Pacific Lutheran University, Rainier Writing Workshop

MFA Program

Program Established: 
2003
Location: 
Tacoma, WA
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
15-20
Application Deadline: 
November 30, 2017
Application Fee: 
$55
Website: 
http://www.plu.edu/mfa
Contact E-mail: 
barotrp@plu.edu
Contact Name: 
Rick Barot
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Rick Barot, Linda Bierds, David Biespiel, Fleda Brown, Kevin Clark, Oliver de la Paz, Greg Glazner, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Kevin Goodan, Jenny Johnson, Peggy Shumaker
Fiction: Suzanne Berne, David Cates, Adrianne Harun, Jim Heynen, David Huddle, Kent Meyers, Scott Nadelson, Ann Pancake, Marjorie Sandor
Nonfiction: Barrie Jean Borich, Dinah Lenney, Rebecca McClanahan, Brenda Miller, Lia Purpura, Sherry Simpson

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers fellowships and scholarships.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

River & Sound Review

Other Features: 

Students attend one ten-day residency each year in August at the Pacific Lutheran University campus in Tacoma, Washington.

The program offers residencies at various programs and conferences, including the Vermont Studio Center and the Anderson Center, as part of the "Outside Experience" requirement for second-year students, which requires students to travel, hold workshops in their community, attend conferences, or participate in writing residencies.

The priority application deadline is November 30; the final application deadline is February 15.

 

Graduates: 

Kelli Russell Agodon, Kathleen Flenniken, April Ayers Lawson