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Stonecoast MFA, University of Southern Maine

MFA Program

Location:
Portland, Maine
Genres Include:
Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Low
Program Size: 
95
Application Deadline:
September 1, 2013
Application Fee: 
$65
Contact E-mail: 
Contact Name: 
Heather Magaw
Core Faculty Includes: 

Kazim Ali, Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Tony Barnstone, Sarah Braunstein, Jaed Muncharoen Coffin, Ted Deppe, Carolina deRobertis, Boman Desai, David Anthony Durham, Annie Finch, Aaron Hamburger, Elizabeth Hand, Joy Harjo, Nancy Holder, Barbara Hurd, Cait Johnson, James Patrick Kelly, Michael Kimball, Debra Marquart, Charles Martin, David Mura, Alexs Pate, Elizabeth Searle, Tim Seibles, Patricia Smith, Suzanne Strempek-Shea, Scott Wolven

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

Scholarships, Internships

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 


Other Features: 

This program emphasizes commuinty service, internships, creative collaboration, pedagogy, and publishing.

Students may pursue tracks in craft, creative collaboration, literary theory, social action/community service, teaching, and publishing. There is also a new track in nature writing. Courses include writing for stage and screen, translation, and cross-genre. Opportunities are available for students to attend residencies in Ireland.

Applications for the two annual admissions cycles are due on September 1st and February 1st.

Graduates: 

Patrick Bagley, Jaed Coffin, Jeanette Lynes, Kim Dana Kupperman, Indigo Moor, Alexs Pate, Penelope Schwartz Robinson, Michaela Roessner-Herman, Colin Sargent, Patricia Smith, Laura Williams

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