{"id":471,"date":"2021-10-06T16:52:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/graduate-programs\/master-arts-english\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T09:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:51:49","slug":"graduate-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/graduate-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">English Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/english\/program-tracks\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Program Tracks<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/internships\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Internships <\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/faculty-staff\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Faculty &amp; Staff<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/four-year-degree-development-plans\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Four-Year Degree &amp; Development Plans<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/first-year-fellows\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">First Year Fellows<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/community-writing-programs\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Writing Programs in the Community<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/graduate-programs\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Graduate Programs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/visiting-writers\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Delbrook Visiting Writers Series<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/student-awards\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Student Awards<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/alumni-2\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Alumni<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-desktop-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-content-block-toggle-more-label=\"More links\" data-content-block-toggle-less-label=\"Hide links\">More links<\/button><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-graduate-programs\">Graduate Programs<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mfa-in-creative-writing\">MFA in Creative Writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butler houses one of the premier MFA programs in the Midwest, supported by a lively literary community in the country\u2019s 16th largest city, Indianapolis. 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