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Earn Your MFA  In Narrative Nonfiction Online at UGA

Produce a publishable nonfiction manuscript in just two years with the Narrative Nonfiction track.

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Build a Writing Community
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Produce a Full-Length Manuscript
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Sarra Sedghi (MFA '17)
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Even though I only see them a handful of times a year, I consider my fellow students some of my dearest friends. You’re never alone. I don’t want to trivialize this degree and compare the program to summer camp, but that’s the mentality behind our relationships. I know I’ll have this loving network for the rest of my life.

About the Program

The University of Georgia offers a low-residency Online Master of Fine Arts in Narrative Media Writing program with a Narrative Nonfiction track that allows students to produce a publishable nonfiction manuscript in only two years. The highlight of the program is the intensive 8-day residency at the start of each 15-week semester, during which students forge relationships with their peers and mentors. The intensive includes workshops, seminars, craft lectures, panel discussions, and readings. The intensive precedes an immersive, 4-month writing period—which writers complete online from the comfort of their favorite writing spot.

The Narrative Nonfiction track is designed for students who want to develop their research, reporting, interviewing, and writing skills to take on topics of national and global importance. Directed at writers with some experience who want to explore writing long-form, research-based narratives, this track is ideal for mid-career journalists and other industry professionals who want to elevate their careers. Graduates of the online MFA become stronger, more employable writers.

The University of Georgia is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and School Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC). Advance your journalism career with an MFA from UGA Online. Request more information now!

Become a Bulldog, On Your Own Time

Whether online or on-campus, earn the same prestigious UGA degree, while prioritizing the learning style and timing that's right for you.

Asynchronous courses can be completed as your busy schedule permits, whether that means during lunch break at your 9-5, on the weekends before watching the big game, or at night when the family has gone to bed. The path to success in the Bulldog Nation is yours to define.

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Why Choose An

Low-Residency MFA

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Complements the life of a writer

The online low-residency format also perfectly simulates the life of the writer — offering two things that every successful writer needs: a strong, supportive community as well as the freedom and solitude to write.

Students begin each of five semesters by visiting campus for an intensive eight-day residency, followed by a four-month online writing period, during which each student works one-on-one with a professional faculty mentor.

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Work with esteemed faculty and mentors

The MFA in Narrative Nonfiction program is directed by award-winning author and journalist Moni Basu. The program features a committed and diverse roster of accomplished authors, literary agents, and other industry professionals as mentors who work closely with students to inspire and support each writer’s emerging craft and voice. 

 
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Produce a full-length manuscript

Over the course of the program, students in narrative nonfiction build a substantive portfolio reflecting their individual styles and interests. Graduates are prepared to write books for national and international publishers as well as publish in magazines like The Atlantic, Oxford American, and Bitter Southerner. And they teach journalism at the university level. 

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At the University of Georgia, your future deserves more than flexible.

It deserves exceptional.

Our graduate programs are developed by the same distinguished faculty who teach on campus, working alongside expert instructional designers and professional media producers to create content that’s clear, compelling, and made to keep you moving forward.

Studio-recorded lectures, on-location videos, and thoughtful pacing helps make even complex concepts click—wherever you’re learning from.

This is what online learning should look like: developed by experts, backed by reputation, and exceptional by design.

 

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