Goddard College in Vermont

MFA Program

Program Established: 
1976
Location: 
Plainfield, VT
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
30 each year
Application Deadline: 
October 15, 2017
Application Fee: 
$65 (0 if submitted by priority application deadline)
Website: 
http://www.goddard.edu/mfa-creative-writing
Contact E-mail: 
david.delucca@goddard.edu
Contact Name: 
David De Lucca
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Bhanu Kapil, Michael Klein, Douglas A. Martin
Fiction: Kyle Bass, Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Susan Kim, Aimee Liu, Micheline Aharonian Marcom, Douglas A. Martin, Rogelio Martinez, John McManus, Victoria Nelson, Keenan Norris, Richard Panek, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Sherri L. Smith
Nonfiction: Kyle Bass, Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Bhanu Kapil, Michael Klein, Aimee Liu, Micheline Aharonian Marcom, Douglas A. Martin, John McManus, Victoria Nelson, Keenan Norris, Richard Panek, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
Hybrid: Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Beatrix Gates, Elena Georgiou, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin, Keenan Norris
Cross-Genre: Rebecca Brown, Jan Clausen, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin, Keenan Norris
Graphic Novel: Darrah Cloud, Susan Kim, Sherri L. Smith
Playwriting: Kyle Bass, Deborah Brevoort, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Susan Kim, Rogelio Martinez
Screenwriting: Kyle Bass, Deborah Brevoort, Darrah Cloud, Rogelio Martinez, Victoria Nelson
Dramatic Writing: Kyle Bass, Susan Kim, Rogelio Martinez
TV Writing: Darrah Cloud, Susan Kim, Rogelio Martinez
Libretto: Deborah Brevoort, Darrah Cloud, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates
Young Adult: Susan Kim, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Sherri L. Smith

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers scholarships.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Pitkin Review, Clockhouse Review

Other Features: 

The program also offers coursework in genre fiction, young adult fiction, graphic novel writing, hybrid and experimental forms, nature writing, playwriting, screenwriting, travel writing, writing for television, and libretto.

Students attend two eight-day residencies each year, in January and June, at the Goddard College campus in Plainfield, Vermont. Goddard College also offers a low-residency MFA program in Port Townsend, Washington, with residencies held during February and July.

The program hosts visiting authors and publishing professionals and the alumni-only Clockhouse Writers' Conference and Retreat. Other features include opportunities to work with the Vermont campus radio and online station WGDR.

Application Deadlines

Priority application deadlines: October 15 for the spring term, April 15 for the fall term
Final application deadlines: November 15 for the spring term, May 15 for the fall term

The application fee is waived for materials submitted by the priority deadline.

Graduates: 

Ellis Avery, Adam Braver, Karen Engelmann, Karen Essex, Cara Hoffman, Mary Johnson, Chris Millis, Christian Peet, Matthew Quick, Selah Saterstrom, Alexis Smith