Drew University

MFA Program

Program Established: 
2008
Location: 
Madison, NJ
Genre: 
Poetry
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2-3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
15 each year
Application Deadline: 
October 15, 2018
Application Fee: 
$35
Website: 
http://www.drew.edu/mfa
Contact E-mail: 
snevin@drew.edu
Contact Name: 
Sean Nevin
Core Faculty Includes: 

Aracelis Girmay, Alicia Ostriker, Sean Nevin, Mihaela Moscaliuc, Sarah Vap, Judith Vollmer, Michael Waters, Ellen Doré Watson, Afaa Michael Weaver

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers scholarships and work-study opportunities. 

The program offers special discounts for full-time teachers and students over the age of 62.

Other Features: 

The program offers degrees in poetry and poetry in translation.

Students attend two 10-day residencies each year, in January and June, at the Drew University campus in Madison, New Jersey, fifty minutes outside of New York City.

Students also have the opportunity to attend a residency in Donegal, Ireland, where they will study with Drew core faculty and visiting Irish writers. Students will also have the opportunity to visit sites connected to W. B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney, as well as spots along the Wild Atlantic Way.

The program hosts a visiting writers series, readings, and regular alumni weekends.

The priority application deadline is October 15 for the January residency and April 15 for the June residency.