Department of English

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

photoMaster of Fine Arts in Creative Writing: Fiction, Poetry, and Playwriting.

  • All students fully funded through Graduate Teaching Assistantships with annual stipends of $15,000

  • Three-year program; funding package includes full tuition remission and health insurance

  • No teaching first semester; teach creative writing in the third year

  • Opportunities for new media and digital writing

  • Opportunities for Writers in Residence

For more information, email aileen@vt.edu or call Aileen Murphy (Assistant Director, MFA in Creative Writing) at (540) 231-4747.