Stony Brook Southampton

MFA Program

Location:

Southampton, New York

Genres Include:

Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction

Residency:

Full

Program Size:

Application Deadline:

Rolling Admissions

Application Fee:

100

Website:

http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/southampton/mfa [1]

Contact E-mail:

southamptonarts@stonybrook.edu [2]

Contact Name:

Julie Sheehan

Core Faculty Includes:

Roger Rosenblatt, Robert Reeves, Julie Sheehan, Lou Ann Walker

Funding/Employment Opportunities:

Teaching Assistantships are available to second-year students; Stony Brook Southampton Writers Conference Scholarship; various awards and prizes.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers:

The Southampton Review [3]

Other Features:

This program offers an MFA degree in creative writing and literature. Enrollment in writing workshops is capped at twelve. Students are encouraged to take workshops across genres; courses are offered in the graphic novel, children’s literature, poetry with a bookmaking emphasis, and scriptwriting workshops. Collaboration with practitioners in theater, film, and the visual arts is also available for students. Workshops abroad are offered.

Graduates:

Elena Gorokhova, Tricia Rayburn, Helen Simonson

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