Writing, Master of Arts at Johns Hopkins University

Programme overview

The MA in Writing offers a fiction concentration, a nonfiction concentration, or a dual-concentration track. Students learn mainly through writing practice and the study of reading, with a focus on craft.

Faculty: Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (Advanced Academic Programs) | Department: Advanced Academic Programs | Study mode: full-time | Location: Baltimore, MD, United States

What you will study

The single-concentration degree is 10 courses: two core courses (Contemporary American Writers; Thesis and Publication), a concentration techniques course (Fiction Techniques or Nonfiction Techniques), three workshops and electives. The dual concentration is 13 courses.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Writing MA applicants submit two letters of recommendation, a statement of purpose of up to one page on background and goals, and a writing sample of up to 15 double-spaced pages in the chosen concentration. Fiction samples are short stories or novel chapters (poems and screenplays not accepted). Nonfiction samples are up to five prose nonfiction works (academic papers, term papers, government reports and scholarly criticism not accepted). Dual-concentration applicants submit samples in both areas with one combined statement and are decided separately for each concentration. Applicants must also meet the general admissions criteria for all Advanced Academic Programs.

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