Announcing distinguished new faculty:

Poets Gaylord Brewer, Nickole Brown, and Jeffrey Skinner, along with fiction writers Tommy Hays and Julia Watts, have joined our MFA faculty. For more information on these talented authors and gifted teachers, visit our faculty biographies page.

 

Important announcement regarding costs for out-of-state students:

In an effort to alleviate financial burdens on out-of-state students and to ensure the availability of a high-quality education to students from a wide range of financial backgrounds, we have arranged a reduction in costs for out-of-state students. Read More...

 

New area of concentration for the MFA in Creative Writing from MSU: Writing for Young People.

 

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The Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing

• An affordable MFA at one of Kentucky's most prominent public universities
• One-to-one study with prize-winning faculty mentors
• Two-year 48-credit-hour program, with four intensive 9-day residencies
• Situated near The Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area

The low-residency MFA at Murray State allows student writers to work on their craft where they live while workshopping their writing online or by traditional mail with prize-winning writers. Twice a year, in July and January, students attend a 9-day residency at MSU to join a community of writers for intensive study, workshops, readings, and lectures. More...

 

The Winter 2009 "Intelligent Design" issue of New Madrid is now available. More...

MSU now offering concentration in Writing for Young People.

Summer 2009 Residency dates and details.

Visiting writers for Summer 2009 include John Egerton, Ilya Kaminsky and Ed McClanahan. More...

Looking ahead, a preview of the Winter 2010 Residency. More...

Jeffrey Skinner is the award-winning author of five books of poetry, including Salt Water Amnesia, Late Stars, A Guide to Forgetting, The Company of Heaven, and Gender Studies. He also serves as president of the board of directors and editorial consultant for Sarabande Books, which he founded with his wife, Sarah Gorham. More...