MFA · Conway, AR, USA
University of Central Arkansas MFA in Creative Writing
The MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Central Arkansas is a 45-hour, writing-intensive studio program that works across genres and ends in a thesis. Alongside workshops, students take teaching and editing practicums and can hold publishing assistantships with the Oxford American or the online magazine Arkana. The program admits approximately five to eight students annually, maintaining a small cohort of fewer than 25 students.
- Deadline: Feb 1, 2027
- Funding: Partial / need-based
- Application fee: 50
- 2.5 years
Limited teaching and graduate assistantships, two publishing assistantships and a $4,000 annual Porter Fund Scholarship for one student are available. Funding is competitive rather than guaranteed.
Program site: uca.edu/ftcw/mfa-in-creative-writing. Please confirm the details there before you apply.
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