Graduate Program

Explore Our Graduate Program

Since the 1960s, the University of Oregon Creative Writing MFA program has trained award-winning literary artists whose work has been published in widely respected publications around the globe. In our two-year residency program, MFA students concentrate in either poetry or fiction. Our coursework emphasizes the workshop, integrating concentrated time for writing with craft seminars and individualized reading tutorials.


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Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Within our two-year residency program, MFA students concentrate in either poetry or fiction. Our coursework emphasizes the workshop, integrating concentrated time for writing with craft seminars and individualized reading tutorials.


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Join Our Community of Writers

“With talented students and generous faculty, the University of Oregon MFA helped me find the community of writers who journey alongside me, supporting and challenging me, to this day.”

—Morgan Thomas, MFA in fiction, '16


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Fund Your Graduate Studies

Explore opportunities for funding your graduate studies in the Creative Writing program.

Funding and Research Support


Prepare for the Professional World

An MFA in creative writing opens the door to exciting job possibilities. Discover resources to help you earn your degree and prepare for your chosen career path.


Events

Fall Ring Lecture of the Jordan Schnitzer Global School of Languages: "Retrieving Humanism in Broken Times"
Nov7
Fall Ring Lecture of the Jordan Schnitzer Global School of Languages: "Retrieving Humanism in Broken Times" Nov 7 Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA)
IRES Presents: “The Mahele of our Bodies: Nā Moʻolelo Kūpuna Māhū/LGBTQ” Book Talk with Stephanie Nohelani Teves
Nov7
IRES Presents: “The Mahele of our Bodies: Nā Moʻolelo Kūpuna Māhū/LGBTQ” Book Talk with Stephanie Nohelani Teves Nov 7 Knight Library
University Theatre presents: “The Moors”
Nov7
University Theatre presents: “The Moors” Nov 7 Miller Theatre Complex
University Theatre presents: “The Moors”
Nov8
University Theatre presents: “The Moors” Nov 8 Miller Theatre Complex
Spanish Immersion Study Abroad Programs
Nov10
Spanish Immersion Study Abroad Programs Nov 10 McKenzie Hall
Eugene History Pub Lecture Series: "The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine"
Nov10
Eugene History Pub Lecture Series: "The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine" Nov 10 Whirled Pies Downtown
Department of History Coffee Hour
Nov11
Department of History Coffee Hour Nov 11 McKenzie Hall
Book Launch: "Thinking Nietzsche with Africana Thought"
Nov12
Book Launch: "Thinking Nietzsche with Africana Thought" Nov 12 McKenzie Hall
Jeremiah Public Lecture: "From Chicago to Phanom Rung: The Return of a Khmer Lintel and Pilaster to Thailand"
Nov12
Jeremiah Public Lecture: "From Chicago to Phanom Rung: The Return of a Khmer Lintel and Pilaster to Thailand" Nov 12 McKenzie Hall
Creative Writing Reading Series Presents: Jan Verberkmoes, Poetry
Nov12
Creative Writing Reading Series Presents: Jan Verberkmoes, Poetry Nov 12 Knight Library