MFA in Creative Writing and Literature

At the MFA program in Creative Writing and Literature at Stony Brook Southampton + Manhattan, we welcome writers who seek to create original work primarily in fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction. We offer guidance that is friendly, rigorous, professionally useful and hands on. 

BFA in Creative Writing

Imagine immersing yourself in your creative work while in the company of other writers. Imagine a colony of artists embedded in a research university. Imagine a customized course load, taught by authors of national reputation, working writers who face the same stuff you do.

Minor in Creative Writing

The 21-credit minor offers a themed pathway through many SBC requirements. In it, students engage with their own interests and competencies from a writer's perspective.