University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee [1]
PhD
Milwaukee
WI
United States
Genre:
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Application Fee:
75
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Cream City Review [2], Furrow [3]
Residency:
Full
Incoming Class Size:
8-10 (MA and PhD students combined)
Application Deadline:
December 15, 2025
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Rebecca Dunham, Derrick Harriell
Fiction: Katharine Beutner, Liam Callanan, Valerie Laken
Funding/Employment Opportunities:
This program offers teaching assistantships, fellowships, and awards.
Other Features:
The program hosts several internal writing contests with cash awards, and the United We Read Graduate Student/Faculty Reading Series and the Visiting Writers Series. Visiting writers and poets have included Juan Felipe Herrera, Peter Rock, Daniel Borzutzky, Paisley Rekdal, Nicole Cooley, C. Dale Young, Carmen Giménez Smith, Robert Olen Butler, Kyoko Mori, Ron Tanner, Adam Johnson, Nega Mezlekia, Charles Bernstein, Lysley Tenorio, and Craig Santos Perez, among many others.
Students usually complete their PhD in four to five years.
Regular Deadlines
Contact E-mail:
liam@uwm.edu [5]
Contact Name:
Liam Callanan