University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign [1]
MFA
Urbana
IL
United States
Genre:
Poetry, Fiction
Application Fee:
70 ($90 for international students)
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Ninth Letter [2]
Residency:
Full
Duration:
3 Years
Incoming Class Size:
6
Application Deadline:
December 1, 2025
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Ángel García, Christopher Kempf, Corey Van Landingham
Fiction: Gabriela Garcia, Amy Hassinger, Ted Sanders, Alex Shakar, David Wright Fal
Funding/Employment Opportunities:
The program offers full funding. The program offers teaching assistantships, scholarships, financial aid, fellowships, and publishing assistantships.
Other Features:
This program features the Kaplan Family Writer-in-Residence Series and Robert J. Carr Visiting Authors Series. It also offers courses in literary publishing, screenwriting, game design, and writing for children and young adults.
The application deadline is December 1 for fiction and December 15 for poetry.
Certain application fee waivers are available—more info here [4].
Regular Deadlines
Contact E-mail:
Contact Name:
John Dudek