MFA Creative Writing at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Programme overview

Studio and academic MFA in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction, with writing workshops, genre-focused special topics, and literature, rhetoric, writing and linguistics classes, culminating in a book-length creative thesis manuscript.

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences | Department: English | Duration: Minimum 30 graduate credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Knoxville, TN, United States

What you will study

12 credit hours from Fiction Writing, Colloquium in Poetry Writing, Special Topics in Writing and Studies in Creative Writing; 12 credit hours from graduate English literature, rhetoric and linguistics courses; thesis manuscript.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must apply in degree-seeking status; the Department of English does not accept non-degree or provisional students.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer. Domestic applicants may apply up to two weeks before the start of the desired term unless the programme sets an earlier deadline.

International graduate applicants on F and J visas: Fall online submission April 15 and file completion May 15; Spring June 15 and October 1; Summer October 15 and February 15. Departmental deadlines may be earlier.

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utk.edu/

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