Applications are now open for the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics: an innovative interdisciplinary degree encouraging experimentation & hybridity.
The intensive, first year curriculum is based on areas of inquiry, rather than genres, creating an alternative to most regional and national MFA programs. It asks: How is creative writing an ethical, political, and aesthetic endeavor? How does new media change the production, reception, and dissemination of creative works? What forms might creative writing take in an interconnected, transnational society?
In the second year, students pursue a thesis with an advisor and an individualized course of study. Some degree candidates may choose to write their thesis as a single genre; others may elect hybrid modes that utilize multiple genres or media. The second year is designed to give students access to a broad range of interdisciplinary courses so that they can develop an area of expertise pertinent to their written arts and career paths.
Our faculty include:
Jeanne Heuving
Rebecca Brown
Amaranth Borsuk
Sarah Dowling
Joe Milutis
Ted Hiebert
& Aeron Bergman
Additional thesis advisors include:
Robert Gluck
Carla Harryman
Tisa Bryant
& Alejandro Crawford
Through an emphasis on poetics, or why we write how we write, we invite students to participate in a forum and laboratory that focuses on the pursuit of creative writing in a rapidly changing society.
Our curriculum emphasizes innovative writing, political and cultural awareness, and critical reflection about one's own writing practice.
A program of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington, Bothell, 15 miles outside Seattle.
