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Northwest Institute of Literary Arts collection, 1998-2017

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Northwest Institute of Literary Arts
Title
Northwest Institute of Literary Arts collection
Dates
1998-2017 (inclusive)
Quantity
8.47 cubic feet (8 boxes plus 6 CDs, 1 DVD, 1 embosser )
Collection Number
6133 (Accession No. 6133-001)
Summary
Graduation theses, records, and documents from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

The Northwest Institute of Literary Arts (NILA) was a non-profit 501(c)3 Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing low-residency program founded by the Whidbey Island Writers Association, in operation for twelve years, from 2005 to 2016. Beginning with an enrollment of nine students, the NILA MFA program grew to a peak enrollment of 62 students in 2014. The NILA MFA program grew quickly, drawing students to Whidbey Island twice annually from across the U.S. and Canada. Due to multiple contributing factors, however, including a proliferation of low residency MFA programs, lower enrollment, and a lack of core funding, the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts Board of Directors made the decision to cease operations of the MFA program at the close of the 2015-2016 school year.

Sources: "Northwest Institute of Literary Arts serves up soup with a side of support in Greenbank." South Whidbey Record: November 14, 2011, and Wikipedia.

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Content Description

Materials related to the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts (NILA). Includes bound MFA graduation theses, surveys, organizational records, meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, programs, catalogs, handbooks, workshop anthologies, a scrapbook of newsclippings and ephemera, photographs, CDs of photographs, a DVD, and an embossing seal.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Claire Gebben (in 2011, she earned an MFA in Creative Writing through the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, was a teaching assistant in 2012, and was on the Board of Directors), 2017-07-07

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Creative writing (Higher education)--Washington (State)--Whidbey Island
  • Dissertations, Academic--Washington (State)--Whidbey Island

Corporate Names

  • Northwest Institute of Literary Arts--Archives
  • Northwest Institute of Literary Arts--Dissertations

Form or Genre Terms

  • Business correspondence
  • Catalogs
  • Ephemera
  • Handbooks and manuals
  • Minutes (Records)
  • Newsletters
  • Photographs
  • Records (Documents)

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
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