Overview

The Creative Writing program from Western Kentucky University prepares students for lives as writers of novels, short fiction, creative nonfiction, scripts, and poetry and related pursuits such as teaching, literary editing and publishing. Students will complete a secondary concentration in literature, composition/rhetoric, or teaching English as a second language in order to give them additional options for employment after graduation.

The two year residential program of study consists of 48 credit hours of graduate course work, culminating in rigorous comprehensive exams and the completion of a publishable creative thesis in fiction, poetry, scriptwriting, or creative nonfiction.

Concentration(s)

Composition and Rhetoric (ENCR)
Literature (ENLI)
Teaching English as a Second Language (ENTL)

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Graduate Rhetoric and Writing
Reading as a Writer
Graduate Writing Workshop
Writing Memoir and Autobiography
Advanced Poetry Writing
Advanced Fiction Workshop

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-19 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-16 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

48 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Bowling Green, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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153 _(verbal)

4 _(analytical)

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0
Minimum GRE Analytical Writing score of 4.0 and minimum GRE Verbal score of 153
Minimum GAP score of 453 [GAP = GRE-V + (undergraduate GPA x 100)]
Completion of four undergraduate English courses beyond general education requirements with a GPA of at least 3.0; two of the courses should be upper-level English courses. Undergraduate creative writing courses are highly recommended
Submission of writing sample

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

17907 USD / year

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Out-of-State

16506 USD / year

≈ 16506 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

10926 USD / year

≈ 10926 USD / year

Living costs

Bowling Green

United States

900 - 1400 USD / month

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