{"id":384,"date":"2021-10-06T16:50:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:17:16","slug":"master-fine-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"MFA in Creative Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero-standard hero-standard--hasImage alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container hero-standard__container\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"headline-highlight\">\n\t<span \n\t\tclass=\"headline-highlight__text  headline-h1\"\n\t\tstyle=\"--highlight-color: var(--color-theme-seafoam);\"\n\t>\n\t\tMFA in Creative Writing\t<\/span>\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-standard__subHeadlineDescription\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hero-standard__subHeadline\">\n\t\t\t\t\tA premier program, designed for you.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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id=\"h-a-home-for-writing-in-the-midwest\">A home for writing in the Midwest.<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/butlermfa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/08102304\/Instagram_Glyph_Black-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Instagram logo in black and white (circle in a square).\" class=\"wp-image-14561\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/08102304\/Instagram_Glyph_Black-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/08102304\/Instagram_Glyph_Black-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/08102304\/Instagram_Glyph_Black-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/08102304\/Instagram_Glyph_Black-768x768.png 768w, 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You\u2019ll have opportunities to edit content for our <a href=\"https:\/\/booth.butler.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">literary magazine<\/a>, have coffee or a meal with guests of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/visiting-writers\/\">Visiting Writers Series<\/a>, and work with top-flight, full-time faculty. The Efroymson Center for Creative Writing, one of the few such dedicated writing centers at any university, provides a cozy home for classes, quiet writing space, or after-hours socializing. Many graduates say they never want to leave the program, noting our emphasis on community over competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to building a foundation through graduate workshops in your home genre, you\u2019ll have the opportunity to choose from in-depth elective courses, such as screenwriting, young adult fiction, literary editing, publishing, and teaching creative writing. As a full-time student, you can finish program requirements\u201410 courses and six hours of formal thesis work\u2014in just two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"link-list layout-links\" >\n    <div class=\"link-list__container link-list__grid-default\">\n                        <div class=\"list-list__linkWrapper link-list__grid-default\">\n                                <ul class=\"wysiwyg__ctaLinks\">\n                                                        <li>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/coursework\/\" class=\"button-link-right button-link-right--color-blue-bright\" >Explore the Curriculum<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                            <\/ul>\n                                \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mfa-in-creative-writing-faqs\">MFA in Creative Writing FAQs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"acc-flex-container\">\n\t<div class=\"acc-title-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n\t\t<button id='block_acf-block-69cada4b5c2ef-acc-row' class='acc-row' type='button' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='block_acf-block-69cada4b5c2ef_acc-content-panel'>\n\t\t\t<div id='block_acf-block-69cada4b5c2ef-acc-title' class='acc-title'>\n\t\t\t\tWhat is an MFA in Creative Writing?\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" id='block_acf-block-69cada4b5c2ef-acc-img' class='acc-icon' src='https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/wp-content\/plugins\/butler-acf-blocks-new\/assets\/images\/nav_main_icon_open.png' \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div role=\"region\" aria-hidden='true'\n\t\tid='block_acf-block-69cada4b5c2ef-acc-content-panel' class='acc-panel' aria-labelledby=\"block_acf-block-69cada4b5c2ef-acc-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Butler\u2019s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing enhances creative and professional proficiency in the literary arts. 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In welcoming writers of diverse backgrounds and experiences, and in emphasizing the value both of intense apprenticeship to the craft of writing and service to the community, we aim to be a program that is reflective of, and responsive to, the larger world of which it is a part.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-two-buttons__links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right three-column-padding-fix\" >\n\t<div class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right__heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tExperienced Faculty\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAll our faculty are actively publishing writers with strong regional and national reputations in their fields. We have six full-time tenured faculty in creative writing, who have published more than 20 books and countless shorter works in literary and popular journals.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right__items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/faculty-staff\/\"  class=\"button-solid  button-solid--hover-none t-p1\">\n\t\t<span class=\"button-solid__label\">Meet Our Team<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right three-column-padding-fix\" >\n\t<div class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right__heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tA Focus on Service \t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAll MFA candidates participate in community service projects. Some mentor high school storytellers through Writing in the Schools, or coach students in grades 3\u201312 during our summer camps and Bridge Program. Through our Creative Writing for Wellness Initiative, students can also teach in hospitals, senior citizen centers, alternative high schools, and prisons.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right__items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/community-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-solid  button-solid--hover-none t-p1\">\n\t\t<span class=\"button-solid__label\">Learn How We Serve <\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right three-column-padding-fix\" >\n\t<div class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right__heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent Success\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-three-column-text-action-links-right__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOur students and alumni are a widely diverse group\u2014in age, genre interests, and professional backgrounds. 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