MFA in Creative Writing

A premier program, designed for you.

Our MFA curriculum is customized to fit your artistic and professional interests in fiction, 非小说类, 或诗歌.

A home for writing in the Midwest.

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皇冠投注网’s 36-hour MFA in Creative Writing program is supported by a lively Indianapolis literary community. You’ll have opportunities to edit content for our 文学杂志, have coffee or a meal with guests of the 访问ing Writers Series, and work with top-flight, full-time faculty. The Efroymson Center for Creative Writing, one of the few such dedicated writing centers at any university, provides a cozy home for classes, 安静的写作空间, or after-hours socializing. Many graduates say they never want to leave the program, noting our emphasis on community over competition.

In addition to building a foundation through graduate workshops in your home genre, you’ll have the opportunity to choose from in-depth elective courses, 比如编剧, 青少年小说, 文学编辑, 出版, and teaching creative writing. As a full-time student, you can finish program requirements—10 courses and six hours of formal thesis work—in just two years.

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皇冠投注’s Master of Fine 艺术 in Creative Writing enhances creative and professional proficiency in the literary arts. Through various fiction and 非小说类 writing workshops and enriching lectures by prominent writers and faculty, students are mentored through the diversely creative 36-credit hour program. 皇冠投注’s MFA in Creative Writing teaches techniques in all genres and spaces of writing, 比如诗歌, electives in screenwriting, teaching creative writing, 不同形式, 漫画小说, 青少年小说, 诗意的工艺, and 文学编辑 and 出版.

皇冠投注的使命

The 皇冠投注 MFA Program in Creative Writing is committed to providing a supportive and inclusive learning environment that gives each student the tools with which to build a life as a writer and as a citizen of the literary world. In welcoming writers of diverse backgrounds and experiences, and in emphasizing the value both of intense apprenticeship to the craft of writing and service to the community, we aim to be a program that is reflective of, 对…有反应, the larger world of which it is a part.

有经验的教师

All our faculty are actively 出版 writers with strong regional and national reputations in their fields. We have six full-time tenured faculty in creative writing, who have published more than 20 books and countless shorter works in literary and popular journals.

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All MFA candidates participate in community service projects. Some mentor high school storytellers through Writing in the Schools, or coach students in grades 3–12 during our summer camps and Bridge Program. Through our Creative Writing for Wellness Initiative, students can also teach in hospitals, senior citizen centers, alternative high schools, 和监狱.

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学生的成功

Our students and alumni are a widely diverse group—in age, 类型的利益, and professional backgrounds. But they all love writing and enjoy supporting one another, and we don’t mind bragging about them.

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访问ing Writers Series

The 皇冠投注 Department of English regularly hosts 公共数据 and Q&A sessions with some of the most influential people in contemporary literature.

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皇冠投注的家

Since opening its doors in December 2011, The Efroymson Center for Creative Writing has hosted MFA courses, 诗歌午宴, 公共数据, and literary discussions. It also provides workspace for visiting writers, students, faculty, and alumni. Formerly an elegant private residence, the building was purchased and remodeled with a $1 million donation from the Efroymson Family Fund.

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