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Graduate Studies in Writing

In Sarah Lawrence’s graduate Writing program, students pursue the Master of Fine Arts in close collaboration with faculty members who are active, successful writers. The program focuses on the art and craft of writing, rather than on the study of literature.

On a campus of writers, Sarah Lawrence's highly selective MFA writing programs in poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction bring together talented artists in workshops of craft and critique, and pair students with professors in one-on-one conferences. Here, one's voice is shaped through intensive cross-genre work and the experience of studying in a community of writing peers.

Seminars in the Graduate Writing Program

Graduate Profiles

Mary Cornish '01 won her seventh-grade poetry contest. Decades later, she realized she really was a poet.

Read more about Mary and other Writing program graduates»

Apply to the Writing Program

Preferred deadline is January 15; later applications accepted with permission from the Director of Admissions.

Campbell Corner at Sarah Lawrence College

Learn more about The Campbell Corner Poetry Contest and The Language Exchange