MFA in Creative Writing
Our low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program is devoted not only to the education of literary artists but to community engagement and the pursuit of social justice. The program features one-on-one mentoring with a variety of successful, publishing writers and includes instruction in craft, revision, and critical reading and thinking skills. The rights and ethical responsibilities of creative writers are also addressed, along with practical career concerns related to the business of writing and publishing. The MFA program prepares adult learners for careers and meaningful lives as writers, editors, teachers, and engaged literary citizens.
Antioch University’s MFA in Creative Writing is comprised of on-campus residencies – which include seminars, readings, and workshops – complemented by five month online project periods during which students live and write in their home communities.
The low-residency model supports and mirrors the lives that professional writers actually live. The AULA MFA program provides both the nurturing literary community and the solitary discipline of writing that working writers need. An MFA semester consists of an intensive 10-day on-campus residency, followed by a five-month online project period during which each student writes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, writing for young people, and literary translation, as well as scholarly work, under the supervision of a faculty mentor each term. Students also participate in online discussion forums covering assigned readings and literary issues, and produce other work specified in their individualized Project Period Contract.
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