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University of Florida · Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
A three-year, 54-credit campus MFA in fiction or poetry with genre workshops, seminars, a forms course, a reading tutorial and thesis hours. The program states all students receive a full tuition waiver and a fellowship and teaching-assistantship package for each of the three years.
MFA@FLA is the Department of English's MFA program in creative writing, with fiction and poetry tracks; a dedicated creative writing degree.
Source: mfa.english.ufl.edu · verified October 9, 2026We list dedicated creative writing degrees only. Eligibility rules
As listed on the program's official page on October 9, 2026. Listing does not mean a faculty member is teaching or supervising new students in a given year.
Source: mfa.english.ufl.edu · verified October 9, 2026| Genre | Length | Requirement as published |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction | up to 6000 words | Two stories, part of a novel or longer narrative, or a story and part of a novel, not exceeding 6,000 words in totalFormatting: PDF uploadSource: mfa.english.ufl.edu · verified October 9, 2026 |
| Poetry | — | Six to ten poemsFormatting: PDF uploadSource: mfa.english.ufl.edu · verified October 9, 2026 |
We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate competitiveness: programs rarely publish comparable figures.
Application deadline
December 15, 2026 · for Fall 2027
Source: mfa.english.ufl.edu · verified October 9, 2026| Category | Amount | Basis and year |
|---|---|---|
| In-state — In-state graduate, tuition and fees (projected estimate for new graduate students)From the school's rate table for this level | $12,780 | per academic year · 2026-2027Includes feesSource: sfa.ufl.edu · verified October 9, 2026 |
| Out-of-state — Out-of-state graduate, tuition and fees (projected estimate for new graduate students)From the school's rate table for this level | $34,780 | per academic year · 2026-2027Includes feesSource: sfa.ufl.edu · verified October 9, 2026 |
These are the published rates. The program also states tuition coverage for funded students — see Funding below for what is covered.
Fully funded (all admitted)Policy year: 2025
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