MFA · Salt Lake City, UT, USA
University of Utah, Salt Lake City MFA in Creative Writing
The University of Utah offers a small, selective MFA with intensive writing workshops, literature coursework, and a book-length creative thesis. Students can pursue a traditional MFA or a modular track incorporating Environmental Humanities, the History of the American West, or Book Arts.
- Deadline: Dec 15, 2026
- 2 years
Teaching assistantships are competitive and may be renewed for a second year; funding is not guaranteed to all admitted students. Selected modular-track fellowships can provide up to $12,400 toward tuition and fees, while the Book Arts track offers consideration for a hybrid teaching fellowship with full tuition benefits.
Program site: english.utah.edu/graduate/creative-writing.php. Please confirm the details there before you apply.
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