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Bennington College

MFA Program

Location:

Bennington, Vermont

Genres Include:

Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction

Residency:

Low

Program Size:

105

Application Deadline:

September 1, 2014

Annual Tuition:

$17,580

Application Fee:

$70

Website:

http://www.bennington.edu/MFAWriting

Contact E-mail:

Contact Name:

Victoria Clausi

Core Faculty Includes:

April Bernard, Sven Birkerts, Shannon Cain, Susan Cheever, Martha Cooley, Bernard Cooper, David Gates, Amy Hempel, Major Jackson, Bret Anthony Johnston, Sheila Kohler, Phillip Lopate, Alice Mattison, Jill McCorkle, Askold Melnyczuk, Brian Morton, Ed Ochester, Rachel Pastan, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Mark Wunderlich, Paul Yoon

Funding/Employment Opportunities:

Scholarships

Other Features:

This program hosts Writers-in-Residence, and the residencies feature visiting writers, musicians, and actors.

Students attend two 10-day residencies each year. The deadline for the June residency is March 1. The deadline for the January residency is September 1.

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