Professional/Creative Writing

[Tedium]

@Jonathan Wheatley is right, you’re searching for the wrong thing.

It’s kind of an either/or situation: either you get an MFA and take some grant writing courses along the way or you get a Professional Writing/Non-profit Administration degree/MPA.

Not many MFAs focus on the professional side of things like WCSU. It’s more of a glamor degree. Terminal yes, but a glamor degree nonetheless. I say that as a lifelong English major who would still love to shoehorn an MFA into my list of accomplishments.

Check out University of Arkansas at Monticello. They are pretty cheap and 100% online. You can go to conferences for credit and get Graduate Assistantship positions in the online program: https://www.uamont.edu/academics/arts-hu...fa-cw.html

Lindenwood University is also 100% online and are reasonably cheap for an MFA: https://www.lindenwood.edu/arts-and-huma...iting-mfa/

University of Texas at El Paso 100% online and offering bilingual Spanish tracks: https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/creativ...ogram.html

Southern New Hampshire University also offers one 100% online. You also get a certificate in either Online Teaching of Writing or Professional Writing as part of the degree: https://www.snhu.edu/online-degrees/mast...ve-writing

NYU SPS MS in Professional Writing has some grant writing courses: https://www.sps.nyu.edu/homepage/academi...iting.html

If memory serves, Fort Hays State University also had a grant writing certificate you could add on to the MLS or MPS: https://www.fhsu.edu/sociology/academic-...rtificate/

There are some of the ones I’ve looked at over the years. Honestly, get a cheap certificate and call it a day. Most MFAs aren’t designed for working adults. They are designed for students who are living off loans or their parents and have 2-3 years to spare getting critiqued by their peers.