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University of Missouri, Kansas City [1]

MFA
Kansas City
MO
United States
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Application Fee: 
45
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

New Letters [2], The Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast at Lit Hub [3]

Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
2-3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
17-20
Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2023
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Hadara Bar-Nadav
Fiction: Christie Hodgen, Michael Pritchett, Whitney Terrell
Nonfiction: Christie Hodgen, Whitney Terrell
Playwriting: Frank Higgins
Screenwriting: Mitch Brian

Website: 
https://cas.umkc.edu/areas-of-study/english/mfa-creative-writing-and-media-arts.html [4]
Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers partial funding; approximately half of all incoming students receive full funding. The program offers graduate teaching assistantships, scholarships, the Writers for Readers internships at the Kansas City Public Library, and other awards.

Other Features: 

The program also offers degrees in playwriting and screenwriting, and cohosts the Maya Angelou Book Award and the Cockefair Chair Writer-in-Residence reading series. Students have the opportunity to intern with New Letters, the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast and local partners including the Kansas City Public Library and Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Contact admissions@umkc.edu [5] for information on fee waivers for applications.

Regular Deadlines
Contact E-mail: 
terrellw@umkc.edu [6]
Contact Name: 
Whitney Terrell
Source URL:https://www.pw.org/content/university_missouri_kansas_city

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/university_missouri_kansas_city [2] http://www.newletters.org/ [3] https://www.fnfpodcast.net/ [4] https://cas.umkc.edu/areas-of-study/english/mfa-creative-writing-and-media-arts.html [5] mailto:admissions@umkc.edu [6] mailto:terrellw@umkc.edu