Sewanee School of Letters

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
2006
Location: 
Sewanee, TN
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Other
Duration: 
3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
10-15
Application Deadline: 
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee: 
$0
Contact E-mail: 
Contact Name: 
Justin Taylor and April Alvarez
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Nickole Brown, Tiana Clark, Vievee Francis, Eric Smith

Fiction: Chris Bachelder, Ryan Chapman, Lee Conell, Sidik Fofana, Adrianne Harun, Adam O'Fallon Price, Jamie Quatro

Nonfiction: Kelly Grey Carlisle, Virginia Craighill, Jessica Goudeau, Neil Shea, Meera Subramanian, John Jeremiah Sullivan

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The Sewanee MFA is primarily a summer-only residency with optional fall and spring online courses.

Students attend a six-week residency each June to July at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Students are expected to complete the program in three to five summers, after completing a thesis project.

The faculty changes each summer. The program offers tracks in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Merit scholarships are awarded in each genre, and all high school teachers receive a Blake & Bailey Family Fund Scholarships. The School of Letters hosts a lecture and reading series each summer.

Rolling admissions open December 1 and the priority deadline is January 31.

Graduates: 

Maggie Blake Bailey, Clay Byars, Dwight Gray, Kay Exley Gunkel, Lindsey Harding, Hannah Palmer, Kate Parrish, Amanda Shires, James Swansbrough, Cheryl Whitehead, Kathryn Williams