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Creative Writing

Master's Degree in English with an Emphasis in Creative Writing

Take your writing career to the next level with the Master of Arts Degree Creative Writing emphasis. Students take courses from experienced faculty and learn successful strategies to create their own fiction and poetry. Students also analyze fiction and poetry of other writers to determine how they create successful work.

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Student Literary Magazine

At Pittsburg State, we believe in learning by practice. Our students can contribute to the university's student literary magazine, The Cow Creek Review. They can also be a part of the staff that reviews pieces, creates the design, and prepares the magazine for publication.

Graduate Teaching Assistantships:

Graduate teaching assistantships are available to qualified students on a competitive basis. To be considered for an assistantship, please read the instructions under Application for Graduate Teaching Assistantships.

Creative Writing Careers:

  • Professional Writer
  • Greeting Card Developer
  • Educator
  • Journalist
  • Editor
  • Marketing Professional
  • Public Relations Professional
Pittsburg State graduates have been accepted into prestigious M.F.A. and Ph.D. programs throughout the nation and have received the Truman Capote Fellowship at the Iowa Writers Workshop and the John Grisham Fellowship at the University of Mississippi.