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For more information see catalog or contact: Rich Carr, Chair, English Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757500 | Fairbanks, AK 99775 | (907) 474-6361 | email: rscarr@alaska.edu
For more information about the application process please see the "Combined MFA/MA" section under Programs on the left menu bar.
Recent News
Fall 2012 Classes
MFA graduate JIll Osier was recently named the co-winner of the 2011 Campbell Corner Poetry Prize from Sarah Lawrence College. Jill was also awarded the 2011 Robert Watson Poetry Prize from The Greensboro Review . Some of her poems can be found in the current issues of Alaska Quarterly Review , Arts & Letters , The Cincinnati Review, Crazyhorse , The Gettysburg Review , Ninth Letter, and West Branch . Congratulations, Jill!
UAF named in Top-25 Most Underrated MFA Programs
According to the Huffington Post, "There aren't many places better than scenic Alaska for aspiring poets and writers to get some serious reading and writing done." We agree!
Congratulations to 2011-12 English Award Recipients!
Congratulations to Jody Hassel, the 2011-12 Outstanding Teacher of Composition, and the two finalists, Cody Kucker and Mollie Murray!
Congratulations to Jody Hassel and Sally Rafson, who were both awarded Thesis Completion Grants by the UAF Graduate School.
And finally, congratulations to Maarit Hamilton, the English Department's Outstanding Undergraduate Major for 2011-12.
