Ashland University

MFA Program

Program Established:

2007

Location:

Ashland, OH

Genre:

Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Residency:

Low

Duration:

2 Years

Incoming Class Size:

20-25

Application Deadline:

May 15, 2019

Application Fee:

$30

Website:

https://www.ashland.edu/cas/majors/master-fine-arts-creative-writing

Contact E-mail:

mfa@ashland.edu

Contact Name:

Christian Kiefer

Core Faculty Includes:

Poetry: Dexter Booth, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Kate Gale, Douglas Manuel, Sandra Simonds

Fiction: Kirstin Chen, Brian Conn, Christian Kiefer, Sarah Monette, Nayomi Munaweera, Derek Palacio, Matthew Salesses, Naomi J. Williams

Nonfiction: Christopher Feliciano Arnold, Garrard Conley, Lily Hoang, Kate Hopper, Lauren Markham, Angela Morales, Katherine Standefer, Kelly Sundberg

Funding/Employment Opportunities:

The program offers no funding.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers:

Ashland Poetry Press

Other Features:

Students attend an 11-day residency each July at the Ashland University campus in Ashland, Ohio.

Students also have the opportunity to participate in cross-genre study and engage with visiting writers during the summer residencies.

The priority application deadline for the non-residential (online) spring semester is September 15; the final deadline is December 1, provided there is space available in the program. For summer, the priority application deadline is February 1, and applications are accepted until May 15 as long as space is available.