MFA in Writing - Pacific University

Master of Fine Arts in Writing

An exceptional low-residency writing program

in the Pacific Northwest

The Master of Fine Arts in Writing at Pacific University strives to help writers who have already demonstrated talent, skill, and dedication to become better writers. The program guides students in creating a quality portfolio of fiction, nonfiction or poetry and celebrates writing as an art that has the potential to make a difference in the world.

In twice-yearly residency sessions, students and writer advisors participate in workshops, develop study plans, and form relationships that facilitate the work that continues between residencies during the correspondence semester. The program features award-winning writers who work closely with students to support and inspire emerging craft and voice.

In the belief that writers can and must lead full and interesting lives, the program embraces students who have full-time jobs and other obligations.

Claire Davis’ first novel Winter Range was listed among the best books of 2000 by the Washington Post, Chicago Sun Times, Denver Post, Seattle Post, The Oregonian and The Christian Science Monitor, and was the first book to receive both the PNBA and MPBA awards for best fiction. Her second novel Season of the Snake, and her short story collection Labors of the Heart were both released to wide critical acclaim. She is co-editor of the anthology Kiss Tomorrow Hello: Notes from the Midlife Underground by Twenty-five Women over Forty. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous literary magazines such as The Gettysburg Review, Shenandoah, Southern Review, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, and Best American Short Stories ....More»

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Now accepting applications for the semester which begins with a residency in Forest Grove, Oregon, from June 17-27, 2010.

If you have any questions about the MFA program or the application process, please email the MFA assistant director, Colleen Sump, at colleensump@pacificu.edu or call (503) 352-1533.

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The Top Five

Low-Residency

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In The Nation

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What Students Are Saying

Michelle Bitting

(Poetry, 2009)

Author of Good Friday Kiss

"I came to this program with a great desire for knowledge and a few good poems under my belt, but there was nothing like diving into the deep with the exceptionally skilled and generous faculty at Pacific—total poetic immersion that changed the way I think and move as a writer in the world.”