Iowa
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Subject areas: Degree called “MFA in Creative Writing and Environment”; genres include poetry, fiction, and nonfiction about the environment
Faculty: Jon Billman, Debra Marquart, Stephen Pett, Mary Swander, David Zimmerman
Length: 3 years
# of credits: 54
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Tuition per semester is $3 123 (residents); $8 453 (non-residents).
Application materials: Submit to Office of Admission: Graduate College Application, $30 application fee, GRE scores, transcript; submit to English Department: photocopy of application form (or printed copy of online application), 3 recommendations, photocopy of GRE scores, cover letter/goals statement, writing sample, vita/resume
Deadline: 15 Jan. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: The Pearl Hogrefe Fellowship is awarded to one student per year and currently carries a stipend of $1 250/month for 9 months and provides payment of university tuition and fees during the fellowship year.
Web address: http://engl.iastate.edu/programs/creative_writing/mfa
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA NONFICTION WRITING PROGRAM
Subject areas: Creative Nonfiction
Faculty: John D’Agata, Patricia Foster, David Hamilton, Robin Hemley, Susan Lohafer, Jeff Porter, Lia Purpura, Bonnie Sunstein
Length: 3 years
# of credits: 48
Tuition per year: $7 158 (residents); $19 144 (non-residents)
Application materials: Submit to the Admissions Office: Application for Graduate Admission (online), $60 application fee, GRE scores (not required for admission to program, but applications with GRE scores may be more competitive for a greater range of financial assistance), and transcript. Submit to Department of English: 3 recommendations, another transcript, (University’s) Application for Graduate Awards; supplement to the Financial Aid Application (department-specific, supposed to accompany previous item), statement of purpose, writing sample.—Don’t submit a paper application, or you will have to send items A-C and G-J to the Admissions Office; items D-F to the department; and a copy of items A-C to the department. Yeesh.
Deadline: 1 Jan. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: Teaching assistantships are the predominant form of financial aid in the Nonfiction Writing Program; a ¼-time or more appointment qualifies a TA for resident tuition. Research assistantships are periodically available with the Iowa Review or Philological Quarterly; a ¼-time or more RA qualifies for resident tuition. Iowa Arts Tuition Scholarships (IATS’s) are supplements offered to 6 students each year to cover 2 years of tuition expenses; these are usually the first 6 students for whom a TA or RA appointment is secured. Graduate Merit Fellowships (GMF’s) are 2-year awards from the Graduate College given to a small number of highly talented applicants from underrepresented populations; they cover tuition and fees and offer a stipend similar to that of a half-time TA. Usually a GMF-holder is offered an appointment as an RA or TA in the 2nd or 3rd year so that he or she may receive maximum support throughout the program. Stipend values are not specified.
Current Enrollment: 44
Web address: http://english.uiowa.edu/nonfiction
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PLAYWRIGHTS’ WORKSHOP
Subject areas: Playwriting
Faculty: Art Borreca, Dare Clubb; one playwright-in-residence each semester, plus an annual series of guests who conduct short-term workshops
Length: 3 years
# of credits: 60
Tuition per year: $7 158 (residents); $19 144 (non-residents)
Application materials: Submit to Admissions Office: Application for Graduate Admission (online), $60 application fee, transcript; submit to Playwriting Admissions in the Department of Theater Arts: 3 recommendations, another transcript, personal statement, writing sample and resume; GRE not mentioned in the program website.—Don’t submit a paper application, or you will have to send items A-C and G-J to the Admissions Office; items D-F to the department; and a copy of items A-C to the department. Yeesh.
Deadline: 1 Mar. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: The department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students. (Though the undergrad FAQ page states that there’s a “full in-state tuition scholarship for one or two incoming students and quite a number of full and partial scholarships for continuing majors.”)
