Please note that, beginning in 2017, we no longer require the GRE for admissions.

Admission to the Writing Program at Washington University is highly competitive. Each year, we are able to accept only between 3 and 5 percent of applicants, and there are always many more qualified and promising writers than we can accommodate.

Applicants must apply by December 15. Applicants must follow standard Graduate School procedures and apply online. The online application will allow you to submit the following material:

• Application Fee
• Applicant Information Form
• Transcripts
• 3 Letters of Recommendation
• Statement of Purpose
• Writing Sample 
• Curriculum Vitae

Please direct all application-related questions to: scrabong@wustl.edu

Typed manuscripts should consist of 6 to 12 poems or up to 35 double-spaced pages of fiction or nonfiction. Please note the decision-making committees admit students and decide on financial aid without regard to gender, sexual orientation, age, race, color, creed, national origin, or disability.

WUSTL is also home to the students who founded MFA App Review, an initiative that offers free, informal manuscript review to POC, Indigenous, Trans* and Nonbinary writers and poets applying to fully funded MFA programs. To learn how to apply to have your materials reviewed, please visit MFAappReview.com.