Goddard College in Vermont

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
1976
Location: 
Plainfield, VT
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
25
Application Deadline: 
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee: 
$0
Website: 
https://www.goddard.edu/academics/creative-writing
Contact E-mail: 
admissions@goddard.edu
Contact Name: 
Daphne Kinney-Landis
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Jan Clausen, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin
Fiction: Jan Clausen, Beatrix Gates, Susan Kim, Douglas A. Martin, Rogelio Martinez, John McManus, Victoria Nelson, Richard Panek, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Sherri L. Smith
Nonfiction: Jan Clausen, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin, John McManus, Victoria Nelson, Richard Panek, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
Hybrid: Jan Clausen, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin
Cross-Genre: Jan Clausen, Beatrix Gates, Bhanu Kapil, Douglas A. Martin
Graphic Novel: Susan Kim, Sherri L. Smith
Dramatic Writing: Deborah Brevoort, Kenny Fries, Susan Kim, Rogelio Martinez, Victoria Nelson
TV Writing: Susan Kim, Rogelio Martinez
Libretto: Deborah Brevoort, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers scholarships.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Clockhouse, Pitkin 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 July, 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 and production 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.

Graduates: 

Ellis Avery, Adam Braver, Karen Engelmann, Karen Essex, Cara Hoffman, Mary Johnson, Chris Millis, Christian Peet, Matthew Quick, Selah Saterstrom, Alexis Smith, Chana Porter, Sarah Cannon, and Simone John.