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Eastern Kentucky University

MFA in Creative Writing

467 Case Annex

Richmond, KY 40475

Website: http://www.english.eku.edu/mfa/

Program director: Young Smith

Program contact: Young Smith

Phone: 859-622-3093

Email: eng.mfa@eku.edu

Degrees offered: MFA

Genres: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry

Type of program: Brief Residency

Length of program: Two to four years (a very flexible curriculum)

Enrollment: 15

Total credits required: 48 semester hours

Application deadlines: Applications accepted year round

Scholarships available: No

Core faculty: Julie Hensley, R. Dean Johnson, Derek Nikitas, Young Smith

Assistantships: Yes, on a very limited basis

Publishing/editing courses: Yes (offered during residencies)

Literary magazine: Yes

Reading series: Yes

Recent visiting writers: Recent and upcoming visiting writers include: Megan Abbott, Steve Almond, Julianna Baggott, Eileen Casey, Christopher Cokinos, Lee Durkee, Marc Fitten, Connie May Fowler, Josh Gaylord, Rick Hilles, Tom Hunley, Kathe Lison, Sonja Livingston, Margaret McMullan, Joanie Mackowski, Joyce Carol Oates, Chris Offutt, Charles Rafferty, Nancy Reisman, Megan Sexton, Jim Tomlinson, Frank X Walker, and Cecilia Woloch.

Program description: EKU offers a vibrant and affordable brief-residency MFA program with opportunities to attend residencies in Lexington, Kentucky and Edinburgh, Scotland. The balance of the program takes place via online courses.