Creative Writing Programs in Florida

University of Miami

• The University of Miami's Department of English has a two-year graduate program in fiction writing or poetry. Students who complete the program are awarded a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. According to the department's website, "The primary aim of the program is to nurture the individual's writing talent; the secondary aim is to prepare students for careers in writing and teaching." The university also allows undergraduates to major in English with a concentration in creative writing.

  University of Miami

  College of Arts and Sciences

  1252 Memorial Drive, Ashe Building, Room 227

  Coral Gables, FL 33146

  305-284-4117

  as.miami.edu

University of Florida

• The creative writing program at the University of Florida got its start in 1948, and is one of the oldest in the United States. The US News & World Report has ranked the university's creative writing program as one of the top twenty in the country. Those who complete the program are awarded a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Of potential applicants, the university's website says, "We look for writers whose work is suited to the strengths and interests of our particular faculty. Often the students showing us workable potential are not the most accomplished writers in the applicant pool, and those who are most accomplished may not be so in ways that we can address." The University of Florida also offers a major in English with a concentration in creative writing for undergraduate students.

  University of Florida

  Department of English

  4008 Turlington Hall

  P.O. Box 117310

  Gainesville, FL 32611-7310

  352-392-6650

  english.ufl.edu

University of Central Florida

• The University of Central Florida's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing focuses on fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry. The program's website says, "Our students and recent graduates have published in such venues as The New Yorker, Nimrod, Indiana Review, Pindeldyboz, Glimmer Train, So to Speak, and The Best New American Voices." The 47,000 student campus also offers undergraduate students a Bachelor of Arts in English with an emphasis on creative writing.

  University of Central Florida

  Building: CNH302

  PO Box 161346

  Orlando, FL 32816-1346

  407-823-5254

  english.ucf.edu

Florida State University

• The Atlantic magazine named Florida State University's graduate program in creative writing one of the ten best in the United States. The Atlantic also named the university's PhD program in creative writing one of the five best. According to the university's website: "Our faculty includes winners of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, as well as professors who are not only dedicated to the craft of writing but who are also widely known as teachers of the craft."

  Florida State University

  405 Williams Building

  Tallahassee, Florida

  32306-1580

  850-644-4230

  english.fsu.edu