Texas Tech University based in Lubbock, TX offers fully funded PhD in creative writing. The Ph.D. with specialization in Creative Writing is extraordinarily flexible, it asks you to practice your craft as a writer and to become a scholar of literature. Students deepen their critical engagement with language as well as their appreciation of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction prose. Students are automatically considered for funding. The funding for incoming students consists of a teaching position with a competitive stipend—guaranteed $20K/year for four years with opportunities to apply for the fifth year of funding—and significant tuition and fee waivers.