Graduate Program in Creative Writing
Master
of Fine Arts
NC State offers an MFA in Creative Writing. The degree is a two-year program in poetry or fiction. Students are eligible to apply for teaching assistantships and
other fellowships. Applications
for Fall 2008 admission are due by April 1, 2008. Click
here for more about the MFA and application details.
Program Graduates
Notable NCSU graduates include T.R. Pearson, John Gregory Brown,
Sarah Dessen, Kaye Gibbons, Peggy Payne, Neil Caudill, and Jonathan
Minton. Recent graduates whose first books have appeared recently
include Andy Duncan, Pamela Duncan, and Haven Kimmel.
Writing Workshops and the Creative Thesis
The creative-writing workshops are small-group classes (no more than 15
students) in fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, screen writing, and
special topics such as the novella. MFA students share their work
with their class and meet regularly for individual conferences with
their instructors. Students also hold open readings of their work each
semester.
The creative thesis may be the draft of a novel or memoir, a collection of short stories, a script, or a collection of poems. Students work with a director and two additional readers from the faculty as they complete their theses, and they present their work at an oral examination.
| For information on Creative Writing:
Wilton Barnhardt, MFA & Creative Writing Program Director Box 8105/ NC State University/ Raleigh, NC 27695 919-515-4129 e-mail Wilton Barnhardt |
For information on the M.A. in
English: Karen Lacey, secretary Graduate Program in English Box 8105/ NC State University/ Raleigh, NC 27695 919-515-4106 e-mail Karen Lacey |