Doing your MFA is both a commitment to your writing and a big risk. What if you choose the wrong program, and there’s no one who knows the kind of writing you do, and you’re trapped in a small town you hate, and you wind up in a huge amount of debt???

We’re here to help you chase your writing dreams.

We are an MFA Program that values community, encourages risks in craft, and promotes crossing boundaries through imagination and language. Situated in one of the most diverse communities in the world, we at the Queens College MFA Program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation play seriously with language. Small classes and conferences make for individually-guided work. Cross-genre classwork can make translation as much a metaphor for exploring one’s craft as it is a unique opportunity to learn. We offer financial aid and professional opportunities, including internships, residencies, publication awards,  and staff positions on our literary magazine, The Queens Review.

Not only do we offer some of the lowest tuition of any MFA program in the country, but we were also able to give every student we accepted last year a significant amount of financial aid. That’s one less thing to worry about as you settle into one of the most diverse parts of one of the greatest cities in the world!

Want to learn more? Register here for our virtual Open House, or visit our website:

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