Creative Writing (MFA)

Description

Oregon State University has a long tradition of excellence in producing and teaching creative writing, going all the way back to the 1950s when the future distinguished novelist William Kittredge was a student here, and Bernard Malamud won a National Book Award while teaching in the English Department.

This is a distinguished past, but our present is even more remarkable.

Creative Writing has never been more vital or successful at OSU than it is right now, with a nationally competitive pool of applicants in fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, full funding for all our students through GTA positions, with full tuition waiver, a vibrant Visiting Writers Series, and the new Stone Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement. For information on the high-residency program and its GTA fellowships, please contact the SWLF main office at [email protected], call 541-737-3244, or visit their website.

A low-residency variant of the program is also available on the OSU-Cascades campus in Bend, Oregon.

Campus

Corvallis

Contact

Primary Contact
Molly McFerran
Office Specialist
541-737-1635
Creative Writing Director
Elena Passarello
Associate Professor
541-737-1673

Application process

Admit Term
Fall Term

English Language Requirements

Application Process

Deadlines

Admissions Deadline other
Dec. 15

Admissions Deadline other for OSU-Cascades students
Aug. 28

Funding Deadline for all applicants
Dec. 15

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