MFA · Madison, WI, USA
University of Wisconsin, Madison MFA in Creative Writing
The MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is a two-year program that usually admits six students a year, accepting fiction writers in odd-numbered years and poets in even-numbered years. Students take workshops and a pedagogy course, teach creative writing and composition, and learn alongside the post-graduate fellows of the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. The program cites a student to teacher ratio of about two to one.
- Deadline: Dec 15, 2026 Poetry and fiction admissions alternate annually
- Funding: Fully funded
- Application fee: 81
- 2 years
All admitted students receive tuition remission, teaching assistantships, health insurance and financial support. The published standard annual support is $25,000, with some fellowship recipients receiving different packages.
Program site: creativewriting.wisc.edu/masters. Please confirm the details there before you apply.
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