MFA · Charleston, SC, USA
College of Charleston MFA in Creative Writing
The MFA in Creative Writing at the College of Charleston is a 36-credit program in fiction or poetry, with a Studio emphasis or an Arts and Cultural Management emphasis that includes a graduate certificate. Students can work on the program's literary journal, Swamp Pink, often as editorial assistants, and meet visiting writers and editors. The degree ends with a near-publishable, book-length manuscript and an oral defense.
- Deadline: Feb 1 priority (funding consideration); July 1 final deadline for fall
- Funding: Partial / need-based
Renewable graduate assistantships pay $12,600 a year (20 hours a week) or $6,300 (10 hours). Two Woodfin Fellowships of $10,000 over two years go to one fiction writer and one poet each year. Incoming class: 12.
Program site: charleston.edu/academics/programs/graduate-studies/creative-writing.php. Please confirm the details there before you apply.
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