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MFA IN
CREATIVE WRITING & MEDIA ARTS
ADMISSIONS
Students applying for
admission to the MFA program must have completed a bachelor's degree and taken the Graduate Record
Examination.
Applications must submit a writing sample in their area of focus. The
writing sample will be limited to thirty-five pages for
prose writers (including play and screenwriters) and
twelve poems for poets. All applicants will be
asked to specify an area of concentration (poetry,
fiction, or screenwriting/playwriting) and to submit
work only in that area. Once admitted to the
programs, students will be encouraged to study multiple
types of writing.
Applicants must submit a "statement of intent" describing themselves, their
work, their goals, and what they hope to accomplish by
participating in the program. They must also
provide three letters of recommendation from
professors or published writers with whom they have had
substantial contact at the university of professional
level.
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