Great stories happen to those who tell them.
For 40 years, University of Cincinnati’s top-ranked creative writing program has provided a thriving, diverse, and supportive community for writers seeking to expand their artistic and professional horizons. Housed within a Research 1 institution in a culturally vibrant American city, UC’s creative writing program offers distinct advantages and a wide array of opportunities.
- A Top 10 program — Poets & Writers magazine
- PhD students:
- guaranteed 4 years of full funding
- teach only 1 course per semester
- Recent student and alumni awards:
- Walt Whitman Poetry Prize
- National Endowment for the Arts Grant
- Manchester Fiction Prize
- George Bennet Fellowship
Gain editorial experience
With the Cincinnati Review, the Elliston Project and the new publishing imprint, Acre Books.
Study with award-winning faculty
- Chris Bachelder
- John Drury
- Michael Griffith
- Kristen Iversen
- Rebecca Lindenberg
- Leah Stewart
Network with visiting writers
In addition to the annual Elliston Poet-in-Residence and the biennial Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival, visiting writers have included prose authors Brit Bennett, Karan Mahajan, Sandra Cisneros, Julie Schumacher, Ander Monson, Sarah Domet, Tom Drury, Claire Massud, and poets Ada Limón, Amit Majmudar, Carl Phillips, Victoria Chang, A.E. Stallings, Marcus Wicker, and Mary Szybist.
Amplify your education
Apply for available funds to support research, conference travel, professional development and more, through our graduate student organizations and the Taft Humanities Center.