About MIU’s MFA in Creative Writing
The MFA for the sensitive writer
“In this MFA program, no one feels left out.”
The founder and director of Soul Bone℠ is also the founder and director of Maharishi International University’s MFA in Creative Writing, a two-year, 48-credit online MFA program that is mentorship-based. We teach from a foundation of creative process and consciousness; plus use meditation and self-care as modalities to open up the creative imagination. We approach writing as a process of discovery where writer and creativity come before creative product. We also strongly focus on social justice and examine topics relevant to today’s world including climate change and more. We have adopted several features (narrative evaluation and unsilencing the workshop, for example) to actively decolonize the writing classroom. Together, we form an authentic, inclusive, and diverse literary community particularly welcoming of female, LGBTQIA, BIPOC and other minority narratives. Below you can find more information about our MFA, meet our faculty and students, check out our residency line-ups of guests, follow our news, and more. Via the button below, you can connect directly to our MIU MFA landing page (this page is a support page with additional information on MIU’s MFA in Creative Writing).
Our Online Residencies are Open to the Public
A number of our MFA Residency events are open to the public and are offered as part of the Soul Bone℠ Literary Festival. Our Spring residency takes place in February and our Fall residency in August/September. Both are conducted online via Zoom and last one or two weeks with a full literary schedule. During each two-week session, prestigious poets and writers offer workshops, master classes, panels, and readings. The emphasis is on inclusivity, diversity, creativity, consciousness, the relationship between writing and intuition, and much more.
Our next festival and residency take place in February, 2024. All are welcome! We’ll announce all public events via Eventbrite.
“What moved me most about the residency and festival was the raw energy created during our time together. There was a lot of supportive healing as well as some unfiltered energy, plus craft, and it all integrated very well. I think that was an impressive show of collective consciousness.”
“I did not know what to expect, but at the end of the residency, I realize it felt like a big, warm hug.”
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Learn about our MFA
MIU’s MFA in Creative Writing is a two-year mentorship-based program with online residencies and classes. We teach from a basis of creativity and consciousness and start with your process as a poet and writer. Our program is inclusive and diverse with a strong focus on social justice.
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Meet Our MFA Faculty
Let us introduce ourselves. If you are thinking of joining our program, you can meet your future faculty and mentors, plus read up on our teaching philosophies, news, projects, and publications.
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Meet Our MFA Students
We are excited to introduce our MFA students! If you are interested in joining our program, you can meet your future cohorts and read up on their life stories, publications, and accomplishments.
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Testimonials
Read our students’ testimonials about our program and get a feeling for what they love about our unique way of teaching creative writing..
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Courses
We offer a rich curriculum with minimally 48 credits. Here you can find a list of our courses, graduation requirements, featured courses, and catalog descriptions.
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Narrative Evaluation
Our program uses narrative evaluation and portfolio-based assessment, an intuitive system of commenting on and grading a student's performance particularly in sync with process-based education.
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FAQs
Have any questions about the MFA, the program structure, or the application process? Here you can find answers and contact information for the program director. You are invited to contact us any time!
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Apply
Here you can find out the application information for our program: our submission requirements, deadlines, and process.
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Noah Buntain Publishing Fund
The Noah Buntain Publishing Fund honors our dearly missed former colleague. Yearly, we select a book-length manuscript of a graduating student for the honor of being published by Blue Light Press.
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Café Paradiso reading with our Fall ’22, Spring ’23, and Fall ’23 Graduates
Sunday, June 25, 2023. Photos: Linda Egenes
Our News
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