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University of Arkansas

MFA Program

Sunrise in the Ozark Mountains, near Fayetteville.

Credit:

Russell Cothren

MFA Program Established:

1965

Location:

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Genres Include:

Poetry and Fiction

Residency:

Full

Duration:

4 Years

Program Size:

Application Deadline:

January 4, 2013

Application Fee:

$40

Website:

http://mfa.uark.edu/

Contact E-mail:

Contact Name:

Davis McCombs

Core Faculty Includes:

Geoffrey Brock, John Duval, Ellen Gilchrist, Molly Giles, Donald Hays, Michael Heffernan, Davis McCombs

Funding/Employment Opportunities:

Teaching Assistantships, Arkansas Doctoral Fellowships, Walton Fellowships, Lily Peter Fellowships

Other Features:

This program offers students the opportunity to workshop with a visiting writer in their genre every semester. The program also has a partnership with National University of Ireland, Galway, which offers students the opportunity to study abroad in the International Writers' Course in Creative Writing.

Students may also participate in the Writers in the Schools program (WITS), which sends teams of graduate students into the Arkansas public schools to conduct two-day workshops.

Graduates:

John Dufresne, Beth Ann Fennelly, Tom Franklin, Barry Hannah, Dale Ray Phillips, Susan Perabo, Nic Pizzolatto, Leon Stokesbury, Tony Tost, C.D. Wright, Steve Yarbrough, Paul Zimmer

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