The Virginia G. Piper
Center for Creative Writing

The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing has a long history of supporting students in the MFA Creative Writing Program at Arizona State University through a number of competitive grants, fellowships, graduate assistantships, writing residencies, and global engagement opportunities.

In recent years, the Piper Center has offered the following international student opportunities:

Writing Residency Fellowships:

• Virginia G. Piper Global Writing Residency (East and Southeast Asia, 2015–ongoing)
• National Park Service Residency Program at Wupatki and Walnut Canyon National Monuments (2014)
• Casa Brava Writing Residency (Oaxaca, Mexico, 2007–2008)
• Writing Residency at Sanskriti Foundation/Daywalka Foundation (Kolkata, India, 2007)

Teaching Fellowships:

• Virginia G. Piper Global Teaching Fellowship (National University of Singapore, 2006–ongoing)
• Argentina International Teaching Fellowship (Home Intercultural Learning in La Plata, Argentina, 2011)
• Virginia G. Piper Global Teaching Fellowship (Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, 2007-2010)

Creative Writing Fellowships:

• Rutgers-Camden Summer Writers’ Conference (2015)
• City University of Hong Kong MFA Residency Workshops (2012, 2014)
• Piper Creative Writing Program in Beijing, China (2014)
• Individual Enrichment Grants to France, Scotland, South Korea, & Portugal (2014)
• Prague Summer Program (2009–2013)
• University of Missouri Summer Seminar in Northern Greece (2011–2013)
• Oxford Literary Festival (2010–2012)
• Summer Literary Seminars: Montreal (2010–2011)
• Aberystwyth University Research Fellowship (2009)
• Wordfest: Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival (2007)
• Individual Enrichment Grants to Belize, India, and Japan (2007)
• Individual Enrichment Grants to Italy, South Africa, and South America (2006)