Creative Writing

Degree Granted
MFA
Degree Level
Graduate
Location
Garden City

Prepare yourself for today’s dynamic literary world by working in multiple literary genres—and by making vital literary and professional connections.

Why Earn Your MFA in Creative Writing?

我们独特的(实际上是独特的!)课程将通过深入的不同体种的练习,为你适应当今充满活力的文学世界做好准备。我们的教员包括获奖诗人、小说家、短篇小说作家和创造性非小说作家。我们的小班教学确保教师与每个学生密切合作。我们的活动项目和在线活动让学生们参与到当代在线写作的无限可能中来。

Our program is designed so students experience multiple genres and experiment with hybrid literary forms. Our aim is to offer a full immersion in what we call “literature in motion”—in the boundary-fluid nature of literary production. The workshop experience helps students gain confidence and acquire mastery in more than one genre, and our literature courses expose students to works from a variety of literary traditions.

Why Earn Your MFA at Adelphi?

Because we are committed to maintaining our identity as an intimate, practical, and cutting-edge program, we admit a small number of students each year so that each student can work closely and directly with our award-winning faculty. Our curriculum emphasizes genre fluidity, and our faculty members publish in multiple genres.

我们的大多数学生受益于我们的写作课教学和在本科写作项目教学。我们的专业发展实践课程向学生介绍文学经纪人、出版商和其他文艺界的专业人士。与美国笔会(PEN America)、Cave Canem基金会(Cave Canem Foundation, Inc.)和昆迪曼(Kundiman)等主要文学组织的积极合作,以及为所有作家与写作项目协会(AWP)的学生提供免费会员资格,确保我们的学生拥有丰富的文学公民体验。

Be a part of our literary community and forge bonds at Adelphi.

Small groups of students, working together with great writers and published authors, create an ideal atmosphere for artists to thrive, grow and find their own voices.

Igor Webb, PhDProfessor, MFA in Creative Writing Program

Program Info

Application Requirements & Deadlines

The priority application deadline for Fall admission isJanuary 15. Applications received after the priority deadline will be reviewed on a space-available basis.

Applicants should submit the following:

  • Online application form and $50 fee
  • Two letters of reference from people familiar with your writing
  • Final transcript stating Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year institution
  • Official Transcripts from all institutions attended
  • Personal statement: Tell us something about your writing life and what you hope to accomplish during the program. Tell us what you have read, are now reading and what you intend to read. Describe your current literary interests, your current or future challenges, and your literary goals. Please limit your essay to 1,000 words.
  • Manuscript in one genre only:
    • Poetry: 10–15 pages (approximately a dozen poems)
    • Fiction: Maximum of 30 pages, double-spaced, which can consist of one or more stories or part of a novel. If an excerpt from a longer work is submitted, please include a one-paragraph description of the work as a whole.
    • Creative non-fiction: Maximum of 30 pages, double-spaced, which can consist of one or more pieces or part of a longer work. If an excerpt from a longer work is submitted, please include a one-paragraph description of the work as a whole.

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