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Wilkes University

MFA and MA Programs

MFA Program Established:

2007

Location:

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Genres Include:

Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction

Residency:

Low

Duration:

2-3 Years

Program Size:

110

Application Deadline:

Rolling Admissions

Application Fee:

$35

Website:

http://www.wilkes.edu/pages/412.asp

Contact E-mail:

Contact Name:

Bonnie Culver

Core Faculty Includes:

Kaylie Jones, Beverly Donofrio, Phil Brady, Jeff Talarigo, Mike Lennon, Robert Mooney, Becky Bradway, Sara Pritchard, David Poyer, Nancy McKinley, Neil Shepard, Christine Gelineau, Rashidah Ismaili Abubakr, Taylor Polites, Nick Mamatas, Kevin Oderman

Funding/Employment Opportunities:

graduate assistantships

Affiliated Publications/Publishers:

Etruscan Press

Other Features:

two eight-day residencies per year, offers sequential MA/MFA program, James Jones First Novel Fellowship

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... Selectivity #10 for 2007-2008 11 11 University of Nebraska in Omaha #9 Selectivity #8 for 2008-2009 11 ... the South in Tennessee 2 25 Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 2 30 ...

Page - 08/16/2011

2011 MFA Rankings: The Additional Low Residencies in the United States and Beyond

... School Votes (of 195) 11 University of Nebraska in Omaha (#8 Selectivity, #8 in 2008–09) ... State University in Danbury 1 28 Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 1 NR ...

Page - 09/01/2010

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