BFA in Creative Writing application deadline March 26
Applications are now being taken for Morehead State University’s Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. The Department of English degree, which was established last year, combines the rigorous instruction of creative writing with an active creative writing community so that aspiring writers may develop their individual talents in an atmosphere that is both demanding and supportive.
Spring deadline for submission is Friday, March 26.
The program provides undergraduate students an opportunity to be taught through studio-oriented creative writing workshops in poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction by accomplished faculty members who are working writers.
Current faculty members include: George Eklund, Chris Holbrook, Crystal Wilkinson and Rebecca Howell. Other successful writers come to campus as guest readers and lecturers. Students also are provided a solid foundation of literature courses and complete general education courses in the humanities, the natural and social sciences, and foreign languages. Candidates for graduation complete a creative thesis and are required to participate in a public reading from their work.
Course work is supplemented by a number of extracurricular opportunities including The Creative Writing Symposium; Inscape (MSU’s literary journal); The MSU Reading Series; the MSU Coffeehouse; and the Inscape Showcase. MSU further supports creative writing through such efforts as the Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award for Appalachian Literature and the New Writers Series, which in cooperation with Wind Publications, seeks to publish new writers in the Appalachian region.
Entry into the BFA program is competitive and the standards for admission are high. Students must successfully complete ENG 100 Writing I and ENG 293 Introduction to Creative Writing. Additionally, an application, a 3-5 page introductory essay and a 10-page portfolio are required. Students who have completed extensive creative writing study through a high school creative writing program, a Governor’s School or Governor’s Scholars program may be accepted without the course prerequisites on a case-by-case basis.
Students on MSU’s campus may pick up an application packet in the Department of English.
Additional information is available by calling Holbrook at (606) 783-9448, 783-9448 or by e-mail c.holbrook@moreheadstate.edu.
Posted: 2-23-10
