At the heart of this innovative program lies the literary connection of writers and place.  No matter how diverse such connections, the North’s boundless terrain allows writers to locate their own place in the world.  Explore the landscape of memory, family, and culture.  Take your imagination from the local to the global.  Reach from the personal to the communal. 

The MFA is a 45-degree credit program culminating in a book-length thesis of creative work.  Our three-year degree offers studies in fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction.  Students learn the mastery of craft and read widely in the classical tradition while exploring the evolution of their genre. 

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The University of Alaska Anchorage is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities