Poets & Writers has just released its 2012 rankings of creative writing MFA programs. Year after year, their ranking of Columbia University—my alma mater—has steadily fallen. I can remember when it ...

A Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in creative writing is an often selective, often two-year degree program that gives writers time to hone their craft under the mentorship of established writers. The ...

Trinie Dalton, head of VCFA’s new School of Writing and Publishing Credit: Courtesy of VCFA Montpelier’s Vermont College of Fine Arts, known for its low-residency MFA programs, has just added to its ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

Budding writers often turn to graduate workshops for lessons on the craft and as a gateway to publishers. But in classes filled with middle-class... In Elite MFA Programs, The Challenge Of Writing ...

Lan Samantha Chang was already one of literature’s young stars — the author of the acclaimed “Hunger: A Novella and Stories” and the novel “Inheritance” — when she was tapped to succeed Frank Conroy ...

We spoke with dozens of MFA grads to answer that tricky, perennial question. Here’s what they had to say. With back-to-school season upon us, it’s time to re-examine that million-dollar question–or, ...

Devin Craig, a recent graduate who received his Master in Fine Arts in acting from the School of Dramatic Arts, said the training he received during the program helped him land a role on the hit ...

Recently, in the New Yorker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz described his experience in his Master of Fine Arts in creative writing program: His first year, he almost dropped out because it ...

At 5 p.m. on Nov. 15, 2024 at Buffalo Street Books in downtown Ithaca, Miklos Mattyasovszky and Sam Samakande of the Cornell MFA in Creative Writing program could be seen reciting their fiction and ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In the basement of the newly remodeled University of Michigan Museum of Art, a sizable crowd has ...