The University

Located 15 miles outside Washington, D.C., George Mason boasts its own educational, artistic, and cultural offerings and programs as well as its proximity to the capital city's resources and research libraries. George Mason has its own world-class arts center that serves as the venue for renowned performing artists. Free tickets are available for nearly all performances. In addition, a professional theater company in residence at the university produces original works by living playwrights.

The faculty and students of the writing program form a key part of the Washington metropolitan area's active literary community. The campus hosts almost a dozen readings each year by faculty members and noted guests. Faculty are active in such organizations as PEN/Faulkner, which annually awards its prestigious prize in fiction, and the The Association of Writers & Writing Programs, which recently moved its national headquarters to the campus. Students write for and edit several nationally circulated literary magazines.