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Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Find Your Voice, Explore Genres, and Develop a Sustainable Practice

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Why You Should Earn Your MFA in Creative Writing with NEC

Academic Depth and Creative Freedom:

Explore the history and cultural influence of creative writing through progressive academic study and relate your work to that history.

Work with Experienced Authors:

NEC’s MFA program faculty are best-selling and award-winning professionals who understand the craft of writing and the literary industry. Each student works closely with a mentor who focuses fully on their writing in a one-on-one structure.

Low-Residency Format:

The program includes two residencies per year on New England College’s stunning 220-acre New Hampshire campus. The remainder of the semester is held online. Your degree culminates in a book-length thesis project.

Single- or Dual-Genre Tracks:

Focus your study on a genre that interests you: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Writing for Stage and Screen. You can also choose to pursue a dual-genre degree.

Meaningful Relationships:

Develop lifelong relationships with the entire MFA writing community through the process of giving and receiving feedback in workshops. During residencies, you’ll also spend time together during lectures, evening readings, and meals.

MFA in Creative Writing Overview

NEC’s MFA in Creative Writing aims to produce graduates who are active professionals in writing across a variety of genres.

What You Will Learn

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Graduates of this program will:

  • Understand the history, theories, and movements that have shaped and continue to influence the writing, reading, and critical reception of literary works.
  • Be able to locate their own writing in historical, theoretical, and cultural contexts.
  • Be able to engage in rigorous critical discourse on their own writing and the work of others.
  • Demonstrate a keen awareness of the writer’s craft and effective use of craft in their own writing.
  • Effectively employ skills and methods of revision in their writing process.
  • Apply what they have learned and practiced to the production of a substantial body of high‐quality literary work.
  • Demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and discipline necessary for successful post-graduate professional life in creative writing.
  • Actively and ethically engage in their academic, literary, geographic, and cultural communities.
  • Meaningfully contribute to literary/artistic culture and the advancement of the literary arts.

Courses and Curriculum

To graduate, you will complete 64 total credits if you are pursuing a single-genre degree or 80 credits for a dual-genre degree.
Core MFA in Creative Writing Courses:
EN 5311 - Mentorship Study: Creative Writing*
EN 6411 - Residency Study: Creative Writing
EN 7051 - Mentorship Study: Thesis Development
EN 7130 - Final Residency: Lecture, Public Reading, and Thesis Defense

*Coursework in Mentorship Study must be completed in both primary and secondary genres.

MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING CONCENTRATION OPTIONS

This program delivers rigorous, individualized study with multiple concentration options:

  • Dual Genre
  • Fiction
  • Non-Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Writing for Stage and Screen

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