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Creative writing (mfa).

Oregon State University has a long tradition of excellence in producing and teaching creative writing, going all the way back to the 1950s when the future distinguished novelist William Kittredge was a student here, and Bernard Malamud won a National Book Award while teaching in the English Department.

This is a distinguished past, but our present is even more remarkable.

Creative Writing has never been more vital or successful at OSU than it is right now, with a nationally competitive pool of applicants in fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, full funding for all our students through GTA positions, with full tuition waiver, a vibrant Visiting Writers Series, and the new Stone Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement. For information on the high-residency program and its GTA fellowships, please contact the SWLF main office at [email protected] , call 541-737-3244, or visit their website.

A low-residency variant of the program is also available on the OSU-Cascades campus in Bend, Oregon. For the Low-Residency Program at OSU-Cascades , please contact Gillian Harper.

  Creative Writing Website

  College of Liberal Arts

 Corvallis  OSU-Cascades

Primary Contact

Creative writing director, osu-cascades, admissions requirements, required tests, english language requirements .

English language requirements for international applicants to this program are the same as the standard Graduate School requirements .

Additional Requirements

Please, before applying to this program, always refer to the application guide to confirm application requirements.

Application Process

Please review the graduate school application process and Apply Online .

Dates & Deadlines ?

Admissions deadline for all applicants, funding deadline for all applicants, concentrations , mais participation.

This program is not offered as a MAIS field of study.

AMP Participation ?

This program does not participate in the Accelerated Master's Platform (AMP)

Contact Info

Graduate School Heckart Lodge 2900 SW Jefferson Way Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-1102

Phone: 541-737-4881 Fax: 541-737-3313

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

MFA in Creative Writing

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Oregon State University's high residency MFA program in Corvallis has a long tradition of excellence in producing and teaching creative writing, going all the way back to the 1950s when the future distinguished novelist William Kittredge was a student here, and Bernard Malamud won a National Book Award while teaching in the English Department.

This is a distinguished past, but our present is even more remarkable.

Creative Writing has never been more vital or successful at OSU than it is right now, with a nationally competitive pool of applicants in fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, full funding for all our students through GTA and GRA positions, with full tuition waiver, a vibrant Visiting Writers Series.

Program Highlights

Founded in 2002, the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing has produced a superlative track record, bringing regional and national attention to OSU.

Alumni Accomplishments

Our program has already begun to produce graduates with national publications, including Oregon Book Award-winning short story writer Scott Nadelson, essayist and poet Charles Goodrich, novelist and fly-fishing journalist John Larison, novelist Charity Shumway, and Jesse Donaldson . Nia Stephens, who graduated in 2005, has signed to publish a series of six novels for young adult African American readers.

If you are interested in applying for our MFA program, please see the MFA Application Guidelines .

Feature Stories

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Contact Info

Email: [email protected]

College of Liberal Arts Student Services 214 Bexell Hall 541-737-0561

Deans Office 200 Bexell Hall 541-737-4582

Corvallis, OR 97331

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  1. Faculty & Staff Directory

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  2. People

    Home » Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. People. Meet Our Faculty · Meet Our MFAs · Alumni. Contact Info. Email: [email protected]

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  8. Creative Writing (MFA)

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    Sarah Tinker Perrault joined Oregon State University as associate professor of rhetoric and writing, and director of the Writing Intensive Curriculum program

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    Oregon State University's high residency MFA program in Corvallis has a long tradition of excellence in producing and teaching creative writing