MA Program
MA Program
Program Established:
1988
Location:
Columbia, MO
Genre:
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency:
Full
Duration:
2 Years
Incoming Class Size:
39 (MA and PhD students combined)
Application Deadline:
January 1, 2018
Application Fee:
$65
Contact E-mail:
Contact Name:
Sara Strong
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Aliki Barnstone, Scott Cairns, Sw. Anand Prahlad
Fiction: Trudy Lewis, Speer Morgan
Nonfiction: Julija Šukys
Funding/Employment Opportunities:
The program is fully-funded and offers teaching assistantships, fellowships, and opportunities for advanced students to serve as interns with the Missouri Review and the poetry department of Persea Press.
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Missouri Review, Persea Press
Other Features:
The program offers annual writing prizes, a visiting writers series, publishing internships, and memberships in the English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) and Student Folklore Society (SFS).