# UC Davis Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gecw
**Parent**: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/departments-programs-degrees/english/creative-writing-mfa/

# Creative Writing

## About the Program

### Learn More About the Program

[Visit the Program](https://english.ucdavis.edu/mfa-creative-writing)

[Email the Program](mailto:vmpertl@ucdavis.edu)

A two year master of fine arts degree rooted in the study and creation of literature that reaches toward the other arts with the goal of presenting students with a wide range of aesthetic approaches and models for being a writer. Students may specialize in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, as well as multi‐genre, multi‐media, or hybrid forms of literary art.

Degree Type

Departmentally-Based Graduate Program

Degrees Offered

M.F.A. Plan I

Lead Dean

College of Letters and Science

Degree Requirements

[2019](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3588)

[2018](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3563)

[2011](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3564)

Administrative ByLaws

[2017](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3448)

Major Code

GECW

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## Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Requirements

[UC Davis General Admission Requirements](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/applying-uc-davis)
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[Program Admissions Requirements](https://english.ucdavis.edu/mfa-creative-writing/admissions-mfa-creative-writing)

Admission Deadlines

General: Jan 5, 2026\

Internal Fellowship Deadlines

Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan 5, 2026\
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2026

### Admissions Actions

[Request Admissions Info](https://apply.grad.ucdavis.edu/register/?id=9c9a7154-1f83-4dfa-a1c8-e60f719b1b81)

[Apply for Admission](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/node/841)

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## Program Contact Information

### Primary Program Contacts

Graduate Program Coordinator

**Program Coordinator**\
 Viktor Pertl
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(530) 752-0450 | [vmpertl@ucdavis.edu](mailto:vmpertl@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Program Chair

**Graduate Program Chair**\
 Zinzi Clemmons
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[zaclemmons@ucdavis.edu](mailto:zaclemmons@ucdavis.edu)

**Department Chair**\
 Tobias Menely
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[tmenely@ucdavis.edu](mailto:tmenely@ucdavis.edu)

### Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

**Advisor: Admissions and General**\
 Zinzi Clemmons
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Creative Writing \
[zaclemmons@ucdavis.edu](mailto:zaclemmons@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Pamela Houston
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Creative Writing \
(530) 752-2257 | [plhouston@ucdavis.edu](mailto:plhouston@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Studies Contacts

**Internal Fellowship Analyst**\
 Heidi West
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(530) 754-9473 | [hewest@ucdavis.edu](mailto:hewest@ucdavis.edu)

**Senior Academic Advisor**\
 Brittney Solar
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[bsolar@ucdavis.edu](mailto:bsolar@ucdavis.edu)