Chatham University [1]
Fourth River [2]
Poetry: Dilruba Ahmed, Rachel Mennies, Sheila Squillante
Fiction: Kathy Ayres, Karen Bender, Sherrie Flick, Derek Green
Nonfiction: Melanie Fox, Paul Hertneky, Suzanne Roberts, Sheila Squillante
Recent/Visiting Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Camille Dungy, Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Philip Metres, Jeff Oaks
Fiction: Christopher Barzak, Wiley Cash, Sherrie Flick, Pam Houston, Tim Parrish
Nonfiction: Kathleen Fallon, Lori Jakiela, BK Loren, Kathryn Miles, Dinty W. Moore, Ira Sukrungruang
There is no program funding available.
Students attend a 10-day residency each July at the Chatham University’s Eden Hall Farm Campus in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania.
The program also offers a low-res track for children’s writing/YA.
The program offers concentrations in food writing, nature writing, travel writing, publishing, and social engagement.
A post-baccalaureate Certificate of Completion in Travel Writing can be completed in two semesters plus one summer, in full- or low-residency format. The program features craft workshops, a travel writing course, an international or national field seminar, and the Summer Community of Writers residency [4]. Credits can be transferred into the MFA program.
The early decision application deadline for the fall semester is February 1. Admissions are processed on a rolling basis.