MFA Program
See writers who attended this program
Poetry: Darrah Cloud, Cynthia Cruz, Shira Dentz, Douglas Martin, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Juliana Spahr
Fiction: Kerry Cohen, Darrah Cloud, Phillippe Diederich, Laurie Foos, Cara Hoffman, Victoria Nelson, Vanessa Veselka
Nonfiction: Kerry Cohen, Laurie Foos, Cara Hoffman, Victoria Nelson, Richard Panek, Vanessa Veselka
Dramatic Writing: Darrah Cloud, Eric Holmes, Arlene Hutton, Andrew Saito
Science Fiction, Crime: Nick Mamatas
The program offers scholarships.
The program also offers coursework in fiction and nonfiction in translation, fantasy and horror fiction, young adult fiction, graphic novel writing, hybrid and experimental forms, nature writing, playwriting, screenwriting, travel writing, writing for television, and libretto.
The program is offered onsite in Plainfield, Vermont, and online. The onsite program is built around two on-campus residencies per year on the Goddard College campus. Students meet daily with their advisors, attend and participate in generative workshops with classmates, develop reading lists and plans for both critical work and a creative thesis.
The online program is anchored around two virtual intensives per year where students meet daily with their advisors, attend and participate in writing workshops with classmates, develop reading lists and make plans for both critical work and a creative thesis. Additional workshops and visiting writer events take place throughout the semester.
Additional workshops and visiting writer events take place throughout the semester. Between intensives, the focus is on close readings, analyzing dozens of titles and writing a scholarly critical research paper. But central to the program is the creative thesis.
Ellis Avery, Adam Braver, Sarah Cannon, Karen Engelmann, Karen Essex, Cara Hoffman, Simone John, Mary Johnson, Mary Karr, David Mamet, Chris Millis, Jerrod Papas-Kelly, Christian Peet, Chana Porter, Matthew Quick, Selah Saterstrom, Alexis Smith