Creative Writing of the Americas - The University of Texas at El Paso

Creative Writing of the Americas from The University of Texas at El Paso is a Campus Master Writing degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The only one of its kind in the U.S., the MFA at UTEP offers a fully bilingual (Spanish and English) course of study in fiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, literary translation and non-fiction. The MFA program requires a 48 hour commitment which usually takes three years to complete. Our flexible course offerings cover a wide array of topics, including literary translation, libretto writing , the novella and the prose poem. In addition, our students have access to courses offered by other departments, such as Theater, English and Language and Linguistics. Our bilingual literary journal, R?o Grande Review, is entirely edited by our MFA students. Located in the Chihuahuan Desert, where two nations meet, our program is constantly evolving to meet the needs of students coming from the United States, Latin America and the rest of the world. We offer assistantships to many of our students, and our student to faculty ratio (3:1) allows for close mentorship with an emphasis on teaching, editing and writing careers. The success of our program is reflected in the success of our students, who have won major literary prizes, including the highly prestigious 2006 Premio Clar?n de Novela, the 2005 Premio Nacional de Cuento de Colombia, the 2005 Chicano-Latino Literary Award given by UC Irvine, the 2004 Concurso Nacional de Novela Joven de Mexico, the 2004 Premio Nacional de Poes?a Joven "Elias Nandino," the Premio Bienal Cop? de Poes?a (Per? 2002) and the 2004 Andr?s Montoya Poetry Prize. View more details on The University of Texas at El Paso . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Writing courses.