Northern Michigan University MFA

The MFA in Creative Writing at Northern Michigan University Come and create in a supportive community next to big, beautiful Lake Superior, surrounded by the north woods. Home of the literary journal Passages North. • Three-year, 48-credit program • Concentrations in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, mixed or hybrid genre • Special topics courses such as nature writing, experimental literature + more • Study and write at Granite Island lighthouse or rustic cabin weekend residencies • Intimate seminar sizes and independent studies with fantastic faculty! • Fully Funded, with teaching and engaging graduate assistantships • Intern with our innovative, acclaimed journal Passages North Robust Visiting Writers Program: Including recent readings with Hanif Abdurraqib (MacArthur Fellow), Jericho Brown (Pulitzer Prize winner), Melissa Febos (national and LA Times bestseller), Kwame Dawes (National Book Critics Circle Award), Topaz Winters (Button Poetry), and many others. Books by faculty have been a New York Times Editor's Choice, Flannery O'Connor Award Winner, Library Journal and Amazon.com Best Book of the Year, Michigan Notable Book and Summit Series Prize winner.