Thursday, August 24, 2006

Wyoming

UNIVERISTY OF WYOMING
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Faculty: Craig Arnold, Alyson Hagy, H.L. Hix, Vicki Lindner, Jeff Lockwood, David Romtve, Brad Watson
Length: 2 years
Tuition per year: Easier to go by credit. Tuition is $159 per credit (residents) or $456 per credit (non-residents). Degree is 40 to 42 credits; for a resident, it should cost about $6.5 K in all; for a non-resident, about $18 to $19 K in all.
Application requirements: Submit to Graduate School: Application for Admission (online), $50 application fee (paid online by credit card), GRE scores, transcript; submit to English Department: Application to the Creative Writing MFA Program, 3 recommendations, transcript, statement of purpose, writing sample
Deadline: 1 Feb.
Financial Aid: A number of teaching assistantships are available to qualified applicants. Assistantships carry an annual stipend of about $10 K, full-time tuition waivers and fee reduction, and health insurance.
Web address: http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/creativewriting