MFA Creative Writing Fairfield University

What are the various concentrations of MFA Creative Writing, offered under Fairfield University???

Fairfield University is a private, co-educational undergraduate and master's level teaching-oriented university. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1942 and is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

Academic:
The School of Nursing
The Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions
The Fairfield University College of Arts and Sciences
The Charles F. Dolan School of Business
The School of Engineering

M.F.A. in Creative Writing

Concentrations in:
Fiction (including literary YA, historical, and short story),
Poetry
Nonfiction (memoir, personal essay)
Scriptwriting/ Playwriting

Concentrations within the above genres
Publishing /Editing (intern at one of five Fairfield University MFA-sponsored presses or magazines)
Spiritual Writing

Program highlights include:
-One of the few low-res MFA programs to offer college English teacher training for those interested in teaching on the college level.
-The Fairfield Book Prize competition, open only to students and alumni of our MFA program.
-Study abroad residency programs available in Galway and Florence.
-Third-semester students may gain valuable editing experience working as an intern on a magazine or at a publishing house.
-5th semester, post-grad options to continue to work with a faculty mentor to polish a manuscript for submission.
-The chance to gain important editorial experience working on our national MFA student-led, online magazine, Mason's Road, or with one of several faculty publishers.
-Proximity to New York;
-Flexible programming
-Students may work at Fairfield's Bellarmine Museum, and have an exhibition of their ekphrastic work.

Address:
Fairfield University
1073 N Benson Rd,
Fairfield, CT,
United States ‎
+1 203-254-4000

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