Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing

Study Abroad in Arts and Writing

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The Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing

UNO's innovative Low Residency Program combines summer study abroad with fall and spring semesters online. Online workshops and literature classes, publication opportunities, residencies in San Miguel de Allende, Montpellier, or at Pound's Castle Brunnenburg in Italy, and more.

 

General Information | Application Forms and Info | Links for Current Students

 


Annual Writing Contest for Study Abroad

Check out the Guidelines for the 2008 Contest and the winners of the 2007 Contest.


Summer Programs Web Pages


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The Writing Workshops in San Miguel de Allende

June 23 - July 18, 2008

2008 will be the first year for our new Writing Workshops in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and it promises to be a great one, with faculty like Joseph and Amanda Boyden, Susan Schultz, Dinty W. Moore, and Jim Grimsley, and guests like Hank Lazer, Michael Winter, Janice Eidus,Christian Bök, and many more.

 

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The Writing Workshops in Montpellier

July 4-August 8, 2008

This summer in the land of Valery we feature a mixed-genre workshop led by Kay Murphy and a playwriting workshop led by Phil Karnell. The beautiful city of Montpellier is just 20 minutes from some of the best beaches on the Mediterranean. This exciting program features excursions to Paris, Barcelona, and Avignon.

 

Information | Courses | Application | Glories of France


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The Ezra Pound Center for Literature

June 19 - July 16, 2008

This prestigous program, featuring a poetry workshop and seminar on Pound led by Professor John Gery, is being offered again this summer, led by poet and professor John Gery. It is held at Pound's castle, Schloss Brunnenburg, in the Tyrolean alps of northern Italy, and features 3 days and nights in Venice.

 

Information | Application | Courses | Slide Show


 


 

Summer Programs in Europe 06-07

Some highlights of past summer's programs:

Atlanta playwright and novelist Jim Grimsley joined the Madrid Summer Seminars 07 to teach the playwriting workshop.
Read about Jim's course and accomplishments here.

Amanda Boyden and Joseph Boyden returned from their recent world tours to lead the fiction workshop in Madrid. Amanda Boyden's novel Pretty Little Dirty has recently been released by Random House to rave reviews and enormous fanfare, just behind Joseph Boyden's critically acclaimed Three Day Road, which was released last year by Penguin.

Lee Gutkind, founder of Creative Nonfiction magazine, taught the nonfiction workshop in Madrid, 2006, and Steven Church joined us in 2007.

Susan Schultz joined us again from sunny Hawaii to lead the poetry workshop in Madrid.

John Gery led the poetry workshop and the Pound studies in Brunnenburg, as well as the tour of Pound's Venice.

Kay Murphy returned to Montpellier to lead her mixed-genre workshop on the Mediterranean.

And, again this summer, we offered a workshop in translation led by poet and translator Peter Thompson, in Madrid.

 

 

 

 

 


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The Low Residency MFA Program and all Study Abroad Programs in Writing are administered by the
Division of International Education at UNO's Metropolitan College,
Bill Lavender, Coordinator,
New Orleans, LA 70148.
(504) 280 7457
(504) 280 7317 fax
email: wlavende@uno.edu


 
 

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