Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing

The MFA in Dramatic Writing at the University of New Mexico is a three-year program requiring 60 hours to complete the degree.The program offers continuing opportunities for producing new work from writers working in the MFA program. These opportunities create an environment where students are either preparing scripts for submission to our annual new works festival called Linnell Festival of New Plays, submitting material for production to the local theatre community, or for the season of plays selected by students that is presented in our black-box, Theatre X. The Linnell Festival presents new work over three weeks in multiple venues on and off campus. Five students in our writing program have won national playwriting awards for the plays presented in this festival four of them from Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

To be considered for admission to any of our graduate programs, you must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.*For the MFA in Dramatic Writing, a specific undergraduate major is less important than a demonstrated and sustained commitment to creative writing.We require a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 (B) or better. Exceptions can be made to the GPA requirement, but it is extremely rare that we admit students whose undergraduate GPA in their major is below 3.0