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Applying for 2010
The Rutgers-Newark Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing will begin accepting applications for our Fall 2010 class in Fiction and Poetry on November 1, 2009 (please see How to Apply). We encourage applicants to apply by that date. The deadline for receipt of applications is January 10, 2010. We will notify applicants of acceptance by April 20, 2010.

MFA Open House & Information Session
On Tuesday, December 1st, from 4-5pm, the MFA program will be hosting an open house and information session for prospective applicants at the Paul Robeson Gallery. This is a good opportunity to find out what we are looking for in applications, meet some of our faculty and current students and to get a feel for our program. We will also have information on financial aid packages offered by our program.

You are invited and encouraged to stay for the Writers at Newark reading, with James Hoch and Patricia Smith, immediately following the information session.

2009-2010 Schedule for Writers at Newark Reading Series Announced.
The Writers At Newark Reading Series, co-sponsored by the
Rutgers-Newark MFA Program, The English Department, The Institute for Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience, and Paul Robeson Gallery, presents a full spectrum of readings in Fall, 2009 and Spring, 2010. All are free and open to the public. Full Schedule for 2009-10.

Meet Our Students
We welcome 29 new students to our exciting group of diverse voices.

Writers at Newark Reading Group
The Rutgers-Newark MFA program and the English Department are pleased to announce the Writers at Newark Reading Group, hosted by The Newark Public Library, to coincide with our Fall schedule of Writers at Newark Reading Series.

Rutgers-Newark MFA Faculty and Student News
Rigoberto González’s Other Fugitives and Other Strangers is this year’s recipient of The Poetry Center Book Award from San Francisco State University.

Congratulations to Rutgers-Newark MFA Graduate Erin McMillan on the publication of her story Crossing Cut Creek in Granta's New Voices Series.

Writers at Newark Colloquium Offered to Undergraduate Students
The Writers at Newark Reading Series Colloquium will grant 1 credit hour, pass/fail, to undergraduate students who commit to reading at least four books from the Writers At Newark readings list (one book per event), attend four scheduled events in the Reading Series, and write four short responses to the readings/books. Learn more about the Colloquium.