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Creative Writing Program
The New School invites you to join a community of diverse writers, become part of New York City's publishing world, and build a network of support on campus and beyond. Our prestigious MFA Creative Writing program is designed to help you develop your craft in workshops and literature seminars led by an internationally recognized faculty and renowned authors.
40+

books published annually by alumni and faculty

30+

annual writing events, including the National Book Awards Finalist Reading

93%

MFA admitted students awarded merit-based university scholarships (2020-2021)
MFA students at The New School choose a concentration in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, or Writing for Children and Young Adults. You receive personalized faculty mentorship and manuscript critiques, focusing on the creative acts of revision and self-editing. Innovative courses in publishing and multimedia storytelling engage you in the evolution of literature. Benefit from evening classes and events, enabling you to work during the day while attending the full-time program.

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- 100 Best YA Books
  
  TYRELL is a young adult novel by Coe Booth, part-time faculty at the Creative Writing Program. The novel was named one of the 100 Best YA Books of All Times by TIME Magazine.
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- Zakiya Dalila Harris '16 To Adapt Debut Novel for Hulu
  
  Zakiya Dalila Harris, a 2016 graduate of the MFA Creative Writing Program, has signed a deal to co-write and executive-produce an adaptation of her debut novel,The Other Black Girl, for Hulu. The novel will be published by Atria Books in 2021.
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- Mira Jacob's 'Good Talk' Selected for #NewSchoolBookClub
  
  Mira Jacob, an assistant professor of writing and 2010 graduate of the MFA Creative Writing Program, has been chosen as the featured author for the inaugural #NewSchoolBookClub. The New School community will read Jacob's book Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations and join a Q&A with Jacob via @TheNewSchool's Instagram account.
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- 2019 Alumni and Faculty Book List
  
  The Creative Writing Program is proud to announce its list of 2019 alumni and faculty book publications. In 2019, more than 30 books were published by alumni of the Creative Writing Program, and 12 books were published by faculty.
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- Netflix Announces Adaptation of Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton's 'Tiny Pretty Things'
  
  Netflix announced the adaptation of Tiny Pretty Things (HarperTeen, 2015), a YA novel co-authored by 2012 MFA alumni Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton. A ten-episode hour-long drama series, Tiny Pretty Things is set to air on the streaming platform in 2020.
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- Safia Elhillo '15 Awarded 2019-2021 Stegner Fellowship in Poetry
  
  Safia Elhillo, a 2015 alumna of the MFA Creative Writing Program, has been awarded a 2019-2021 Stenger Fellowship in Poetry by Stanford University. Elhillo is the author of The January Children (University of Nebraska Press, 2017), which won the 2016 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets and the 2018 Arab American Book Award.
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- Helen Schulman Awarded 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship
  
  Professor Helen Schulman, who chairs the MFA Fiction program, was awarded a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship in the category of Fiction. The fellowship recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional creative ability in the arts.
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The New School's faculty for writing and literature is a veritable who's who of American writers. Core faculty serve as coordinators and advisors for each genre of study offered by the program. The MFA program's extensive roster of full-time, part-time, and visiting faculty members include award-winning poets, novelists, essayists, and visual artists who also work across and between genres.

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Creative Writing students come to The New School from across the United States and around the world to live the writer's life in New York City. Evenings with agents and editors, exclusively for MFA students, provide informal opportunities to meet publishing professionals. Get hands-on experience in the publishing industry through internships and opportunities with pioneering literary publications.

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Along with becoming published writers and authors, our graduates also go on to become celebrated teachers, editors, publishers, and media professionals.

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