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University of Nebraska, Lincoln [1]

MA
Lincoln
NE
United States
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Application Fee: 
50
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Prairie Schooner [2], Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska Press, Zero Street Fiction [3]

Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
6
Application Deadline: 
December 1, 2025
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: James Brunton, Saddiq Dzukogi, Hope Wabuke, Stacey Waite
Prose: Joy Castro, Timothy Schaffert, Pascha Sotolongo Stevenson

Website: 
https://engl.unl.edu/creative-writing [4]
Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and fellowships.

Other Features: 

The program accepts poetry and prose (fiction/nonfiction) in alternating years; the program is currently accepting applications in poetry with a deadline of December 1. Students complete a thesis or dissertation of analysis/scholarship based on original creative activity, usually a book-length work of poetry or prose.

Alumni have been offered research/editorial opportunities with Prairie Schooner/African Poetry Book Fund, the Cather Project, University of Nebraska Press, digital archives such as the Walt Whitman Archive, and other university/faculty projects and programs.

Regular Deadlines
Contact E-mail: 
tschaffert2@unl.edu [5]
Contact Name: 
Timothy Schaffert

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/content/university_nebraska_lincoln

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/university_nebraska_lincoln [2] https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/prairie_schooner [3] https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/series/zero-street-fiction/ [4] https://engl.unl.edu/creative-writing [5] mailto:tschaffert2@unl.edu