MFA Program
See writers who attended this programPoetry: Ruth Margraff, James McManus
Fiction: Jesse Ball, Janet Desaulniers, Sara Levine, James McManus, Beth Nugent
Nonfiction: Sara Levine, James McManus
Cross-Genre: Sally Alatalo, Mark Booth, Janet Desaulniers, Ruth Margraff, Beth Nugent
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, art, and digital writing. Electives are offered in painting, performance, film, sound, fashion, and photography, among others. Writing students who demonstrate a studio practice can apply for studio space and exhibit in the annual MFA Thesis Exhibition in the School's Sullivan Galleries.
Scott Barsotti, Kyle Beachy, Rebecca Beegle, Daniel Borzutzky, Halle Butler, Amina Cain, Kristiana Colón, Patti Yumi Cottrell, Vida Cross, Emil Ferris, Idris Goodwin, Terri Griffith, Allison Gruber, Baird Harper, Tsehaye Hebert, Sara Hess, Lindsay Hunter, Jennifer Karmin, Tim Kinsella, Aja Monet, Ira Murfin, Samantha Peale, Cynthia Pelayo, Caroline Picard, Deepak Unnikrishnan, Judith Valente, Gwendolyn Whiteside, Colin Winnette