MA in English/Creative Writing at Miami University?

[TonyB]

Just wondering if anyone knew anything about this program. Thinking of applying there for the fall.

[TeaOverCoffee]

I'm applying there, too, but for literature. The only thing I know about the university is from their website. 

[hypervodka]

http://creative-writing-mfa-handbook.blogspot.com/

 

This website gives some information about all creative writing programs. There's a couple posts about Miami U.

[TonyB]

Didn't really find much about Miami, beyond the fact that some people were applying/had applied there. That's my issue -- there just doesn't really seem to be much info about the program, outside what you can see on the website.

[hypervodka]

I'm sorry, that website used to have a graph that discussed every MFA program from a whole bunch of different matrices.

 

If they list their graduate students, check to see if any of them have a website (most creatives do, nowadays), and that should give you some indication about fit. Their faculty are all published writers, so you can read their work online, in anthologies, at the library and establish connections to your own. You can also look at recent graduate profiles to see what people with degrees from that U actually do with them.

[Summervogel]

Old thread I know, but I found out two days ago I was accepted into Miami's MA Creative Writing (fiction) program with full-funding and a TAship. Anyone else apply to this program? 

Edited April 15, 2016 by Summervogel

[klader]

I'll be attending Miami in the fall and pursing my MA in Rhet/Comp!! I went to their open house in March and I was really, really impressed with the English department and campus... I know that the University just recently hosted a creative writing workshop by a faculty member from Cornell, and from what I read in the write up about it on their website, it looked pretty cool.

I also had drinks with one of the creative writing profs and students, and he (along with the creative writing students) were all really nice and friendly. It's not my speciality, though, but the other prospective students that were in the creative writing track said Miami's offer was one of the more generous ones they'd received.

Hope that helps even a little bit!