The University of California Riverside, based in Riverside, CA, offers a two-year fully funded Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts program. The MFA programs offer study in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, screenwriting, and playwriting. The program consists of workshops in a chosen genre, culminating in a final project (the master’s thesis or manuscript) that showcases the writer’s cultivated talents in the form of a poetry collection, novel, short story collection, memoir, essay collection, screenplay, or full-length play. All domestic and international students are funded through fellowships and teaching assistantships.