AN Insider's Guide to Creative Writing Programs: Choosing the Right MFA or MA Program, Colony, Residency, Grant or Fellowship Holman, Amy

Holman, Amy

ISBN 10: 0735204055 / ISBN 13: 9780735204058

Published by Prentice Hall Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: AN Insider's Guide to Creative Writing Programs: Choosing the Right MFA or MA Program, Colony, Residency, Grant or Fellowship Holman, Amy
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0735204055
• ISBN 13: 9780735204058
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 10 ounces

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Synopsis

Get the final word on creative writing programs in this unique reference guide.

With detailed information on recent graduates, visiting writers, application requirements, costs, and program highlights, this authoritative guide offers writers of all levels and in all genres-poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction-what they need to know to follow their muses and advance their careers. This in-depth guide covers:

- Low-residency MFA programs-a hot new option
- Which programs have the best reputations, and why
- Which programs offer the most writing time, the best scholarships, and more
- Writers' colonies and residencies in the U.S. and abroad
- The most generous grants and fellowships-and how to get them

About the Author

Amy Holman is a published poet and a literary consultant. She regularly teaches at the New School, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and Hudson Valley Writers Center, and travels widely to speak at conferences and graduate schools. Her essays on the writing business have appeared in Poets & Writers Magazine and the AWP JobLetter, and her poetry was selected for The Best American Poetry 1999.