Thomas Wolfe Center for Narrative Medicine and MFA
School
Why pick this one
Thomas Wolfe Center offers an online 45-credit MFA with concentrations in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and narrative healthcare.
Best for
- Writers seeking an online MFA in poetry, fiction or creative nonfiction
- Healthcare professionals pursuing narrative healthcare education
- Working professionals needing flexible fall, spring and summer enrollment
- Writers developing a novel, short-story collection, poetry collection or creative nonfiction thesis
- Writers seeking guidance on agents, publishing markets and self-publishing
Look elsewhere if
- Students seeking an in-person-only creative writing program
- Applicants seeking undergraduate creative writing rather than graduate study
- Students needing a program outside the listed creative writing and narrative healthcare fields
Specialties
- Poetry
- Fiction
- Creative nonfiction
- Narrative healthcare
- Screenplay
- Digital storytelling
- Science fiction
- Creative thesis development
- Publishing guidance
What makes them different
- Collaborative online MFA with small classes and a flexible schedule
- 45-credit-hour curriculum that can be completed in two to three years or at a slower pace
- Four-course narrative healthcare certificate for doctors, surgeons, counselors, chaplains and writers
- Creative writing concentrations in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and narrative healthcare
- Faculty publishing experience ranging from independent and self-publishing to major New York publishers
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 36 Montford Ave, Asheville, NC 28801-2528
- Phone
- +18284074268
- Website
- http://www.lr.edu/writing-mfa
- brooke.king@lr.edu
Services
- Online Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
- Narrative healthcare certificate
- Writing workshops
- Literary study courses
- Creative thesis supervision
- Publishing and career guidance