Creative Writing

If language is human culture's distinguishing characteristic, creative writing is its artful practice. USF's Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program offers graduate students an intimate learning experience in the art of writing, while taking advantage of San Francisco's position as a dynamic center of literary expression.

The two-and-a-half year program is designed to instruct writers in elements of craft, ground their creative work in an understanding of literary histories and multiple traditions, and nurture their individual development and vision.

The MFA program offers evening classes in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. The program emphasizes issues in craft not only in the workshops, where student work is the focus, but also in the literature seminars, where the question is not so much how to judge works of literature as how to learn from them about the art of writing. All courses are taught by practicing writers who can help prepare students for entry into the public life of literature, from publishing their own work to teaching writing itself. Students are encouraged to explore a range of literary styles and methods. With the help of one-on-one mentoring from faculty, students complete a book-length work.

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