Write for community & Change
create stories that widen empathy, challenge systems, and support a more compassionate world.
Two pathways. One purpose-driven writing community.
Take the next step as a writer, or a writing teacher. Antioch’s MFA in Creative Writing supports you through mentorship, residencies, and focused project periods. The Post-MFA Teaching Certificate helps you build real teaching experience through pedagogy study and a supervised placement.
Mentorship That Moves Your Work Forward
Work one-on-one with faculty who are active writers and teachers. Get the kind of feedback that helps you revise with purpose and grow with confidence.
Flexible Formats for Real Lives
Low-residency and online options make it possible to earn your degree or certificate without putting your life on hold, so you can keep writing, working, and showing up for what matters.
Craft, Community, & Momentum
Learn in a community of writers who take the work seriously. Workshops, seminars, and shared practice help you stay accountable, build skills, and keep your work moving forward.
Write with Purpose
At Antioch, writing is connected to justice and community. Create work that deepens empathy, challenges harmful narratives, and helps build a more compassionate world.
Explore the Genre That Fits Your Voice
Choose from concentrations including fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, playwriting, writing for young people, and writing for the screen, with flexibility to explore more than one path as your work evolves.
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