Draft:The Litowitz MFA+MA Graduate Program in Creative Writing and English

= The Litowitz MFA+MA Graduate Program in Creative Writing and English = The Litowitz MFA+MA Graduate Program in Creative Writing and English at Northwestern University (often shortened to "The Litowitz Program" or "The Lit") is a graduate-level creative writing program. The program was established in 2018, making it one of the newest graduate-level creative writing programs in America. The faculty of The Litowitz MFA+MA includes Natasha Trethewey, Chris Abani, Charif Shanahan, Sarah Schulman, Juan Martinez, and Daisy Hernández.

The Litowitz Program currently offers the highest stipend among all graduate creative writing programs in America ($45,000 for the 2024-25 academic year).

History
The program began as part of Northwestern University's "We Will" Fundraising Initiative, which began in 2014 and sought to raise $3.75 billion by 2018. Northwestern received a gift of $10 million for a new graduate creative writing program from Jennifer Leischner Litowitz, an alumna of the class of 1991, and her husband, Alec Litowitz. The first cohort of students was admitted for the 2018-2019 academic year and graduated in June of 2021.

The Litowitz Program funds and operates TriQuarterly, the internationally-renowned literary journal of Northwestern University.