MFA Program
See writers who attended this programPoetry: Rigoberto González, Brenda Shaughnessy
Fiction: Alice Elliott Dark (Director), John Keene, Akil Kumarasamy, Naomi Jackson, Simeon Marsalis
Nonfiction: James Goodman, Salamishah Tillet
The program offers fellowships and funding to all admitted full-time students at the in-state rate, as well as teaching assistantships at the Writing Center and part-time teaching assistantships in the Creative Writing minor.
The program hosts a visiting writers series, the Writers at Newark Reading Series, and the Chancellor’s MFA Mentors Program with local Newark high schools.
Ana Portnoy Brimmer, Andrés Cerpa, Megan Cummins, Zoe Dubno, Fran Hoepfner, Nick Fuller Googins, Michelle Hart, Saeed Jones, Antonio López, Emily Luan, Simeon Marsalis, Cheswayo Mphanza, Paige Ayana Morris, Christa Parravani, Daniel Pope, Nick Ripatrazone, Abigail Savitch-Lew, Ryan Lee Wong