NEOMFA
Established in 2005, the Northeast Ohio Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing is unlike any other program in the country. A consortium of four universities: Cleveland State University, Kent State University, The University of Akron, and Youngstown State University, the NEOMFA’s unique collaborative design allows students to take advantage of an award-winning faculty of 26 members and to concentrate in the writing of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, as well as playwriting.
The NEOMFA has many unique features to offer:
• The NEOMFA curriculum allows students to take writing workshops and craft & theory courses in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, and literary translation, as well as literature courses in multiple genres.
• Courses are cross-listed at all four universities, so students are free to register across institutional boundaries.
• All of the NEOMFA universities have noteworthy resources, including several visiting writers’ series, student reading series, literary centers, and various publications.
• The NEOMFA internship program is designed to facilitate professionalization and to prepare students for life beyond graduate school, with opportunities to work for literary presses, in the theatre at the Cleveland Public Theatre, in arts management through community outreach programs, as well as in the classroom with our faculty members
• Full and partial funding opportunities are available to teach composition and creative writing, or to work at the Wick Poetry Center, The CSU Poetry Center, the Youngstown State Poetry Center, or one of the university writing labs.
Executive Director Dr. Mary Biddinger + University of Akron Coordinator Mr. Eric Wasserman
Cleveland State University Coordinator Dr. Michael Dumanis + Kent State University Coordinator Dr. Craig Paulenich
Youngstown State University Coordinator Dr. Phil Brady
For more information please see the NEOMFA website: http://sites.google.com/site/neomfa/
