University of Nevada, Reno at Tahoe

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
2012
Location: 
Incline Village, NV
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
12
Application Deadline: 
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee: 
$95
Website: 
https://www.unr.edu/mfa-creative-writing
Contact E-mail: 
jsylvestersaraceno@unr.edu
Contact Name: 
June Sylvester Saraceno
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Brian Turner, Lee Herrick, Laura McCullough, Gailmarie Pahmeier, Rick Campbell, Faylita Hicks, Brynn Saito

Fiction: Alan Heathcock, Brendan Basham, Tim Hernandez, Patrick Hicks, Rebecca Makkai, Peter Mountford, Sunil Yapa, Lidia Yuknavitch

Nonfiction: Gayle Brandeis, Gina Frangello, Leta McCollough, Suzanne Roberts, Kristal Sital, Lidia Yuknavitch, Arianne Zwartjes

WCYA: Pablo Cartaya, Joe McGee, Jess Rinker, Traci Chee, Isabel Quintero, Kathryn Reiss, Lilliam Rivera

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Sierra Nevada Review

Other Features: 

Students attend two ten-day residencies each year, in January and August at Lake Tahoe. The program also hosts an optional international residency.

Each student works with an editor-in-the-field during their final mentoring semester. Editors-in-residence include Anitra Budd, Rick Campbell, Peter Catapano, Gina Frangello, Steven Woodward, Arianne Zwartjes, and more.

Students also have the opportunity to work on the Sierra Nevada Review.

The program hosts the Writers in the Woods series that brings in guest faculty. Guest faculty include Carmen Maria Machado, Kim Addonizio, Luis Alberto Urrea, Natalie Handal, Patricia Smith, Tim O’Brien, Kaveh Akbar, Pam Houston, Brenda Hillman, Robert Hass, Carolyn Forché, Nick Flynn, and more.

Graduates: 

Rebecca Evans, Faylita Hicks, Luke Johnson, Brooke King, La La Thompson