is lecture-sized; all are seminars.
News & Announcements
Giovannai Rosa, MFA ’25, Named Adroit Journal Djanikian Scholar in Poetry
The Writing Seminars is happy to announce that Giovannai Rosa, MFA ’25, has been named a 2025 Gregory Djanikian Scholar in Poetry by The Adroit Journal. Adroit recognizes six emerging […]
The Hopkins Review selected for the Association of University Presses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show
The Hopkins Review is one of only three journals selected by a panel of jurors for the international Association of University Presses 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, highlighting the magazine’s […]