Application Checklist

• Application Instructions are included on the online submission manager.
•  Official Transcripts
•  Manuscript
• Personal essay
• Grade point average of 3.0 or higher. (Exceptions to the gpa requirement may be made based on factors including experience in the field, time elapsed since completion of degree, etc.)
• Three letters of recommendation from writers, editors, or educators who can judge the applicant’s potential for success in a graduate online writing program.

• Applicants must also apply to UAM Graduate Program.  You must be admitted to both UAM and the MFA program.

Application materials are due April 15, 2013.

 Transcripts

An official transcript showing a posted bachelor’s degree with an earned grade point average of 3.0 or higher. (Exceptions to the gpa requirement may be made based on factors including experience in the field, time elapsed since completion of degree, etc.) Unofficial transcripts are sufficient for the faculty’s review of your application.

Transcripts of any graduate coursework must be submitted separately.

Manuscript Guidelines

Please submit one genre of your creative writing indicating talent, discipline, potential growth, and interests and intentions that can be well served by the UAM MFA program. All manuscripts must be typed and double spaced. Please do not send more pages than required.

Poetry: 10 pages

Fiction: 20 pages

Literary Nonfiction: 20 pages

Critical analysis: Maximum three pages exploring some aspect or element of craft in a literary work.

Personal essay: Maximum of three pages addressing the following:

• Applicant's background in the study of creative writing and literature
• Literary influences on applicant's writing, including the titles of books in your genre by writers you feel have shaped your thinking (not including our MFA faculty)
• How applicant's work, family, or other obligations will accommodate devoting 20 to 25 hours per week to writing and to the completion of other program requirements.
• Reasons why an online MFA program suits the applicant's level of experience and goals for future development as a writer.

Remember to use the online submission manager to apply.