Butler's MFA in Creative Writing,
entering its fourth year, represents the latest evolution in our
University's century-long commitment to the literary arts.
The MFA is a 30-hour studio MFA that includes eight three-credit
courses and six hours of formal thesis work with an advisor. We
offer programs in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, eclectic and
exciting courses ranging from workshops in all the major genres to
electives in screenwriting, young adult fiction, poetic form,
literary editing and publishing, and teaching creative writing.
We offer a combination of top-flight, full-time faculty,
nationally-recognized visiting faculty, and one of the finest
visiting writer's series in the country. We operate a vibrant
new MFA-run literary magazine and other publishing enterprises, and
also offer teaching and service opportunities through an array of
programs including our Writing in the Schools community
partnership.
Courtesy of the Efroymson Family Fund, a fund of the Central
Indiana Community Foundation, we are also delighted to announce the
opening of the Efroymson Center for Creative Writing, scheduled to
open in September 2011. This new center will host MFA courses
and events, provide apartment space for visiting writers, and offer
its own innovative series of creative writing programs.
Come join us as we make a new home for creative writing in the
Midwest.