MFA Program
See writers who attended this program
Poetry: Dexter Booth, Chuck Carlise, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Cass Donish, Adam Gellings, Glenn Shaheen, Tess Taylor
Fiction: Edan Lepucki, Kelly Luce, Sarah Monette, Nayomi Munaweera, Vi Khi Nao, Naomi J. Williams, Kyle Winkler
Nonfiction: Kate Hopper, Terese Mailhot, Lauren Markham, Thomas Mira y Lopez, Lisa Nikolidakis, Ryan Van Meter
Graduate Teaching Assistants available. Students have the opportunity to gain college-level teaching experience while earning $2,494 per course (based on 2021 supplemental contract rates). There is the potential for Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) to teach as many as 5 courses over the two years of study (must begin studies with the Summer Residency). Graduate assistantships in publishing are also available.
Students attend a two-week residency each July at the Ashland University campus in Ashland, Ohio, where they engage with visiting writers and editors.
Students also have the opportunity to participate in cross-genre study, as well as international residencies in Paris and Tuscany, and publishing internships with the Ashland Poetry Press.
The program also offers a concentration in Sci-Fi/Fantasy writing.
The priority application deadline for the online spring semester is September 15; the final deadline is December 1, provided there is space available in the program. For summer residency, the priority application deadline is February 1, and applications are accepted until May 15 as long as space is available.