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.

This adjustment will make our average cost quite competitive for out-of-state students, coming in at around a thousand dollars less per semester than the average for public universities.

 

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Announcing a New Area of Concentration for the MFA in Creative Writing from MSU: Writing for Young People

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 10-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 10-day residency at MSU to join a community of writers for intensive study, workshops, readings, and lectures. More...

 

New Madrid now available. More...

Nicky Beer guest editing New Madrid for upcoming issue.

MSU now offering concentration in new area.

2008 Summer Residency dates and details. More...

Coming Soon: Interview with Lorraine Lopez, new mentor in Writing for Young People

Squire Babcock  Director
Squire worked as a ballroom dance instructor, farm hand, weigh-man in a cotton gin, hunting guide, pool table repair mechanic, small business owner, carpenter, free-lance writer and blues drummer before committing to writing and teaching. More...