MFA · Las Cruces, NM, USA
New Mexico State University MFA in Creative Writing
The MFA in Creative Writing at New Mexico State University is a three-year, 54-credit program in fiction and poetry, with room to explore digital media genres and electives such as Borderlands and Ethnic Studies. Graduate assistants teach composition, creative writing, or storytelling or hold editorships at the journal Puerto del Sol, and students meet visiting writers through the Nelson-Boswell Reading Series. The degree ends with a book-length thesis and a public reading.
- Deadline: February 1 each year (fall only)
- Funding: Fully funded
- Application fee: $0 for the first application submitted within a year
- 3 years
Competitive graduate assistantships provide a full tuition waiver and stipend. The programme says it makes efforts to support eligible applicants, but assistantships are limited and awarded competitively.
Program site: cmi.nmsu.edu/creative-writing/index.html. Please confirm the details there before you apply.
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