
Everything You Need to Know to Apply for a Graduate Degree in Creative Writing
Your step-by-step guide to applying to an MFA from someone who just graduated
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Your step-by-step guide to applying to an MFA from someone who just graduated

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Consider this your ten-minute MFA!

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A short story syllabus with ten stories, ten lessons to guide your reading, and ten writing prompts (plus a supplementary reading list at the end!)