New York University

MFA Program

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Program Established:

1996

Location:

New York, NY

Genre:

Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Residency:

Full

Duration:

2 Years

Incoming Class Size:

50-60

Application Deadline:

December 18, 2023

Application Fee:

$110

Website:

https://as.nyu.edu/cwp.html

Contact E-mail:

creative.writing@nyu.edu

Contact Name:

Zachary Sussman

Core Faculty Includes:

Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Terrance Hayes, Deborah Landau, Sharon Olds, Claudia Rankine, Matthew Rohrer, Ocean Vuong

Fiction: Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Safran Foer, Garth Greenwell, Uzodinma Iweala, Katie Kitamura, Hari Kunzru, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Raven Leilani, Joyce Carol Oates, Darin Strauss, Brandon Taylor

Creative Nonfiction: Uzodinma Iweala, Hari Kunzru, Parul Sehgal, Jonathan Safran Foer, Darin Strauss

Funding/Employment Opportunities:

The program offers partial to full funding. All students receive graduate fellowships that range from half-tuition remission to full-tuition remission with generous stipends. All students are also offered undergraduate teaching positions during their second year of study.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers:

Washington Square Review

Other Features:

The program hosts the public Reading Series, a student-run Emerging Writers Series, and a colloquium of talks with visiting writers, agents, and editors.