Stay Home and Earn A Masters Degree
Every year it seems there are more schools offering distance learning Master of Fine Arts degrees in creative writing. It only makes sense: Why ask your students to relocate or put the rest of their life on hold when the important thing is for them to sit their butt down and actually produce something?
Most of these are low residency programs. Students meet on campus one week or so a semester and then write at home the rest. Some require a fifth semester at the school to complete the degree requirements.
So, here’s a list of what I’ve found so far:
Antioch College- One of Atlantic Monthly’s top five.
Ashland University- “Cross Genre” track in Ohio.
Bennington- VT Based. Site states “rigorous: Course of study with Studdents expected to complete 25 hours of writing per week. Way to Sell!
Carlow College- Pittsburgh based with summer in Ireland.
Chatham College- Focus on Nature and Travel writing.
Goddard College- The Original Low Residency Program ( 1976).
Farleigh Dickinson- NJ based, Residency available in England.
Hamline University- YA Program In the Twin Cities
Lancaster University- Single Summer Residency at the midpoint of the program and propietary Conferencing software. Pretty Neat program.
Lesley University- MA Based Low Residency Program
Murray State- 4 Year Program for Working Professionals
Naropa University- Summer Residency in Colorado at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Need I say More?
Pacific University- Oregon. One of Atlantic’s Top 5 Low Residency Programs
Palm Desert- Focus on Commercial fiction in Creative Writing or Writing for the Performing Arts.
Queens University of Charlotte – MFA In creative writing.
Ranier Writing Workshop- What’s with all the programs in the Pacific Northwest or Vermont?
Seattle Pacific University- Two Residency periods- One in New Mexico, One on a Pacific Island in Washington.
Seton Hill- Offers MFA In Popular fiction. Work with a well Known Genre Writer as a mentor.
Spalding University- Has an option for Writing for Children and YA
Stonecoast MFA Creative writing- Residency in Maine.
Transart- MFA in Studio Arts, but Writers welcome. Residency in Austria
University of Alaska- Another Pacific Coast one!
University of Nebraska- Extensive Program- 25 hours per week, 5 residencies
University of New Orleans- Low Residency MFA with Summer abroad opportunities in Mexico, France and Italy.
Wilkes University- Relatively New Program.
Whidbey Island Writers Association MFA- Not associated with a College? Got my interest.
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