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The University of Virginia's Creative Writing Program offers a master of fine arts in poetry and fiction writing, undergraduate English concentrations in poetry and literary prose, and elective coursework at the undergraduate and graduate levels. If you are just beginning, we have 2000-level classes in our undergraduate curriculum that are open enrollment (though some sections are restricted to first- and second-year students). Intermediate and advanced writers can take courses from our full-time faculty by instructor permission, and citizen scholars can also apply. See our undergraduate page for more information.
At the graduate level, we offer one of the best MFA programs in the country with award-winning faculty and alumni whose poetry and prose is in print or forthcoming from some of the top houses and prizes.
If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
Events
December 15, 2024
12:00 PM - 11:59 PM
12:00 PM - 11:59 PM
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Just a reminder that applications for our entering MFA class of 2025 are due by 11:59 p.m.
In the News
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MaKshya Tolbert Selected for NPS
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We are pleased to announce that 2024 MFA in poetry graduate MaKshya Tolbert has been selected for the National Poetry Series. Her first collection, Shade Is a Place, will be released by Penguin in 2025. For details see this press release.
MFA Support Increases
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In 2024–25, our MFA students will receive an increase of three percent to their fellowship income and teaching wages, which means students will receive up to $31,518 in their first and second years, and up to $25,214 in their third year. The first- and second-year amounts are higher because those
Brian Teare's Poem Bitten by a Man
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Congratulations to poetry faculty member Brian Teare on his new book, Poem Bitten by a Man, and this review on The Poetry Foundation website.
Program Rankings
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Ranking graduate creative writing programs is a fraught process because we're all so different. But here's a site that tries to do so by quantitatively scoring alumni publications in publications like Best American Short Stories, Best American Poetry, The Pushcart Prize, etc. UVA stacks up well