MFA · Fairbanks, AK, USA
University of Alaska, Fairbanks MFA in Creative Writing
The MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is a three-year residential program in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, with multi-genre and genre-specific workshops, forms courses, and deep study of literature. Teaching assistants teach first-year writing and tutor in the Writing Center, and students finish with a manuscript prepared for defense. Founded in 1965, it suits writers drawn to a simpler, more purposeful way of life.
- Deadline: January 15 (fall start)
- Funding: Partial / need-based
- Application fee: 75
- 3 years
Merit-based teaching assistantships offer a stipend, tuition support or waiver, and student insurance. Assistantships are competitive, not guaranteed to every student.
Program site: uaf.edu/english/degrees/graduate.php. Please confirm the details there before you apply.
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