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Oklahoma State University [1]

PhD
Stillwater
OK
United States
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Application Fee: 
50 for domestic and $75 for international
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Cimarron Review

Residency: 
Full
Incoming Class Size: 
10
Application Deadline: 
January 5, 2026
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Stephanie Choi, Lisa Lewis
Fiction: Dinah Cox, Gene Kwak, Aimee Parkison
Nonfiction: Sarah Beth Childers

Website: 
https://english.okstate.edu/academics/program-descriptions/creative-writing [2]
Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers teaching assistantships, tuition waivers, competitive fellowships, annual creative writing scholarship competitions, competitive administrative opportunities for current students (including Assistant Director of Creative Writing position and Cimarron Review editorships), and graduate teaching assistantships for tutoring in the Writing Center or teaching freshman composition or creative writing. Funding offers are sent out separately from admission offers, and meeting the priority deadline is crucial for higher placement on the funding waitlist.

Other Features: 

The program hosts visiting writers and a reading and lecture series. Other features include opportunities to work on the literary magazine Cimarron Review.

The application deadline for funding and priority placement is January 5; the final application deadline is March 1.

Regular Deadlines
Contact E-mail: 
sarah.beth.childers@okstate.edu [3]
Contact Name: 
Sarah Beth Childers

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/mfa/oklahoma_state_university

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/mfa/oklahoma_state_university [2] https://english.okstate.edu/academics/program-descriptions/creative-writing [3] mailto:sarah.beth.childers@okstate.edu