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Creative Writing Graduate Programs

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About the Program and Placement Record

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Creative Writing M.A.

  • Admission Requirements
  • Degree and Graduation Requirements
  • Master's Essay
  • Master's Thesis

Creative Writing Ph.D.

  • Doctoral Dissertation
  • Foreign Language Requirement
  • Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination

One of the first universities in the country to offer a Ph.D. in Creative Writing, Ohio University continues as home to a thriving, widely respected graduate program with concentrations in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

Small by design, our graduate program offers a comprehensive curriculum, an award-winning faculty and the intimacy of small classes.

Placement Record

Over the past three years, seven of our nine graduating creative writing Ph.D. students have landed tenure-track jobs, post-doctorates, or prestigious visiting writer posts. Our MA graduates go on to study in the top MFA and Ph.D. programs.

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  • English Ph.D. Placements

Students in the Creative Writing M.A. and Ph.D. programs enjoy:

  • Graduate stipends, up to $15,000 per year, with opportunities to teach a wide range of courses, including creative writing workshops
  • Generous graduate student travel funding
  • Editorial fellowships on New Ohio Review , Quarter after Eight , and Brevity
  • Opportunities to interact with distinguished visiting writers

M.A. candidates complete two years of study and write a thesis of creative work in their genre. Doctoral candidates complete five years of study, comprehensive exams, a major critical essay, and a creative dissertation.

Literary Journals

The department and its students publish three literary journals:

  • New Ohio Review , a national literary journal
  • Quarter After Eight , a prose journal edited by graduate students
  • Sphere , an undergraduate journal

Annual Events

The department hosts several annual events including an ambitious Spring Literary Festival that brings five nationally distinguished writers to campus for three-days of readings, craft talks, and student discussion. Recent visitors have included Tony Hoagland, Kathryn Harrison, Barry Lopez, Francine Prose, Peter Ho Davies, Kim Addonizio, David Shields, Robert Hass, Charles Simic, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Marilynne Robinson.

Visiting writers engage with our program year-round as well, appearing in both undergraduate and graduate classes, meeting one-on-one with select students, and offering evening readings in the intimate Galbreath Chapel.

In addition to a regular Dogwood Bloom reading series for our graduate students, the creative writing program hosts an annual Writers' Harvest benefit reading for the Southeastern Ohio Food Bank?s Second Harvest, a food distribution program serving Athens, Hocking, Perry, Vinton, Jackson, Gallia, Meigs, Morgan and Washington counties.

Job Postings

Find employment opportunities with legislatures, states and public policy organizations.

Posted May 15, 2024

Texas Legislative Council

Writing Specialist I

Austin, Texas

$4,167.00 per month

Posted May 14, 2024

Pew Charitable Trusts

Senior Associate, Research & Policy, Managing Fiscal Risks (State Budgeting)

: Washington, D.C.

Competitive

Washington State Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program (LEAP)

Applications Consultant

Hybrid/Olympia, Wash.

$106,512 to $184,520 annually

Posted May 9, 2024

Principal Associate, Fiscal and Economic Policy, State Fiscal Health

Washington, D.C.

Senior Associate, Fiscal and Economic Policy

Anchorage Legislature

Alaska Legislative Ethics Committee Administrator

Anchorage, Ala.

Range: $3,169.50 to $3,753.75 bi-weekly

Posted May 3, 2024

Legislative Assistant, Office of Policy Analysis

Annapolis, Md.

Range: $40,000 - $50,000 commensurate with experience.

Full Time (On-site)

May 31, 2024

Responsibilities

Principal Duties

 We are recruiting for legislative assistants to work on a nonpartisan basis in the Fiscal and Policy Notes and Legislation functional areas.

  • A Legislative Assistant provides administrative support to the staff in their respective function.
  • Duties involve providing administrative and secretarial support to the Office of Policy Analysis.
  • Specific duties include tracking legislation, and editing, formatting, proofreading, and distributing correspondence, reports, and workgroup assignments.

Qualifications

  • Two years of general clerical or administrative support experience.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Suite.
  • Effective communication skills, including strong grammar and customer service skills.
  • Ability to set priorities, plan, and organize.
  • Ability to perform accurate work in a timely manner and coordinate multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to work independently, in teams, and sometimes under extreme time pressures.
  • Availability for extended work hours, including late night and weekend work, during the 90-day legislative session (January-April). Standard office hours during the legislative interim (May- December).
  • Ability to lift things up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

Employees of the Department of Legislative Services function on a nonpartisan basis and by law may not engage in partisan political activity at any time at the federal, state, or local level. The department offers a diverse and collegial environment for persons motivated to provide nonpartisan support to Maryland’s legislative and policymaking process. NOTE: An exercise assessing basic skills is part of the interview process.

Benefits can be found on the website .

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How to Apply

Email Resume and Cover Letter to [email protected] and include code 05-24. The cover letter should state the reasons for interest in the position, any relevant experience, and availability to begin work.

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Creative Writing Workshops

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Creative writing workshops offer students the chance to explore their creativity and experience the writing process among fellow writers. Students have the choice to focus on different genres: poetry, fiction or literary nonfiction.

These courses are offered through the English Department in the College of Arts and Sciences in the fall and spring semesters.  

The courses are offered in the fall and spring semesters.

Academic Credit

Each course is worth 3 credits.

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