MFA in Creative Writing (Low-residency) - Poetry in Reno United States | University of Nevada, Reno

Gather around our fire and share your tales, verses, and essays. We're here to listen. Designed entirely by writers, our program naturally guides authors through honing their craft and preparing for a lifelong journey of creation and publication. No other program nurtures writers from individual lines to complete works—be it essays, stories, poetry collections, or novels—quite like ours.
Our editing semester offers a distinctive, hands-on approach to shaping work that's both captivating and ready for publication. Our exceptional faculty are committed to fostering distinctive voices in global conversations, encouraging bold risks, innovative language, and watching students evolve into professional artistic peers.

Graduates earning a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing will:
achieve professional-level writing across multiple genres, mastering both creative and critical approaches while focusing on writing, revising, and presenting their work effectively,
explore diverse writing styles and literary techniques across genres while excelling in one chosen form, pushing its boundaries and contributing to the ongoing artistic dialogue,
understand and critically engage with their genre's history, movements, traditions, innovations, and current practices,
showcase advancing levels of craftsmanship and artistic skill in their specialized genre with each passing academic year,