PhD · Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
University of Louisiana at Lafayette PhD in English (Creative Writing concentration)
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette offers a PhD in English with a Creative Writing concentration covering poetry, fiction, drama, and creative nonfiction. This generalist program combines creative writing, literary study, and teaching experience, with opportunities to work on literary journals and develop courses in multiple genres.
- Deadline: 15 January (Fall entry); 1 October (Spring entry) International Fall applicants: May 15
- Funding: Partial / need-based
- Application fee: 30
Teaching assistantships are offered through the English Department, the Ernest J. Gaines Center and the Hilliard University Art Museum, and three-year university fellowships with lighter teaching loads are also available. Doctoral teaching assistantships provide a minimum annual stipend of USD 20,000 plus tuition and most fees waived; university doctoral fellowships provide USD 22,000 and tuition and most fees waived. These are competitive funding opportunities, not guaranteed awards.
Program site: english.louisiana.edu/graduate-programs/doctoral-programs/creative-writing. Please confirm the details there before you apply.
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