Web address: http://www.uiowa.edu/~theatre/programs/playwrighting/playwritinginfo.htm
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WRITERS’ WORKSHOP
Subject areas: Fiction, Poetry
Faculty: Ethan Canin, Lan Samantha Chang, James Alan McPherson, Marilynne Robinson, James Galvin, Mark Levine, Cole Swensen, Dean Young
Length: 2 years
# of credits: 48
Tuition per year: $7 158 (residents); $19 144 (non-residents)
Application materials: Submit to the Admissions Office: Application for Graduate Admission (online), $60 application fee, GRE scores (not required for admission to program, but applications with GRE scores may be more competitive for a greater range of financial assistance), and transcript. Submit to the Writers’ Workshop: 3 recommendations, GRE scores (yes, the department wants them too), another transcript, (University’s) Application for Graduate Awards; supplement to the Financial Aid Application (department-specific, supposed to accompany previous item), personal statement, manuscript with manuscript cover sheet.—Don’t submit a paper application, or you will have to send items A-C and G-J to the Admissions Office; items D-F to the department; and a copy of items A-C to the department. Yeesh.
Deadline: For fall: manuscripts should be sent between 1 Nov. and 3 Jan.; the deadline for the complete application is 3 Jan. No spring admissions.
Financial Aid: A note on my long summary of IWW financial aid: chances are you’ll get it, but it’s only partial and you will have to work for it. Here’s what it says on the program website. Normally, financial assistance is available for all students enrolled in the program. Any out-of-state student awarded at least a ¼-time appointment automatically has tuition reduced to the resident rate. Students awarded at least a ¼-time appointment will also receive tuition scholarships of $1 487.50 per semester from the Graduate College. In 2006-07, Graduate Teaching Assistantships carried the following stipends: $10 794 for 1/3-time assistants (2 sections per year); $16 191 for ½-time assistants (3 sections per year). A limited number of these appointments are available. In 2006-07, Graduate Research Assistantships were $7 993 for ¼-time assistants (10 hours/week). A number of 1- and 2-year non-teaching stipends are available to incoming students (in the form of 4 fellowships; their names are listed on the program website but their values are not specified; there are also 2 fellowships for program graduates whose values are not specified). Teaching-Writing Fellowships are awarded to 2nd-year students and carry a stipend of $16.5 K; they require the teaching of a creative writing course offered to undergraduates—very few of these fellowships are available.
Web address: http://www.uiowa.edu/~iww/about.htm
Subject areas: Degree called “MFA in Creative Writing and Environment”; genres include poetry, fiction, and nonfiction about the environment
Faculty: Jon Billman, Debra Marquart, Stephen Pett, Mary Swander, David Zimmerman
Length: 3 years
# of credits: 54
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Tuition per semester is $3 123 (residents); $8 453 (non-residents).
Application materials: Submit to Office of Admission: Graduate College Application, $30 application fee, GRE scores, transcript; submit to English Department: photocopy of application form (or printed copy of online application), 3 recommendations, photocopy of GRE scores, cover letter/goals statement, writing sample, vita/resume
Deadline: 15 Jan. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: The Pearl Hogrefe Fellowship is awarded to one student per year and currently carries a stipend of $1 250/month for 9 months and provides payment of university tuition and fees during the fellowship year.
Web address: http://engl.iastate.edu/programs/creative_writing/mfa
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA NONFICTION WRITING PROGRAM
Subject areas: Creative Nonfiction
Faculty: John D’Agata, Patricia Foster, David Hamilton, Robin Hemley, Susan Lohafer, Jeff Porter, Lia Purpura, Bonnie Sunstein
Length: 3 years
# of credits: 48
Tuition per year: $7 158 (residents); $19 144 (non-residents)
Application materials: Submit to the Admissions Office: Application for Graduate Admission (online), $60 application fee, GRE scores (not required for admission to program, but applications with GRE scores may be more competitive for a greater range of financial assistance), and transcript. Submit to Department of English: 3 recommendations, another transcript, (University’s) Application for Graduate Awards; supplement to the Financial Aid Application (department-specific, supposed to accompany previous item), statement of purpose, writing sample.—Don’t submit a paper application, or you will have to send items A-C and G-J to the Admissions Office; items D-F to the department; and a copy of items A-C to the department. Yeesh.
