A Master of Professional Writing Program is a type of graduate degree program in professional writing . Chatham University in Pennsylvania has an online MPW program.[ 1] University of Southern California 's MPW program ended in May 2016,[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Vermont College of Fine Arts under the new name the School of Writing and Publishing.[ 6]
Notable alumni of the USC program [ edit ] Millicent Borges Accardi , poet and recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship , author of four poetry booksMark Andrus , author of As Good as It Gets Life as a House Margaret Davis, author of biographies of William Mulholland and Edward L. Doheny
Frederick Johnson , Emmy - and WGA Award -winning writer of daytime television serials Charlotte Laws , author and animal rights advocateEM Lewis , playwrightSandra Tsing Loh , radio commentator and authorGina Nahai , author of Cry of the Peacock Greg Rucka , writer of novels and comic books Ann Seaman , author of biographies of Jimmy Swaggart and Madalyn Murray O'Hair Charles_Harper_Webb , poet, Guggenheim FellowLee Wochner , playwright
Notable faculty of the USC program [ edit ] Gay Talese at the Strand Bookstore in New York City Shelley Berman , humor writingNan Cohen , poetrySyd Field , screenwritingJanet Fitch , fictionNoel Riley Fitch , non-fictionDonald Freed , playwritingAmy Gerstler , poetryDana Goodyear , non-fictionJanet Irvin , fictionMarty Isenberg, animation
Irvin Kershner , cinema/TVJerome Lawrence , playwritingDinah Lenney , non-fictionGerald Locklin , poetry, fictionLarry the Cable Guy , cinema/TVMG Lord , non-fictionShelly Lowenkopf , fiction, publishingDavid Scott Milton , playwritingGina Nahai , fictionGabrielle Pina , fictionRobert Pirosh , cinema/TVBeata Pozniak , drama/film/TVMichael Price, animation writing
James Ragan , poetry and program director for 25 years[ 7] John Rechy , fictionAram Saroyan , poetry, fictionSy Gomberg , screenwriterHubert Selby Jr. , fictionMelville Shavelson , cinema/TVGay Talese , non-fictionShirley Thomas , technical writing Kenneth Turan , filmLee Wochner , playwritingRichard Yates , fiction
