Program
We offer an MFA in creative writing. Our program is designed for the student seeking an immersive writing experience with our acclaimed faculty.
Sewanee School of Letters
Earn your MFA in creative writing starting this summer on our beautiful mountaintop campus
Announcement
Announcement
Announcement
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Who We Are
Summer-focused. Exceptional faculty. Epic literary community.
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What We Do
We offer an MFA in creative writing. Learn about the program and courses.
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What We've Done
Learn about our student, alumni, and faculty success.
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Apply Dec. 1
Isn’t it time to find your community in Sewanee?
Earn Your MFA in the Summers
The School of Letters is a summers-focused MFA in creative writing in Sewanee, Tennessee, home to a long-standing literary tradition. Our students come from different backgrounds, locations, and professions, but they all have one thing in common—a desire to be a part of a community of writers.
For six weeks every summer, our students and faculty work and live on our mountaintop campus, immersing themselves in writing and literature. Classes and workshops are both intimate and rigorous, with a supportive and friendly atmosphere. Our weekly reading series features guest authors, faculty, publishers, and students to provide further opportunities outside of the classroom. At the end of the term, students return home energized from the work they've done and looking forward to another summer in Sewanee.
It's time to find your community at Sewanee. We can't wait to meet you.
Our students are ambitious and passionate about writing. They come from different backgrounds, experiences, and locations, but connect each summer on our mountaintop campus in Sewanee, Tennessee.
Our Students
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Receive scholarships!
We support teachers in public and independent schools by offering the Blake & Bailey scholarships to all k-12 teachers. Thanks to a generous donation, all teachers automatically qualify for the scholarship that takes care of 20% of their tuition for all their coursework, including thesis work. In addition, all applicants who meet the first round deadline of Jan. 31 are eligible for one of the three Sarah Barnwell Elliott scholarships in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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Students per cohort
But it's more than the numbers. During the summers, our students become a part of a community. While on campus, students interact closely with peers and faculty through workshops, lectures, and readings, building relationships that last beyond their time at Sewanee. They live and breathe literature and writing, finding their place in Sewanee's more than 100-year-old literary community.
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Graduates
Our students include Dana Award and Sinclair Award recipients, Pushcart Prize finalists, and a Grammy Award winner. They've published books, presented papers at conferences, received prestigious fellowships, and have been recognized for their teaching abilities. They've become freelance writers, editors, copywriters, principals and heads of schools, professors, and Ph.D. students. They have published their works in magazines, lit journals, poetry collections, and memoirs. Before they graduate they have opportunities in editing and publishing with our partner organizations. We're proud of our graduates. Ready to join them and earn your MFA?
FACULTY
We wouldn't be who we are without our amazing faculty. Here are the writers on our faculty for Summer 2023:
nickole brown
ryan chapman
vievee francis
adam o'fallon price
meera subramanian
Justin taylor
READ ALL FACULTY BIOS HERE
Important Dates
Dec. 1
Rolling Admission Begins
Jan. 31
Priority Deadline for Admission and Scholarship
Mar. 15
Last Day to Accept Applications
June 5 - July 13
Summer 2023
No GRE Requirement | No Application Fee
Admission & Aid
Learn more about admission to the School of Letters here.
Application Process
Sound like your kind of place? Great. We can't wait to meet you.
Cost & Financial Aid
Find out more about cost and financial aid here.
