Program description: Situated in historic Lexington and surrounded by the awesomeness of thoroughbred horse farms and bourbon distilleries, the University enjoys a rich literary heritage dating back to 1947, when Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist A.B. Guthrie first offered courses in fiction. Graduates of the English Department include Bobbie Ann Mason, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Wendell Berry, Kayla Rae Whitaker, Patrick O’Keefe, Holly Goddard Jones, and James Baker Hall. The MFA Program in Creative Writing builds upon that rich history by offering students access to a diverse faculty in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. We additionally offer eight fully-funded teaching assistantships annually and are the proud of home of the New Limestone Review and the UK MFA Creative Writing Residency at the Mill House.
University of Kentucky
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- Subtitle: MFA in Creative Writing
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Contact Information:
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Mailing Address:
- Mailing Address 1: 1219 Patterson Office Tower
- Mailing City: Lexington
- Mailing State: KY
- Mailing Postal Code: 40506
- Program Director: Hannah Pittard
- Program Contact: Hannah Pittard
- Phone Number: 859-257-4629
- Website: english.as.uky.edu
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- Twitter: Twitter
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Program Information:
- Degree: MFA
- Type: residency
- Length of Program: 2 years
- Genre: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Enrollment: 16
- Total Credits Required: 24
- Application Deadlines: March 1
- Assistantships: yes (see website)
- Core Faculty: Julia Johnson, DaMaris Hill, Frank X Walker, Andrew Ewell, Manuel Gonzales, Gurney Norman, Hannah Pittard, Erik Reece and Janet Eldred
- Visiting Faculty: Ansel Elkins
- Publishing/Editing Courses: yes (see website)
- Literary Magazine: New Limestone Review
- Reading Series: The Visiting Writers Series
- Recent Visiting Writers: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Tyehimba Jess, Ada Limon, Helen Oyeyemi, Roxane Gay
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Short Program Description:
Situated in historic Lexington and surrounded by the awesomeness of thoroughbred horse farms and bourbon distilleries, the University enjoys a rich literary heritage dating back to 1947, when Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist A.B. Guthrie first offered courses in fiction. Graduates of the English Department include Bobbie Ann Mason, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Wendell Berry, Kayla Rae Whitaker, Patrick O’Keefe, Holly Goddard Jones, and James Baker Hall. The MFA Program in Creative Writing builds upon that rich history by offering students access to a diverse faculty in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. We additionally offer eight fully-funded teaching assistantships annually and are the proud of home of the New Limestone Review and the UK MFA Creative Writing Residency at the Mill House.
- State: Kentucky
