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Tip:
For short fiction and essays, two works of 10-20 pages is fine. For longer
prose works or scripts, you may submit up to 50 pages. Tip:
GCSU’s institution code for test scores is 5252. |
Applications to the GCSU MFA Program
include: 1) Graduate
Application (available on-line): $35 fee. 2) Writing
Portfolio in your primary genre (fiction, poetry, scriptwriting, or creative
nonfiction/memoir) 3) Statement
of purpose (about 500 words) 4) Three
letters of recommendation 5) GRE general
test or MAT examination 6) One copy of
ALL official undergraduate or graduate transcripts (even if still in
progress; final official transcript will be required for accepted students immediately
upon completion of the degree). Click here for complete admissions requirements. NOTE: The website listed above may not
reflect current changes of the department.
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Questions? You
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Where/When to send your application
materials: Send your Writing
Portfolio and Statement of Purpose directly to the GCSU MFA Program
Coordinator: Martin Lammon MFA Program Campus ALL OTHER
MATERIALS should be sent to: Graduate
Admissions Campus Apply early
(November or December) and complete your application no later than February 1
for fall semester admission. Click here to
apply on-line. Note: GCSU no longer provides printed
applications. You can apply online or
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Tip:
It’s better to submit a smaller writing portfolio of your best work than send
more work that simply “pads” your writing sample. Tip:
If we accept you to our program, we will expect you to write your thesis in
the genre that you submitted to us.
Our students do take 1-2 workshops in at least one other genre, and in
rare cases, a student may change genres with permission of the MFA faculty. |
Evaluation of Your Application Your writing portfolio
counts most in our evaluation of your application. Your letters of
recommendation and statement of purpose are also important, since they will
address your skills and accomplishments as a writer. However, because our
students also take required classes in poetry & poetics or prose forms,
and teaching creative writing, as well as non-creative writing courses in
literature, criticism, linguistics, or other subjects, your transcripts and
test scores are useful to us as we make our final determinations on
admissions and assistantships. All applications are reviewed first by the
program director. Writing portfolios are reviewed by the faculty who teach in
each genre. We begin to review
applications in February and continue through early March. We usually begin
to contact students in March, and continue the process through April. We
generally accept 10 students per year, so admission is competitive.
Typically, our program has 24-27 students enrolled at any given time. We
offer assistantship
packages to 19 students; however, students not on assistantship with the
MFA Program may apply for other university assistantships and scholarships,
as well as students loans. |
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More questions? GCSU Catalog: |
You can learn more about us from our
students You can ask
our current students questions about studying in our program or living in
Milledgeville. Send an e-mail to: mfa@gcsu.edu.
You can also learn more about who our students are and what they’ve
accomplished: Click
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GCSU is a member of
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One of only 20 member
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Office: (478) 445-4581 MFA
Office: (478) 445-3509 |
