MFA in Creative Writing in Kent United States | Kent State University

The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is a joint initiative involving Kent State, the University of Akron, Cleveland State University, and Youngstown State University (known as the NEOMFA consortium).

This program enables students to collaborate with a distinguished 15-member faculty while specializing in playwriting, poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction. The diverse faculty ensures personalized guidance for each student's work, while the broad curriculum exposes participants to writers from varied backgrounds and genres. A yearly schedule of readings and visiting authors across all genres complements the standard coursework.

Outstanding students may participate in exclusive summer opportunities like Massachusetts' Juniper Institute or Cleveland's Imagination Writers Conference. Many also represent the consortium at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference or get published in program-affiliated literary journals and presses.