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Creative WritingMaster of Fine Arts

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Overview

The purpose of the MFA program is to provide an engaging, rigorous, and culturally responsive learning environment for emerging writers from all backgrounds, while showcasing and supporting the work of Alaskan, Indigenous, and Northern writers.

Degree Fit

The Master of Fine Arts is a 36-credit program of individualized, mentor-directed studies with three summer terms, each inclusive of a low-residency requirement. The program includes three areas of study: Fiction, Literary Nonfiction, and Poetry.

Over the course of two years and three summers, students gain a comprehensive understanding of their chosen genre (fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry) along with their place among the notable writers who have gone before them. Fall and Spring semesters in the program involve one-on-one, mentor-directed study plans, advancing individual writing goals. As they work through individualized study plans, students hone their craft with the goal of producing publishable works.

Summer residencies—approximately 2 weeks in length, and introduced by online learning sessions—are comprised of workshops, seminars, lectures, panels, and readings. Through residencies on APU’s campus, the program strives to honor the Dena’ina people and their traditional lands upon which APU sits, as well as Alaska Native storytelling traditions that have thrived and continue to inspire. 

Online Instruction Sample Schedule

On-Campus Sample Schedule

 

 

 

Faculty

Headshot of David OnofrychukDavid Onofrychuk

Program Director

Headshot of Chaun BallardChaun Ballard

Poetry

Headshot of Corinna CookCorinna Cook

Literary Nonfiction

Headshot of Jamey BradburyJamey Bradbury

Fiction

LeeLee Conell

Fiction

Career Outcomes

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  • Doctorate Program
  • Writing Instructor
  • Freelance Writer and/or Editor

Degree Roadmap

Year 1

COURSE

CREDIT HOURS

CRWR 60100-60300: Graduate Writer’s Workshop

5

CRWR 60500: Form & Theory: Fall Mentorship

5

CRWR 60500: Form & Theory: Spring Mentorship

5

Year 2

COURSE

CREDIT HOURS

CRWR 60100-60300: Graduate Writer’s Workshop: Summer Residency II

5

CRWR 60500: Form & Theory: Fall Mentorship

5

CRWR 69900: Thesis

5

Year 3

COURSE

CREDIT HOURS

CRWR 69900 Thesis

3

CRWR 60400 Thesis Writer’s Workshop Summer Residency 3

3

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