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Applying for 2010
The Rutgers-Newark Master of Fine Arts Program will begin accepting applications for Fall 2010 on November 15, 2009 (please see How To Apply). Applicants who wish specific information about applying should contact the R-N MFA Program Coordinator at rnmfa@newark.rutgers.edu.

2009-2010 Schedule for Writers at Newark Reading Series Announced.
The Writers At Newark Reading Series, is made possible in part by the funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, A Partner Agency of the National Endowment of the Arts and administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic affairs, the Rutgers English Department, Paul Robeson Galleries, The Institute on ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience, and the Rutgers Cultural Programming Committe. 

All are free and open to the public. Full Schedule for 2009-10.

Writers at Newark Reading Group
The Rutgers-Newark MFA program and the English Department are pleased to announce the Writers at Newark Reading Group, hosted by The Newark Public Library, to coincide with our Fall schedule of Writers at Newark Reading Series.

Rutgers-Newark MFA Faculty and Student News
Rigoberto González’s Other Fugitives and Other Strangers is this year’s recipient of The Poetry Center Book Award from San Francisco State University.

MFA Program in The Atlantic Special Fiction Issue
The Atlantic listed the Rutgers-Newark Real Lives, Real Stories MFA as one of “Five Up and Coming Programs” in its 2007 Special Fiction Issue. In the article “Where Great Writers are Made,” Edward J. Delaney writes:
“And one of the most exciting programs has yet to commence: The Rutgers-Newark Real Lives, Real Stories M.F.A. program begins this fall and will be led by the novelist Jayne Anne Phillips. The 36 writers entering the program range in age from 24 to 60; one-third are students of color, many are raising families, and some have ongoing careers in other fields.”

Writers at Newark Colloquium Offered to Undergraduate Students
The Writers at Newark Reading Series Colloquium will grant 1 credit hour, pass/fail, to undergraduate students who commit to reading at least four books from the Writers At Newark readings list (one book per event), attend four scheduled events in the Reading Series, and write four short responses to the readings/books. Learn more about the Colloquium.