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MFA in Creative Writing and Literary Translation

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Admissions

Applications for Fall 2013 Admission to the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation will be due February 15, 2013.

Applications may be submitted online through the Graduate Admissions office.  Additional materials include: a 500-word statement of interest in our program and a writing sample as follows:

  • ten page of poetry or
  • twenty-five pages of prose or
  • two one-act plays or
  • one full-length play

If you are applying in literary translation, you will need to demonstrate an appropriate level of fluency in a language besides English and submit previously translated work (5-10 pages) as a writing sample. Our program is small and highly competitive.

In addition to the online application, please send your writing sample and statement of interest to:

Nicole Cooley, MFA Director
English Department
Queens College
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Queens, NY 11367-1597


 

 

 Office Information

 
Nicole Cooley, MFA Director
Creative Writing and Literary Translation
Department of English
Office: Klapper 702
Phone: 718-997-4671
Email: nicole.cooley@qc.cuny.edu


Spring 2013 Reading Series

A Talk by Translator and Poet Mary Maxwell
Monday, February 25, 4:30 pm
Klapper Hall 708
Co-sponsored by the Comparative Literature Department

A Reading and Discussion by Poets and Translators Aliki Barnstone And Willis Barnstone
Monday, March 4, 6:30 pm
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall

The Publishing Lowdown: A Roundtable
Tuesday, March 19, 6:30 pm
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall

A Reading by Fiction Writer Siri Hustvedt
Tuesday, April 9, 6:30 pm
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall
Co-sponsored by the English Department and Writing at Queens

The New Salon in Queens: A Reading By Poet Marie Howe
Wednesday, April 24, 6:30 pm
Campbell Dome
Co-sponsored by the Poetry Society of America

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A Reading by Poet
Julia Spicher Kasdorf

Wednesday, May 8, 6:30 pm
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall

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Writers-in-Residence Read New Work Inspired by the Armstrong Archives

Saturday, May 11, 1:00 pm
Louis Armstrong House Museum Garden, 34-56 107th Street, Corona, NY

Readings by the 2013 MFA Program Graduates
Thursday, May 30, 2 pm
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall

Readings will be followed by receptions and book signings. All events are free and open to the public.






 

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