MFA Program
See writers who attended this programPoetry: Jose-Luis Moctezuma, Elise Paschen, Nathan Hoks, Calvin Forbes (Emeritus)
Fiction: Sara Levine, Anne Calcagno, Beth Nugent (Emeritus)
Nonfiction: Sara Levine, Jill Riddell, James McManus (Emeritus)
Cross-Genre: Sally Alatalo, Mark Booth, Ruth Margraff, Janet Desaulniers (Emeritus)
Playwriting: Ruth Margraff
The program offers partial funding through trustee merit scholarships, Dean’s scholarships, and teaching assistantships.
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Modeled on studio art training, SAIC’s two-year MFA in Writing program celebrates writing as art, and offers a fresh alternative to workshop-driven writing programs. One-on-one graduate projects with stellar faculty are the heart of our curriculum, leaving room for longer, wilder, and more ambitious work. Students tap the unique potential of transdisciplinary writing in an art school, connected with a world-class art museum. Our writers cross freely between poetry, fiction, playwriting/screenwriting, nonfiction, comics and text as art. Electives are offered in painting, performance, film, sound, fashion, and photography, among others. Writers who demonstrate studio, cinematic or performance practices can apply for studio space and exhibit in the annual Grad Show in state-of-the-art galleries, IMPACT Festival or FVNMASfest. Graduating writers present their work in our reading series and capstone gala.
Kyle Beachy, Rebecca Beegle, Daniel Borzutzky, Halle Butler, Amina Cain, Kristiana Colón, Patrick Cottrell, Vida Cross, Danielle Dutton, Emil Ferris, Idris Goodwin, Terri Griffith, Allison Gruber, Jac Jemc, Sophie Lucido Johnson, Baird Harper, Tsehaye Hebert, Sara Hess, Lindsay Hunter, Jennifer Karmin, Tim Kinsella, Aja Monet, Ira Murfin, Jose Nateras, Samantha Peale, Cynthia Pelayo, Caroline Picard, Raghav Rao, Iliana Regan, Deepak Unnikrishnan, Judith Valente, Gwendolyn Whiteside, Colin Winnette