MFA Program

Poetry: Kimberly Johnson, Lance Larsen, Michael Lavers, John Talbot
Fiction: John Bennion, Chris Crowe, Spencer Hyde, Stephen Tuttle
Nonfiction: Joey Franklin, Patrick Madden
The program offers full funding via teaching positions, teaching mentorships, research mentorships, the Broadbent Endowed Scholarship, and the Clinton F. and Naomi B. Larson Scholarship.
This program features a weekly visiting writers series (past guests include Derek Walcott, Marilynne Robinson, Phillip Lopate, and many others), an annual two-day writing retreat at Capitol Reef National Park, and opportunities for MFA students to teach introductory creative writing classes. BYU is affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.