Post-Master’s Certificate in Writing Enrichment
Post-Master’s Certificate in Writing Enrichment Overview
Whether you want to return to the page, work on a special project or learn more about a new genre, the Post-Master’s Certificate in Writing Enrichment is here to support your writing practice. This low-residency semester of study will provide you with MFA faculty mentorship, immersive curriculum and year-round opportunities for professional development, literary-themed travel opportunities and ongoing connection with alumni and online writing groups.
- 15 credit hours: 3-credit-hour residency course (in-person or virtual) and 12-credit-hour independent study
- Choose from: Certificate in Writing Enrichment or Certificate in the Teaching of Creative Writing
- One-on-one faculty-student mentorship with MFA faculty
- Membership in the Spalding MFA Alumni Association
- Opportunity to mix and match genres
- Option to travel abroad
Courses
The Low-Residency Semester
Post-Master’s Certificate students may pursue writing enrichment focusing on a new project or exploring a new genre — or they may want to learn more about the teaching of creative writing. Writing enrichment students take part in a residency alongside MFA students and participate in faculty-led traditional genre workshops. Special-topics workshops are sometimes offered. After residency, the student begins a 12-credit-hour independent study working one-on-one with an MFA faculty mentor.
Students focused on teaching participate in a residency alongside MFA students and take part in a seminar in the teaching of creative writing. Next, during a 12-credit-hour independent study, they complete a pedagogy project in which they design an Introduction to Creative Writing syllabus and calendar with an MFA faculty mentor to guide them.
Certificate students also attend our virtual Business of Writing Seminars, which offer insights into editing, publishing, and career options. Students who wish to travel abroad may do so. Recent Naslund-Mann travel enrichment included trips to Paris, Quebec, and Vietnam. In September 2026, we travel to Edinburgh and the Lake District.
Admission Requirements
We’re interested in the quality of your writing and thinking. No letters of recommendation or GRE required.
Early Placement Application Deadlines
March 1: begin with an on-campus residency in May or virtual residency in June
August 1: begin with an on-campus residency in November
Spalding MFA alumni do not need to reapply.
Tuition
Learn about tuition and fees for our Post-Master’s Certificate program, as well as scholarships, assistantships, and financial aid options.
Accreditation
Spalding University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate, baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate degrees.
The Naslund-Mann School is a member of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, SCBWI, and the Playwrights’ Center.
Find Possibility in the Heart of the City
DISCOVER YOUR GROWTH POTENTIAL
The National Endowment for the Arts found that adults who engage in literary activities such as creative writing experience higher levels of civic engagement, social connection, and life satisfaction.
High-Impact Career Preparation
The Post-Master’s Certificate in Writing Enrichment prepares writers and writing teachers to elevate their careers in roles such as:
- Playwright
- Author
- Copywriter
- Creative writing professor
- Editor
- Filmmaker
- Marketing and communications professional
- Journalist
I did the post-master’s work to refresh my fiction and poetry skill sets, but I hadn’t anticipated how much I had missed being an active part of the Naslund-Mann program’s literary community and how much I had missed the mentor experience. Being back was so fulfilling that I ended up earning not one but two certificates!
Roy Burkhead, Master of Fine Arts 2004, Post-Master’s Certificates in Writing Enrichment: Poetry 2023 and Fiction 2024
