University of North Carolina, Wilmington

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
1996
Location: 
Wilmington, NC
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
22
Application Deadline: 
January 7, 2024
Application Fee: 
$75
Contact E-mail: 
Contact Name: 
Melissa Crowe
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Mark Cox, Melissa Crowe, Malena Mörling

Fiction: Sarah Domet, Nina de Gramont, Clyde Edgerton, Rebecca Lee, Jason Mott

Nonfiction: Sayantani Dasgupta, Clyde Edgerton, David Gessner, Rebecca Lee, Melody Moezzi

Editing/Publishing: Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Michelle Donahue, KaToya Ellis Fleming, Michael Ramos, Emily Louise Smith

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers partial funding and full funding on a competitive basis. The program offers teaching, publishing, and editorial assistantships, as well as fellowships, scholarships, and tuition waivers.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 
Other Features: 

The program brings three to four writers and editors to campus each year through its month-long visiting writers and editors series. The program also hosts Writers Week, an annual event offering readings, workshops, craft talks, and panel discussions. Other features include a publishing and editing curriculum within the Publishing Laboratory, which hosts the Lookout Books imprint; and opportunities to participate in three outreach programs at local schools and organizations and with regional teens.

Graduates: 

Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams, Xhenet Aliu, George Bishop, Emma Bolden, Jonathan Russell Clark, Nina DeGramont, Jason Frye, A.J. Gnuse, Kirsten Holmstedt, Rochelle Hurt, Brad Land, Josh MacIvor-Andersen, Jason Mott, Derek Nikitas, Carmen Rodrigues, Dana Sachs, Daniel Nathan Terry, Carson Vaughan