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Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences

Creative Writing & Publishing Arts

 

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M.F.A. students explore experimental and handmade books, e-books and broadsides.

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M.F.A. students explore experimental and handmade books, e-books and broadsides.

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M.F.A. students explore experimental and handmade books, e-books and broadsides.

Fresh ideas about writing. New approaches to publishing.

That's what makes UB's Creative Writing & Publishing Arts one of nine distinctive M.F.A. programs selected by  Poets & Writers Magazine .

We have extended our application deadline to Feb. 15. Apply now!

You'll benefit from:

  • a diverse community of talented students and distinguished faculty in fiction, poetry and nonfiction
  • a focus on creativity, book arts and electronic publishing
  • the guidance of experienced mentors as you send work out
  • the chance to design and produce your thesis project as a finished book
  • night and weekend classes for working students.

We prepare students for the writer's life.

The Master of Fine Arts is a terminal degree, qualifying you to teach at the university level. A network of UB alumni teaches throughout Maryland and across the country.

The program's unique focus prepares our graduates for jobs in publishing and elsewhere outside academia.