Oregon State University MFA

Oregon State University MFA Oregon State University's Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing.

Creative Writing has never been more vital or successful at OSU than it is right now, with a nationally competitive pool of applicants in fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, full funding for all our students through GTA positions, with full tuition waiver, a vibrant Visiting Writers Series, and the new Stone Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement. Welcome to the Oregon State University MFA

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our last event of the school year is next Friday, when we’re thrilled to welcome back alumni and Andrew Mobbs to read f...
05/29/2026

our last event of the school year is next Friday, when we’re thrilled to welcome back alumni and Andrew Mobbs to read from their first books, both of which began as their MFA thesises. 6/5, Corvallis Museum, 7:30 pm.

unpacking our new alumni library, which is currently at 50+ books and counting (thanks to our friends at for handling t...
05/22/2026

unpacking our new alumni library, which is currently at 50+ books and counting (thanks to our friends at for handling the order)

We’re thrilled to welcome Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer Prize winner and the 19th Poet Laureate of the US, as the recipien...
05/07/2026

We’re thrilled to welcome Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer Prize winner and the 19th Poet Laureate of the US, as the recipient of this year’s Stone Award for Literary Achievement. She’ll meet with MFA students & faculty tonight before her sold-out event tomorrow at

mocking up logo ideas in the Moreland letterpress studio
05/05/2026

mocking up logo ideas in the Moreland letterpress studio

Next Saturday at , second-year MFA will be leading a generative poetry event using paint chips as prompts. It’s free an...
04/03/2026

Next Saturday at , second-year MFA will be leading a generative poetry event using paint chips as prompts. It’s free and open to writers of all ages!

The next MFA reading series is this Friday at —featuring Maddie Whelan, Amber Harris, and Sofía Donato-Baez!
02/16/2026

The next MFA reading series is this Friday at —featuring Maddie Whelan, Amber Harris, and Sofía Donato-Baez!

we're excited to welcome award-winning author to campus later this month for our latest Visiting Writers Series event. ...
02/16/2026

we're excited to welcome award-winning author to campus later this month for our latest Visiting Writers Series event. She'll discuss her latest book, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction—which Poets & Writers called "a guide not only to the craft of writing fiction, but also to the art of living as a working writer"—on 2/27 at 7 pm in Kaku-ixt Mana Ina Haws.

Last call for applications—if you’re looking for a fully funded MFA with small cohorts, successful faculty and alumni, a...
12/10/2025

Last call for applications—if you’re looking for a fully funded MFA with small cohorts, successful faculty and alumni, a letterpress studio, vibrant reading series, a holistic admissions process, and much more, apply by Monday, 12/15! (Link in bio)

our next MFA reading is this Friday—featuring second-year MFAs Celestina Agabi and Sandy Naing!
11/12/2025

our next MFA reading is this Friday—featuring second-year MFAs Celestina Agabi and Sandy Naing!

not only does our program offer full funding, a holistic admissions process, and readings by prominent visiting writers—...
11/04/2025

not only does our program offer full funding, a holistic admissions process, and readings by prominent visiting writers—we also have a one-of-a-kind on-site letterpress studio where MFA students can learn to use Florence, our 1890 Chandler & Price platen press. Apply by 12/15—link in bio.

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