MFA · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Vanderbilt University MFA in Creative Writing
The MFA in Creative Writing at Vanderbilt University offers specializations in fiction and poetry, with one creative nonfiction workshop each spring and workshops outside one's genre by permission. Every student receives a University Fellowship, and second- and third-year students may teach a beginning creative writing workshop for a semester. Travel grants and poetry prizes add support.
- Deadline: Dec 1, 2026
- Funding: Fully funded
- 3 years
Every MFA student receives the University Fellowship with full tuition remission, health insurance and a $36,500 stipend; a competitive $5,000 Provost's Graduate Fellowship can supplement it.
Program site: as.vanderbilt.edu/english/mfa-degree-requirements. Please confirm the details there before you apply.
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