From the heart of a diverse community, San Francisco State University honors roots, stimulates intellectual and personal development, promotes equity, and inspires the courage to lead, create, and innovate.

We will challenge your understanding of theory, craft, and performance. Courses like Writing in Sound and Social Justice Narratives will inspire you to take risks and try new styles. Our faculty, all widely published, will encourage you to experiment with multimedia and cross-genre work. One of the perks of being at an art school is the opportunity to take courses outside of the writing discipline as well as collaborate with painters, photographers, filmmakers, bookmakers, and more.

Study feature film and television screenwriting with Academy and Emmy Award-winning writers, producers, and development executives at the School of Writing for Film, Television, and Digital Media. Learn visual storytelling from the ground up.

A dual-genre program with concentrations in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and playwriting/screenwriting.

Our low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program is devoted not only to the education of literary artists but to community engagement and the pursuit of social justice. The program features one-on-one mentoring with a variety of successful, publishing writers and includes instruction in craft, revision, and critical reading and thinking skills. The rights and ethical responsibilities of creative writers are also addressed, along with practical career concerns related to the business of writing and publishing. The MFA program prepares adult learners for careers and meaningful lives as...

The Creative Writing MFA Program views writing as an art form best practiced alongside the other arts, and students benefit from having access to the CalArts community of artists as their peers and fellow travelers.

Pepperdine's two-year MFA in Writing for Screen and Television prepares students to pursue vocations as screenwriters as well as to become cultural leaders in the entertainment industry. Hollywood professionals nurture, train, and support students in writing workshops and in courses that examine the storyteller in conversation with contemporary culture.

In partnership with three east-coast theaters, our graduating playwrights are developing their thesis plays through month-long online workshops, which will culminate in made-to-measure presentations. The playwrights get to build reltionships with their theater and with their director, in preparation for joining the field.

The UCLA Department of Theater's Playwriting program welcomes adventurous students who look forward to intensive collaboration with their peers in acting and directing.

The Academy’s crest pays homage to the institution’s highest ideal with the Latin inscription of “Veritas” cast beneath its flame. Veritas or “Truth” is the intangible force that fuels legendary performances. And it is Truth that is forged into the very ember of The Academy’s flame.