San Francisco State University

MFA and MA Programs

This photo is of an audience at a Fourteen Hills reading. Fourteen Hills is the literary journal produced by the SFSU Creative Writing graduate students.

MFA Program Established:

1992

Location:

San Francisco, California

Genres Include:

Poetry and Fiction

Residency:

Full

Duration:

3 Years

Program Size:

MFA: 131, MA: 37

Application Deadline:

December 15, 2012

Application Fee:

$55

Website:

http://creativewriting.sfsu.edu

Contact E-mail:

Contact Name:

Maxine Chernoff

Core Faculty Includes:

Michelle Carter, Nona Caspers, Maxine Chernoff, Roy Conboy, Camille Dungy, Bob Gluck, Paul Hoover, Daniel Langton, Toni Mirosevich, Peter Orner, Chanan Tigay

Funding/Employment Opportunities:

Teaching Assistantships, Scholarships, Internships in Editing and Publishing, Awards

Affiliated Publications/Publishers:

Fourteen Hills, Transfer

Other Features:

The Poetry Center hosts reading series and houses the American Poetry Archive, a library of audio and video recordings. Also available are courses on teaching and other professional training opportunities. Students may also choose to become members of the Wordsmith's Guild.

Graduates:

Rae Armantrout, Po Bronson, Ernest Gaines, Frances Mayes, Anne Rice, Robin Romm, Philip Schultz

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