MFA Documentation

Master of Fine Arts in Creative and Professional Writing - Additional Admission Documentation

First Name:

Middle Name:

Last Name:

Address:

Zip:

City/Town:

State

Telephone:

E-mail:

Website Address:

How did your hear about Western's M.F.A. in Creative and Professional Writing Program?

EDUCATION: List all colleges and universities attended

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY NAME

DATE ATTENDED

DEGREE EARNED

DEGREE DATE

SPECIALIZATION/MAJOR

WRITING EXPERIENCE: Are you currently employed as a writer, or have you been employed as a writer in the past? If so, identify your position(s) and briefly describe your duties.

DATE

POSITION

EMPLOYER

ADDRESS

REFERENCES: Provide a list of five professional and creative contacts.

NAME

AFFILIATION

PHONE NUMBER

E-MAIL

ADDRESS

I waive the right to have access to recommendations submitted on my behalf.

Applicant Signature

Date

Is your interest in our program more focused on its creative or practical writing offerings? Please explain.

Identify your preferred creative genre (poetry, fictions, etc.) and your preferred practical genre (technical writing, journalism, PR/Marketing, etc).

CREATIVE:

PROFESSIONAL:

Are you a published writer? If you haven not listed publications on your c.v, please list them here or on a separate page.

Application Essay and Writing Porfolio

In a five-page essay, address why this particular MFA program is better suited to your goals and needs than other MFA programs. In answering this question, touch on your interest in writing and your aspirations for a future in the writing profession. Clip (do not staple) the essay to this admissions application.

Submit a twenty- to fifty-page hard copy portfolio of writing samples in multiple genres. The portfolio may include excerpts from longer works and may consist of creative and/or practical work in any genre. Please submit this work in a manila folder.

No originals.

When do you plan to complete the 60-credit program?

2 years3 years4 years

When to do you wish to begin the program?

Summer ResidencyWinter Residency

Do you/Do not wish to be considered for a graduate Assistant position in the English or Writing Department

I doI do not

If you plan to use a tuition voucher or other tuition reduction plan, please check here:

I plan to use a tution voucher or other tution reduction plan

Please Note:

Applicants who plan to use Connecticut senior citizen or Connecticut State University employee tuition vouchers may be admitted to the program only if space is available.

Summer residency is held the first full week in August; winter residency is held during the first full week in January.

New students must attend the first residency.

If you are planning on applying for financial aid, please do so now. Payment for your first semester is due one month before your first residency. For financial aid information, contact the Financial Aid Office at (203) 837-8580 or on the web at:

wcsu.edu/admissions/financialaid/

The MFA Committee may request an interview with the candidate before making its final decision.

I have answered all questions truthfully and to the best of my knowledge. The portfolio that I have submitted for consideration is my own work and represents my own artistic and creative writing abilities.

By selecting the "I Accept" button, you are agreeing to sign this form electronically and that your typed signature is the legal equivalent of your manual signature.

I Accept

Signature (typed):

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