The Atlantic Rates FSU's Creative Writing Program in Top 10 Nationally

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<p>The summer's special fiction issue of The Atlantic magazine taps FSU's Creative Writing Program as one of the Top 10 Graduate Programs in Creative Writing as well as one of the Top Five Ph.D. Programs in Creative Writing in the country.</p>

<p>"It's nice to be included," novelist and FSU Creative Writing Program director Mark Winegardner said. "I am pleased but not surprised we landed on the list."</p>

<p>The Atlantic Top 10 list is presented in alphabetical order; it does not assign top-to-bottom numerical ranking.</p>

<p>Besides FSU, it features Boston University, University of California at Irvine, Cornell University, University of Iowa, Johns Hopkins University, University of Michigan, New York University, University of Texas' Michener Center and University of Virginia.</p>

<p>The Atlantic fiction issue - which features short stories by John Updike and Tobias Wolff - is currently available on newsstands. "Where Great Writers Are Made" can be read by visiting: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200708/mfa-programs%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200708/mfa-programs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>For the complete article see: <a href="http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070723/BREAKINGNEWS/707230337%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070723/BREAKINGNEWS/707230337&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>interesting;how is their English program?</p>

<p>i was thinking of majoring in English, and minoring in philosophy.</p>

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<p>Philosophy at FSU is rated very well per the rankings the university posts here: <a href="http://fsu.edu/highlights/rankings.html#artsci%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://fsu.edu/highlights/rankings.html#artsci&lt;/a> </p>

<p>English appears to be currently unranked, but with the graduate program doing so well there cannot help but be a positive influence.</p>

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<p>Here's FSU's press release on their new Top 10 and Top 5 rating: <a href="http://fsu.edu/news/2007/07/27/creative.writing/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://fsu.edu/news/2007/07/27/creative.writing/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>There's also a link to the FSU English Department.</p>