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Next MFA student reading will be April 13th at the Laramie Plains Civic Center.
MFA in Creative Writing
MFA Creative Writing Students in Carriage House, Katie Schmid (red and black), Stella Soto (grey shirt)Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
The University of Wyoming's Creative Writing MFA program is an intensive two-year studio degree in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Special features include a flexible curriculum, cross-genre opportunities, opportunities for interdisciplinary study, and our Eminent Writers in Residence program, which brings distinguished authors to campus to work closely with our students. This year, our Eminent Writers are Colson Whitehead, John D'Agata, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, and Ed Roberson. In 2012-2013, our Eminent Writers in Residence will be Maggie Nelson and Mark Nowak; Rattawut Lapcharoensap will also return for another year of residency. We have a deeply committed faculty, a lively visiting writers series, an incomparable natural setting, and full funding for students, including teaching assistantships with light teaching loads, full tuition waivers, summer stipends, and support for travel and publication.
Poets & Writers has issued the latest ranking of MFA Programs for 2012. Last year, the University of Wyoming was 43rd on the list. This year, we've moved to 30th, and have been ranked #1 for student-to-faculty ratio.
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Mark Jenkins on assignment at Mt. Everest
The last time Mark Jenkins tried to climb Mount Everest, he was pursuing a master's degree in geography at the University of Wyoming. He was unable to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain on that 1986 expedition but, as part of his research into acid snow, he collected snow samples at a higher elevation than anyone had before.
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Creative Nonfiction
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Wyoming Signatures Interview with Andy Fitch