The Red Earth Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing at Oklahoma City University offers you the opportunity to escape your busy life to pursue your writing passions. Housed at a private university in an urban yet quiet setting, the program connects you with experienced creative and professional writers who will nurture your creative talent in workshops, peer groups, and individual instruction. The Red Earth MFA program gives you a chance to concentrate on your writing while working with like-minded communicators who, like you, wish to grow creatively and professionally in a collaborative environment.

The Red Earth MFA is a two-year graduate program. It includes five residencies, one each summer and each winter plus one at the end of the program, for periods of approximately ten days. Students work with faculty mentors to create a manuscript-length work of creative prose in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screenwriting, or another creative genre with the approval of the program director. The program allows students to continue with their professional lives as they devote short amounts of time to the residencies and then do the their class work remotely from home with the guidance of a faculty mentor.

At the residencies students not only attend classes but also work with a faculty mentor within small workshop groups with their peers. Students will complete twelve hours of course work each fall and spring semester for two years, for a total of 48 hours. Students finish four semesters of off-campus study by completing both packet work with their individual mentor as well as participating in online workshops, fostering a community of writers that is sustained beyond the residencies while allowing the student to return home during the semester’s coursework. The final residency will include a public reading and defense of the thesis.

Contact Us

For more information, please contact MFA Director Danita Berg or the OCU English Department:

Red Earth MFA Director
Oklahoma City University
2501 N. Blackwelder Avenue WC 248, English Department
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
MFADirector@okcu.edu
(405) 208-5127