Boise State University
Idaho, United States
Residential programThe MFA program at Boise State University offers a diverse faculty who encourage writers to focus on their craft. For writers wanting to teach we offer course work in form and theory and the teaching of creative writing, as well as experience in teaching through assistantships.
Our program also offers a unique opportunity for students to gain experience in publishing. The Idaho Review is a national literary journal with opportunities for graduate assistantships as well as for graduate credit through course work or internships. In the journal's ten-year history, several stories have been selected for reprint in Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards and The Pushcart Prize, and contributors have included Ann Beattie, Richard Bausch, Stuart Dybek, Melanie Rae Thon, Rick Bass, Edith Pearlman, Madison Smartt Bell, and Joy Williams as well as poets John Kinsella, Larissa Szporluk, and James Harms. For poetry students there is an opportunity to work on a free poetry collective with Martin Corless-Smith directing.
Contact Information
2100 University Dr
Campus School Building #130
Boise
Idaho, United States
83725-1545
Phone: 2084263957
Email: creativewriting@boisestate.edu
https://www.boisestate.edu/tfcw-creativewriting/
Undergraduate Program Director
Brady UdallProgram Coordinator
2100 University Dr, Campus School Building #130
Campus School Building #130
Boise
Idaho, United States
83725-1545
Undergraduate Program Director
Brady UdallProgram Coordinator
2100 University Dr, Campus School Building #130
Campus School Building #130
Boise
Idaho, United States
83725-1545
Undergraduate Program Director
Brady UdallProgram Coordinator
2100 University Dr, Campus School Building #130
Campus School Building #130
Boise
Idaho, United States
83725-1545
Graduate Program Director
Martin Corless-SmithCo-Director- Poetry
2100 University Dr
Campus School Building #130
Boise
Idaho, United States
83725-1545
Email: mcsmith@boisestate.edu
The MFA program at Boise State University offers a diverse faculty who encourage writers to focus on their craft. For writers wanting to teach we offer course work in form and theory and the teaching of creative writing, as well as experience in teaching through assistantships.
Our program also offers a unique opportunity for students to gain experience in publishing. The Idaho Review is a national literary journal with opportunities for graduate assistantships as well as for graduate credit through course work or internships. In the journal's ten-year history, several stories have been selected for reprint in Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards and The Pushcart Prize, and contributors have included Ann Beattie, Richard Bausch, Stuart Dybek, Melanie Rae Thon, Rick Bass, Edith Pearlman, Madison Smartt Bell, and Joy Williams as well as poets John Kinsella, Larissa Szporluk, and James Harms.
Type of Program: Studio/ResearchLargest Class Size: 10
Smallest Class Size: 10
Genres: Fiction, Poetry
Duration of Study: 3 years
Unit of Measure: Credits
Criticism and Theory: 6
Workshop: 12
Other: 24
Thesis: 6
Total Units for Degree: 48
Application Deadline Fall: 01/15/2020
Application Requirements: Transcripts, Writing Sample, Application Form, Letters of Recommendation, Cover Letter
Martin Corless-Smith
Swallows, Nota, Complete Travels, and Of Piscator
https://www.boisestate.edu/tfcw-creativewriting/
Brady Udall
The Lonely Polygamist, The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, Letting Loose the Hounds
https://www.boisestate.edu/tfcw-creativewriting/
Mitch Wieland
God's Dogs and Willy Slater's Lane
https://www.boisestate.edu/tfcw-creativewriting/
Kerri Webster
Lapis
https://www.boisestate.edu/tfcw-creativewriting/
September 27- Douglas Kearney 7:30pm Hemingway Gallery
October 11- Charles Alexander 7:30pm Hemingway Gallery
October 25- Norma Cole 7:30pm Hemingway Gallery
April 3- Forrest Gander 7:30pm Hemingway Gallery
April 6-10 Boise Translate Colloquium including Maria Baranda, Erin Moure, Patricio Ferrari and Forrest Gander. Will be held in the Hemingway Gallery.
MFA Reading series (https://www.boisestate.edu/tfcw-creativewriting/visiting-writers/)