Application Deadline: January 15
Award recipients will be notified after April 1.

Hogrefe Fellows may major in any field at Iowa State University but are required to take a minimum of six semester credits of graduate work in Creative Writing during the fellowship year. Normally, the six credits are met through one three-hour Creative Writing course per semester.

Eligibility

• Applicants must qualify for full, unrestricted admission to the Iowa State University Graduate College.
• Students currently enrolled for graduate study in the M.F.A. program in Creative Writing and Environment at Iowa State University are ineligible.
• Previous recipients of the Hogrefe Fellowship are ineligible.

Procedure

Download Hogrefe Fellowship in Creative Writing application instructions.

1. Apply for graduate admission to Iowa State University by sending the following materials to the Office of Admission, 100 Alumni Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-2011 USA:

• Online graduate application and fee payment (do not send a copy of your online application).
• Official academic transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work.
• Official GRE General Test scores (no Subject Test scores required) for an exam taken within five years of your application date. You may register to take the exam at www.ets.org.
• Official TOEFL (or IELTS) score report (required of nonnative speakers of English only).

2. Apply for admission to your chosen major. If you will major in any of the graduate programs in the English Department, send the following application materials to the English Department, Graduate Studies Program, 403 Ross Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-1201 USA:

• Photocopy of GRE General Test eximinee score report (no Subject Test scores required) for an exam taken withing five years of your application date.
• Photocopy of TOEFL (or IELTS) examinee score report (required of nonnative speakers of English only). M.A. and M.F.A. minimum of 100 IBT/250 CBT/600 PBT required for admission (IELTS 7.0); Ph.D. minimum of 111 IBT/273 CBT/640 PBT required for admission (IELTS 7.5).
• Resume (highlighting educational background, awards, accomplishments, and teaching/tutoring experience).
• Cover letter/personal goals statement (1-3 pages; addressed to Graduate Admissions Selection Committee). State preparation for graduate study, including reasons and objectives for study in the chosen graduate program (major in Creative Writing not required).
• Three letters of recommendation. These letters should be from persons qualified to comment on your preparation for graduate study in the program to which you are applying.
• Writing sample(s). Required of all applicants according to the program specifications below.

M.A. Programs: Expository writing sample (5-10 pages) which demonstrates your critical and research skills. Applicants typically submit an essay they produced for an undergraduate or graduate course in English.

M.F.A. in Creative Writing & Environment: 1) Prose writing sample (5-10 pages) displaying a command of accepted grammatical rules for written English (such as a paper for a literature class, an article published in the Amicus Journal, or a letter to the editor). 2) Creative writing sample (25 pages maximum) in addition to the prose writing sample demonstrating exemplary ability in one genre, although once admitted, students will not be restricted to working in the genre.

Ph.D. Programs: Writing sample demonstrating your critical and research skills with cover sheet contextualizing the document. You may include two documents totaling 35 pages with at least one document demonstrating critical and research skills.

• Audio, video, or CD (or data file as email attachment to englgrad@iastate.edu) demonstrating your competence in spoken English (required of nonnative speakers of English only)

NOTE: If you are not applying to any of the graduate programs in the English Department at Iowa State University, contact the appropriate major program/department for information on its admission procedures and requirements.

3. Apply for the Hogrefe Fellowship. Send the following application materials to the English Department, Graduate Studies Program, 403 Ross Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-1201 USA:

• Cover letter stating your interest in the Hogrefe Fellowship and explaining what you want to achieve in your work as a Hogrefe Fellow. (You may incorporate this information into the cover letter/personal goals statement mentioned above, in which you request admission to one of the graduate programs in the English Department.)
• Hogrefe Fellowship application form attached to your cover letter.
• Portfolio that displays the best of your imaginative writing (25 pages maximum).
• Three letters of recommendation if not applying to graduate programs in the English Department.