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Columbia College Chicago
Creative Nonfiction
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Creative Nonfiction

APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 4th, 2010

Columbia College Chicago’s MFA in Nonfiction features an intensive study of nonfiction writing and the theory of nonfiction in a urban campus with access to Chicago’s lively cultural scene.  Thesis seminars and one-on-one advising will help students complete the program with a book-length manuscript of publishable quality.  Students will also have the opportunity to work as readers or editors on the Nonfiction Program’s nationally distributed literary magazines.
Students in the Creative Nonfiction Program at Columbia College Chicago experience a variety of workshops, reading classes, genre classes, and many others. 
Each student searches for a distinct voice by writing personal essays, prose poetry, pieces of memoir, biographical sketches, and hybrid works that combine genres.  Both in class and out, our students work closely with writers who have published books and individual works in many forms, and have extensive experience as teachers and editors.

Contact David Lazar, Director of the Nonfiction Program, dlazar@colum.edu for more information on the program.