SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, CREATIVE WRITING DEPARTMENT

APPLICATION FOR THE  M.F.A. CREATIVE WRITING

Application period August 1st  - December 15th

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15TH                             FALL 2010

This form must be printed, then filled in. Please read the M.F.A. checklist before submitting this form.

 

FALL 2010

 

If you are not accepted to the M.F.A. program, would you accept a place in the M.A. program?  NO_____        YES______      (By checking “yes” I indicate that I have read the material in this pamphlet; that I understand the M.A. English, Creative Writing is a 30 unit program with requirements equally divided among writing workshops, creative process courses, and literature courses; that admission to the M.A. does not imply later admission to the M.F.A.; and that I would like to be a part of the M.A. program.)

 

NAME:_________________________________________last 4 digits of ssn:____________________

 

ADDRESS:_________________________________________________________________________

   

CITY:_______________________________STATE:__________________ZIP:__________________

 

PHONE:_____________________________     EMAIL: ____________________________________

 

UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR:____________________________________DEGREE:____________

 

UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE:_____________________________________YEAR:___________

 

GRADUATE DEGREE (if applicable):_______________SUBJECT:___________________________

 

COLLEGE:____________________________________________________YEAR:_______________

 

 

GRADUATE STUDY AT SFSU:  Are  you now either an unclassified graduate at San Francisco State, or a graduate student in another program at this university (including the M.A. in English: Creative Writing)? ____  Department:_____________________

 

Please list on the reverse any creative writing courses (and teachers) you may have taken at SFSU as either an unclassified graduate student, as a student in the M.A. English, Creative Writing, or through open university or extension (use back if necessary).

 

GENRE IN WHICH YOU ARE APPLYING: (The work you submit must be in the same genre in which you are applying)

    FICTION:__________   POETRY:__________ PLAYWRITING:______

 

Please be sure to send this application with your manuscript to

San Francisco State University

Creative Writing Department

Admissions Committee

1600 Holloway Avenue

San Francisco  CA   94132-4162

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15TH

 

 

Unfortunately, departmental application and manuscript cannot be submitted online. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Creative Writing Department           415-338-1891

San Francisco State University       email: cwriting@sfsu.edu
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132

last updated July 30, 2009 by Barbara Eaton

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