The graduate program in Writing MFA consists of several core classes and seminars taken over four semesters (two years), with the goal of producing a final manuscript, performance, or collaborative event.

Notable features of the Pratt MFA in Writing include:

• the Writing Studio, a weekly collective interdisciplinary critique forum inclusive of all students, faculty, and guest faculty
• one-to-one guided mentorships with faculty members
• guided fieldwork residencies invite students to carry out an ongoing creative residency in collaboration with an outside social, cultural, and literary institution, community, organization, archive, or activist group;
• Special Topics seminars in literature, media studies, performance, translation, small press, and experimental writing traditions;
• Writing Practices seminars, research and discussion-based classes covering the history and theory of collaborative and engaged writing practices; and
• a course of study stressing a writing process that takes into account the material and technological aspects of writing, the human body that produces it, and the larger social, sexual, historical, economic, racial, and cultural contexts in which and through which all imaginative writing takes place.

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

Applications for admission to the Master of Fine Arts program are due January 5 for the following fall; the program accepts fall entrants only. Applicants should have a BA, BS, or BFA from an accredited institution. Candidates submit

1. a state­ment of purpose in which they de­scribe how their writing interests align with the vision of the program;
2. 10–20 pages of relevant writing samples of any genre;
3. transcripts of undergraduate coursework; and
4. two letters of recommendation.

To apply, follow the standard admissions process for graduate programs at Pratt: www.pratt.edu/apply.

Plan of Study Grid

Semester 1		Credits
WR-600A	Mentored Studies I	1
WR-602A	Writing Practices I	3
WR-601	The Writing Studio	4
Writing Elective		2
	Credits	10
Semester 2
WR-600B	Mentored Studies II	1
WR-601	The Writing Studio	4
HMS Elective		3
Writing Elective		2
	Credits	10
Semester 3
WR-601	The Writing Studio	4
WR-602B	Writing Practices II	3
WR-603A	Fieldwork Residency I	1
Writing Elective		2
	Credits	10
Semester 4
WR-601	The Writing Studio	4
WR-603B	Fieldwork Residency II	1
WR-604A	Final Thesis/Project	4
	Credits	9
	Total Credits	39