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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Screenplay
Faculty: John Dufresne, Denise Duhamel, Lynne Barrett, Dan Wakefield, Campbell McGrath, Les Standiford, James W. Hall
Length: 3 years
# of credits: 48
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Tuition per semester is $2 242.35 (residents); $6 778.98 (non-residents).
Application materials: Submit Graduate Admissions Application, $30 application fee, GRE scores, and transcript to Graduate Admissions Office; submit 2 recommendations, personal statement and writing sample to the Creative Writing Program
Deadline: 15 Jan. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: Program website states: “A limited number of tuition fee waivers, fellowships and teaching assistantships with a Fall/Spring semester stipend of approximately $9,500 are available.” It’s unclear whether tuition fee waivers are combined with fellowships/assistantships with a $9.5 K stipend, or if tuition waivers and fellowships/assistantships are separate awards; it’s also unclear whether the $9.5 K stipend is for each semester or for the whole academic year. (My guess is that a tuition waiver is combined with a fellowship/assistantship involving an annual stipend of $9.5 K; that seems like a more plausible amount than $9.5 K per semester, and tuition waivers always go with fellowships/assistantships that are furnished with stipends).
Web address: http://w3.fiu.edu/crwriting
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction; Playwriting and Screenwriting “coming soon”
Faculty: Julianna Baggott, Erin Belieu, R.M. Berry, Robert Olen Butler, Joann Gardner, Barbara Hamby, James Kimbrell, David Kirby, Diane Roberts, Bob Shacochis, Paul Shepherd, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Virgil Suarez, David Vann, Mark Winegardner
Length: 45-unit degree. At 9-12 credits per semester, it should take 2 years.
# of credits: 45
Tuition per year: Easier to go by credit. Tuition per credit is $236.60 (residents); $868.00 (non-residents). In all, the degree should cost about $11 K (residents); $39 K (non-residents).
Application materials: Submit to Graduate Admissions Office: Graduate Admissions Application, $30 application fee, GRE scores, and 2 transcripts; submit to Department of English: department application form (with application for teaching assistantship), 3 recommendations, GRE scores, transcript, personal statement, and writing sample
Deadline: For fall admissions: 1 Feb. for admission to program and/or consideration for teaching assistantships; 1 Jan. to be considered for all university fellowships. No spring admissions.
Financial Aid: The department appoints 30-35 new graduate assistants per year; teaching assistantships offer tuition waivers and annual stipends of $10 148 to $10 404.
Web address: http://www.english.fsu.edu/crw/index.html
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction
Faculty: Debora Greger, Michael Hofmann, William Logan, Sidney Wade, Jill Ciment, David Leavitt, Padgett Powell, Mary Robison
Length: 2 years
# of credits: 48
Tuition per year: Easier to go by credit. Tuition is $284.44 (residents); $914.63 (non-residents). In all, the degree should cost about $14 K (residents); $44 K (non-residents).
Application materials: Submit to Department of English: Graduate Application, $30 application fee, 2 recommendations, GRE scores, 2 transcripts, writing sample with manuscript cover sheet; do not submit statement of purpose
Deadline: 16 Jan. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: All MFA students receive a full tuition waiver as well as a fellowship/teaching assistantship for the 2-year duration of the program. Stipend values are not specified for these packages. Each year several entering MFA students receive Alumni Fellowships worth $30 K with 2 semesters of teaching out of 4. One graduating student in fiction receives a $10 K Henfield Prize based on his/her thesis.
Applications per year: About 200
Applications accepted per year: 6-9 in each genre
Web address: http://www.english.ufl.edu/programs/grad/index.html
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Subject areas: Fiction, Poetry
Faculty: A. Manette Ansay, M. Evelina Galang, Lester Goran, Walter K. Lew, Maureen Seaton
Length: 2 years
# of credits: 36
Tuition per year: Easier to go by credit. Tuition per credit is $1 280; in all, the degree should cost about $46 K. (At this private institution, tuition is the same for both residents and non-residents.)
Application materials: Submit to UM Graduate School: Graduate Application (online), $50 application fee, GRE scores, and transcript; submit to Department of English: 3 recommendations, GRE scores, transcript, and writing sample; personal statement not mentioned (may be included in Graduate Application)
Deadline: UM deadlines are rolling and depend on the program; the English Department website specifies MA and Ph.D. deadlines but not MFA deadlines. The MA/Ph.D. deadline is Feb. 1 for fall admission; but to be considered for University fellowships, which are awarded only in the Ph.D. program, the deadline is 1 Jan. Spring admissions are not mentioned. I’d assume all programs—MA, Ph.D., and MFA—admit applicants in the fall only, and to be safe I’d apply to the MFA program by Jan. 1.
Financial Aid: The department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students.
Enrollment: 22 MFA students
Web address: http://www.as.miami.edu/english/graduate/mfa.htm
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Screenplay
Faculty: John Dufresne, Denise Duhamel, Lynne Barrett, Dan Wakefield, Campbell McGrath, Les Standiford, James W. Hall
Length: 3 years
# of credits: 48
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Tuition per semester is $2 242.35 (residents); $6 778.98 (non-residents).
Application materials: Submit Graduate Admissions Application, $30 application fee, GRE scores, and transcript to Graduate Admissions Office; submit 2 recommendations, personal statement and writing sample to the Creative Writing Program
Deadline: 15 Jan. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: Program website states: “A limited number of tuition fee waivers, fellowships and teaching assistantships with a Fall/Spring semester stipend of approximately $9,500 are available.” It’s unclear whether tuition fee waivers are combined with fellowships/assistantships with a $9.5 K stipend, or if tuition waivers and fellowships/assistantships are separate awards; it’s also unclear whether the $9.5 K stipend is for each semester or for the whole academic year. (My guess is that a tuition waiver is combined with a fellowship/assistantship involving an annual stipend of $9.5 K; that seems like a more plausible amount than $9.5 K per semester, and tuition waivers always go with fellowships/assistantships that are furnished with stipends).
Web address: http://w3.fiu.edu/crwriting
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction; Playwriting and Screenwriting “coming soon”
Faculty: Julianna Baggott, Erin Belieu, R.M. Berry, Robert Olen Butler, Joann Gardner, Barbara Hamby, James Kimbrell, David Kirby, Diane Roberts, Bob Shacochis, Paul Shepherd, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Virgil Suarez, David Vann, Mark Winegardner
Length: 45-unit degree. At 9-12 credits per semester, it should take 2 years.
# of credits: 45
Tuition per year: Easier to go by credit. Tuition per credit is $236.60 (residents); $868.00 (non-residents). In all, the degree should cost about $11 K (residents); $39 K (non-residents).
Application materials: Submit to Graduate Admissions Office: Graduate Admissions Application, $30 application fee, GRE scores, and 2 transcripts; submit to Department of English: department application form (with application for teaching assistantship), 3 recommendations, GRE scores, transcript, personal statement, and writing sample
Deadline: For fall admissions: 1 Feb. for admission to program and/or consideration for teaching assistantships; 1 Jan. to be considered for all university fellowships. No spring admissions.
Financial Aid: The department appoints 30-35 new graduate assistants per year; teaching assistantships offer tuition waivers and annual stipends of $10 148 to $10 404.
Web address: http://www.english.fsu.edu/crw/index.html
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction
Faculty: Debora Greger, Michael Hofmann, William Logan, Sidney Wade, Jill Ciment, David Leavitt, Padgett Powell, Mary Robison
Length: 2 years
# of credits: 48
Tuition per year: Easier to go by credit. Tuition is $284.44 (residents); $914.63 (non-residents). In all, the degree should cost about $14 K (residents); $44 K (non-residents).
Application materials: Submit to Department of English: Graduate Application, $30 application fee, 2 recommendations, GRE scores, 2 transcripts, writing sample with manuscript cover sheet; do not submit statement of purpose
Deadline: 16 Jan. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: All MFA students receive a full tuition waiver as well as a fellowship/teaching assistantship for the 2-year duration of the program. Stipend values are not specified for these packages. Each year several entering MFA students receive Alumni Fellowships worth $30 K with 2 semesters of teaching out of 4. One graduating student in fiction receives a $10 K Henfield Prize based on his/her thesis.
Applications per year: About 200
Applications accepted per year: 6-9 in each genre
Web address: http://www.english.ufl.edu/programs/grad/index.html
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Subject areas: Fiction, Poetry
Faculty: A. Manette Ansay, M. Evelina Galang, Lester Goran, Walter K. Lew, Maureen Seaton
Length: 2 years
# of credits: 36
Tuition per year: Easier to go by credit. Tuition per credit is $1 280; in all, the degree should cost about $46 K. (At this private institution, tuition is the same for both residents and non-residents.)
Application materials: Submit to UM Graduate School: Graduate Application (online), $50 application fee, GRE scores, and transcript; submit to Department of English: 3 recommendations, GRE scores, transcript, and writing sample; personal statement not mentioned (may be included in Graduate Application)
Deadline: UM deadlines are rolling and depend on the program; the English Department website specifies MA and Ph.D. deadlines but not MFA deadlines. The MA/Ph.D. deadline is Feb. 1 for fall admission; but to be considered for University fellowships, which are awarded only in the Ph.D. program, the deadline is 1 Jan. Spring admissions are not mentioned. I’d assume all programs—MA, Ph.D., and MFA—admit applicants in the fall only, and to be safe I’d apply to the MFA program by Jan. 1.
Financial Aid: The department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students.
Enrollment: 22 MFA students
Web address: http://www.as.miami.edu/english/graduate/mfa.htm
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