UO's creative writing program has made the Top Ten -- namely, the top ten creative writing MFA programs in the nation, out of a total of 50 ranked by Poets and Writers magazine.
The magazine's 2010 survey based its selections on numerous factors that indicate program quality. The survey gave individual rankings to both poetry programs (UO ranked #15) and fiction programs (#12), as well as other criteria such as selectivity (#7), post-graduate placement (#5) and total funding (#27). Additional factors included the size of the program, duration, cost of living, teaching load and curriculum focus.
When all the criteria were rated and combined, UO's program placed #10 overall, occupying a top-ten list along with illustrious competitors such as University of Iowa, University of Michigan, Cornell and Brown.
Just one of many alumni success stories from the UO creative writing program: poet BrianTurner (MFA,'96) was recently featured in a front-page New York Times article showcasing literary writers who have produced first-person works about their war experience.
Turner's poetry collection, Here, Bullet (Alice James, 2005) was inspired by his experiences as an infantry leader in Iraq (pictured above in Mosul; photo by Tom Bosch).
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