Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing and Poetics

The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing & Poetics at the University of Washington Bothell is dedicated to helping each student develop their creative work through a course of study that encourages exploration and discovery. We organize our curriculum into areas of inquiry rather than genres. In contrast to many MFA programs, our writers enjoy the freedom to experiment across genres and media as suits their creative purposes. Emphasizing experimentation and hybridity, our program invites students to participate in a community concerned with the pursuit of creative writing in a rapidly changing society. The MFA poses the central questions of poetics, inquiring into the social, cultural, and technological aspects of writing to ask: How is creative writing an ethical, political and aesthetic endeavor What forms might creative writing take in an interconnected, transnational society How does new media alter the environment and possibilities for creative writing

A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the U.S. (its equivalent from an accredited foreign institution) must be earned by the time of enrollment. A minimum 3.00 GPA in the last 90 quarter credits or 60 semester credits of graded coursework.