Florida Atlantic University

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
2004
Location: 
Boca Raton, FL
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
12
Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2024
Application Fee: 
$30
Contact E-mail: 
Contact Name: 
Erin Kiley
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Becka Mara McKay, Susan Mitchell
Fiction: Ayşe Papatya Bucak, Jason Schwartz
Nonfiction: Andrew Furman

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers full funding in the form of a graduate teaching assistantship position with a stipend, tuition waiver, and health insurance to all accepted students. The program also offers the Lawrence A. Sanders Fellowships, the Myrna Skurnick Fellowships, the Griffin Award, and the Swann Awards for summer research/travel funding.

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Other Features: 

This program hosts the Off the Page Reading Series as well as the Lawrence Sanders Writer-in-Residence series, and creative writing workshops in literary translation, experimental prose, and book arts. Students have the opportunity to teach creative writing at the undergraduate level and in the community. Students can also complete internships for credit; previous students have interned with the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Tethered by Letters, Theater Lab (FAU’s resident theater company), and other organizations.

The program also offers a graduate certificate in literary translation.