Lesley University

MFA Program

Location:

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Genres Include:

Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction

Residency:

Low

Size:

80–100

Application Deadline:

Rolling Admissions

Application Fee:

$50

Website:

www.lesley.edu/offcampus/term/nmfaaibgsass_creative_writ.html

E-mail address:

jvanderv@lesley.edu

Contact:

Jana M. Van der Veer

Core Faculty Includes:

Tony Abbott, Anne Bernays, Suzanne Berne, Jami Brandli, Barry Brodsky, Jane Brox, Sharon Bryan, Teresa Cader, Rafael Campo, Leah Hager Cohen, Pat Lowery Colins, Steven Cramer, Jacqueline Davies, David Elliott, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Tony Eprile, Laurie Foos, Joan Houlihan, Alexandra Johnson, Rachel Kadish, Hester Kaplan, Michael Lowenthal, William Lychack, Chris Lynch, Rachel Manley, Cate Marvin, Kyoko Mori, Pamela Petro, Katherine Russell Rich, Christine Shea, Kate Snodgrass, Janet Sylvester, Sinan Unel, A.J. Verdelle

Funding/Employment Opportunities:

graduate assistantships, work-study, limited scholarships

Affiliated Publications:

Other Features:

publishing and editing internships at magazines and publishing houses, independent studies in interviewing, reviewing, copyediting, translation, research for writing projects, and art history; courses in art, literature, and the teaching of writing; visiting writers, agent & editor events

Graduates:

KB Ballentine, Mark Edwards, Thomas Fitzgerald, Michael Graves, Beth Raisner Glass, Patricia Lynn Gutman, Melanie Henderson, Kathy Park, Claudia Rueda

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