PhD Program
See writers who attended this programPhD Program
Program Established:
1988
Location:
Columbia, MO
Genre:
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Residency:
Full
Incoming Class Size:
5-7
Application Deadline:
January 1, 2025
Application Fee:
$75
Contact E-mail:
Contact Name:
Gabriel Fried
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Aliki Barnstone, Gabriel Fried
Fiction: Trudy Lewis, Speer Morgan, Phong Nguyen
Nonfiction: Donald Quist
Funding/Employment Opportunities:
The program is fully-funded and offers teaching assistantships, fellowships, and opportunities for advanced students to serve as interns with the Missouri Review and the poetry department of Persea Books.
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Other Features:
The program offers annual writing prizes, a visiting writers series, publishing internships, and memberships in the English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP).
Students complete their degree in five years. The program now accepts multigenre in addition to single genre applications.