Get the final word on creative writing programs in this unique reference guide. With detailed information on recent graduates, visiting writers, application requirements, costs, and program highlights, this authoritative guide offers writers of all levels and in all genres-poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction-what they need to know to follow their muses and advance their careers. This in-depth guide

• Low-residency MFA programs-a hot new option
• Which programs have the best reputations, and why
• Which programs offer the most writing time, the best scholarships, and more
• Writers' colonies and residencies in the U.S. and abroad
• The most generous grants and fellowships-and how to get them