University of Idaho MFA in Creative Writing

The MFA Creative Writing program at UI is an intense, 3-year course of study that focuses on teaching, learning, and the craft of writing. It is a terminal degree for those wishing to teach creative writing at the college/university level; it is also among the credentials expected of those seeking employment in arts administration, editing, advertising, PR, and related fields.

Students from our program consistently publish their work in the nation’s leading literary magazines: The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, The Georgia Review, Gettysburg Review, Shenandoah, Tin House, Orion, Antioch Review, The Kenyon Review, River Teeth, The Missouri Review, Gulf Coast, Creative Nonfiction and numerous other publications. Likewise, our students have won several AWP Intro Awards, Pushcart Prizes, the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers distinction, and have been finalists for the National Magazine Award, the PEN/USA Award, and the Atlantic Monthly contest. 

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