Deadline: 1 Jan. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: Teaching assistantships are the predominant form of financial aid in the Nonfiction Writing Program; a ¼-time or more appointment qualifies a TA for resident tuition. Research assistantships are periodically available with the Iowa Review or Philological Quarterly; a ¼-time or more RA qualifies for resident tuition. Iowa Arts Tuition Scholarships (IATS’s) are supplements offered to 6 students each year to cover 2 years of tuition expenses; these are usually the first 6 students for whom a TA or RA appointment is secured. Graduate Merit Fellowships (GMF’s) are 2-year awards from the Graduate College given to a small number of highly talented applicants from underrepresented populations; they cover tuition and fees and offer a stipend similar to that of a half-time TA. Usually a GMF-holder is offered an appointment as an RA or TA in the 2nd or 3rd year so that he or she may receive maximum support throughout the program. Stipend values are not specified.
Current Enrollment: 44
Web address: http://english.uiowa.edu/nonfiction
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PLAYWRIGHTS’ WORKSHOP
Subject areas: Playwriting
Faculty: Art Borreca, Dare Clubb; one playwright-in-residence each semester, plus an annual series of guests who conduct short-term workshops
Length: 3 years
# of credits: 60
Tuition per year: $7 158 (residents); $19 144 (non-residents)
Application materials: Submit to Admissions Office: Application for Graduate Admission (online), $60 application fee, transcript; submit to Playwriting Admissions in the Department of Theater Arts: 3 recommendations, another transcript, personal statement, writing sample and resume; GRE not mentioned in the program website.—Don’t submit a paper application, or you will have to send items A-C and G-J to the Admissions Office; items D-F to the department; and a copy of items A-C to the department. Yeesh.
Deadline: 1 Mar. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: The department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students. (Though the undergrad FAQ page states that there’s a “full in-state tuition scholarship for one or two incoming students and quite a number of full and partial scholarships for continuing majors.”)
Web address: http://www.uiowa.edu/~theatre/programs/playwrighting/playwritinginfo.htm
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WRITERS’ WORKSHOP
Subject areas: Fiction, Poetry
Faculty: Ethan Canin, Lan Samantha Chang, James Alan McPherson, Marilynne Robinson, James Galvin, Mark Levine, Cole Swensen, Dean Young
Length: 2 years
# of credits: 48
Tuition per year: $7 158 (residents); $19 144 (non-residents)
Application materials: Submit to the Admissions Office: Application for Graduate Admission (online), $60 application fee, GRE scores (not required for admission to program, but applications with GRE scores may be more competitive for a greater range of financial assistance), and transcript. Submit to the Writers’ Workshop: 3 recommendations, GRE scores (yes, the department wants them too), another transcript, (University’s) Application for Graduate Awards; supplement to the Financial Aid Application (department-specific, supposed to accompany previous item), personal statement, manuscript with manuscript cover sheet.—Don’t submit a paper application, or you will have to send items A-C and G-J to the Admissions Office; items D-F to the department; and a copy of items A-C to the department. Yeesh.
Deadline: For fall: manuscripts should be sent between 1 Nov. and 3 Jan.; the deadline for the complete application is 3 Jan. No spring admissions.
Financial Aid: A note on my long summary of IWW financial aid: chances are you’ll get it, but it’s only partial and you will have to work for it. Here’s what it says on the program website. Normally, financial assistance is available for all students enrolled in the program. Any out-of-state student awarded at least a ¼-time appointment automatically has tuition reduced to the resident rate. Students awarded at least a ¼-time appointment will also receive tuition scholarships of $1 487.50 per semester from the Graduate College. In 2006-07, Graduate Teaching Assistantships carried the following stipends: $10 794 for 1/3-time assistants (2 sections per year); $16 191 for ½-time assistants (3 sections per year). A limited number of these appointments are available. In 2006-07, Graduate Research Assistantships were $7 993 for ¼-time assistants (10 hours/week). A number of 1- and 2-year non-teaching stipends are available to incoming students (in the form of 4 fellowships; their names are listed on the program website but their values are not specified; there are also 2 fellowships for program graduates whose values are not specified). Teaching-Writing Fellowships are awarded to 2nd-year students and carry a stipend of $16.5 K; they require the teaching of a creative writing course offered to undergraduates—very few of these fellowships are available.
Web address: http://www.uiowa.edu/~iww/about.htm
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