PhD · Los Angeles, California, USA
University of Southern California PhD in Creative Writing and Literature
The PhD in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Southern California is a dual program that joins literary scholarship with creative work, so each dissertation has both a creative and a critical manuscript. It admits two or three writers per genre each year, pairs every student with a faculty mentor, and offers work with Gold Line Press and The Loudest Voice reading series.
- Deadline: Dec 1, 2026
- Funding: Fully funded
- 5 years
All incoming students receive five years of guaranteed funding, three years of fellowship and two of teaching assistantship, covering full tuition remission and health insurance; no stipend amount is listed.
Program site: dornsife.usc.edu/cwphd. Please confirm the details there before you apply.
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