Nature Writing: Western Colorado University

05/21/2019

For a limited time, there is NO application fee to apply! Enter the code GPCW2019 when submitting your application.

05/21/2019

Western Colorado University announces a new low-residency Creative Writing MA/MFA in Nature Writing with a new turn called “Earth StoryCraft.” Earth StoryCraft marks intersecting social & environmental emergencies. We encourage imaginative storytelling for resistance of oppressive systems & renewal of land & Earth relations: https://www.western.edu/academics/school-graduate-studies/graduate-program-creative-writing/nature-writing-0

To apply, please go straight to our online application page. For a short time, we are pleased to offer a waiver of the application fee: just enter the special code GPCW2019.

Since our MFA program is multi-genre, we are happy to review whatever you consider to be your best work, whether that comes in the form of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, or any other written work—of any length. We also welcome storytelling in other media such as photographs, graphic arts, sound or video files, etc. If you plan to share any work that does not easily upload to the application, please just send us a direct link to it. In fact, if you encounter any other kind of obstacle to your application, please let us know directly so we can work out a solution for you. For other information about the application, try visiting our Admissions Requirements & Applications Page. If you have other questions about the program, contact Program Director Julianne Warren at [email protected].

(Header image by Phyllis Fife (Creek), Mist in the Morning, 1965, Oil on canvas
Courtesy of the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Photo by Addison Doty; Design by John Schauer)

04/30/2019

Transformative news for our program!

04/30/2019

We are thrilled to announce the newest member of the GPCW Faculty, Dr. Julianne Lutz Warren, incoming director of our Nature Writing MA/MFA, now being renamed as Earth StoryCraft MA/MFA.

Julianne's PhD is in Ecology and Conservation Biology, and appropriate for our program, she has repeatedly—and daringly!—reinvented herself, first as a natural historian and then as a writer of very powerful creative nonfiction, including her wonderful book ALDO LEOPOLD'S ODYESSEY. Julianne's work focuses on building bridges between ecology, natural history, philosophy, literature, music, and creative writing, transcending the perceived limits of disciplines.

Under Julianne's leadership, students in the Earth StoryCraft concentration will "discover fresh language and ways of telling at the crossroads of present social and environmental emergencies, to help people see possible ways forward.”

Julianne will be at our upcoming July residency to work with the concentration's first cohort. We're excited to have her aboard.

Visit our website for more information about our newly renamed program and to apply. More information about Julianne can be found on her website, https://coyotetrail.net/.

04/19/2019

Thank you for the great article Kate Gienapp with Gunnison Country Times! Click the image to read the full article.

04/18/2019

Students in WCU's new Nature Writing MFA/MA program write in multiple genres, engage with The Center for Humans & Nature and High Country News, and learn how to tell the stories they long to tell about the natural world.

Join the Summer 2019 cohort now and meet us in the Gunnison Valley to begin your journey to learn your craft, elevate your art, and inspire the world.

Applications accepted now. Go to https://www.western.edu/academics/school-graduate-studies/graduate-program-creative-writing to apply.

(Photo cred Jeff Guy)

The Nature Writing MFA explores our natural and built landscapes through many genres of writing.

04/14/2019

Summer is just around the corner, and now is the time to apply to join us in July 2019. Applications accepted for all of our MFA/MA programs, including our NEW MFA/MA in Nature Writing and MA in Publishing. Visit our website for more details.

https://www.western.edu/…/graduate-program-creative-writing…

Summer is just around the corner, and now is the time to apply to join us in July 2019. Applications accepted for all of our MFA/MA programs, including our NEW MFA/MA in Nature Writing and MA in Publishing. Visit our website for more details.

https://www.western.edu/academics/school-graduate-studies/graduate-program-creative-writing-low-residency-mfa-and-ma

04/14/2019

In our new Nature Writing MFA/MA, students delve into the techniques that make storytelling about the natural world compelling and vital.

Join us to write your story of the natural world. Applications accepted now for the inaugural July 2019 cohort. Go to https://www.western.edu/…/graduate-progr…/creative-writing-2 for more information on our exciting new program.

Photo cred: Francie Ivy

In our new Nature Writing MFA/MA, students delve into the techniques that make storytelling about the natural world compelling and vital.

Join us to write your story of the natural world. Applications accepted now for the inaugural July 2019 cohort. Go to https://www.western.edu/academics/school-graduate-studies/graduate-program-creative-writing/creative-writing-2 for more information on our exciting new program.

Photo cred: Francie Ivy

04/12/2019

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04/11/2019

Applications accepted now for Summer 2019. https://www.western.edu/academics/school-graduate-studies/graduate-program-creative-writing-low-residency-mfa-and-ma