West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

http://creativewriting.wvu.edu

School notes

Degrees Offered

MFA

Genres

Fiction, Poetry, CNF

Residency type

Full

Program length

3 years

Financial Aid

ALL admits MFAs receive full tuition remission and a stipend (currently: $16650 + $1000 for summer training program in teaching before their first year)

Teaching opportunities

TAships are available. All students take a class in pedagogy.

Editorial opportunities

Cheat River Review, national literary journal [cheatriverreview.com]

Cross-genre study

All students take one workshop outside their genre

Graduates

Kirsten Eve Beachy MFA 2007
Molly Brodak MFA (Poetry) 2008
Sarah Einstein MFA (CNF) 2011
Melissa Ferrone MFA (CNF) 2016
Amelia Fowler MFA (CNF)
Heather Frese MFA 2011
Jessi Lewis MFA (Fiction) 2014
Renée K. Nicholson MFA
Sara Pritchard MFA 2004
Kelly Sundberg MFA (CNF)
Erin E. Tocknell MFA 2007
Emily C. Watson MFA 2010

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