MFA Program
See writers who attended this programPoetry: Colin Cheney, Raina León, Debra Marquart, Cate Marvin
Fiction: Rick Bass, Susan Conley, Ron Currie Jr., Aaron Hamburger, Elizabeth Searle
Popular Fiction: JJ Amaworo Wilson, Tobias Bucknell, Tom Coash, John Florio, candice iloh, Alex Jennings, Robert Levy, Elizabeth Searle
Creative Nonfiction: Faith Adiele, Rick Bass, Susan Conley, John Florio, Aaron Hamburger, Raina León, Debra Marquart
Scriptwriting: Tom Coash, Ron Currie Jr., Elizabeth Searle
The program offers partial funding through scholarships and graduate assistantships.
In addition to genre tracks in poetry, fiction, popular fiction, and creative nonfiction, Stonecoast’s students are encouraged to work in multiple and hybrid genres.
Stonecoast’s Writing for Inclusivity and Social Equity (WISE) Initiative addresses a range of issues, including the effects of systemic racism, the responsibility of literary citizenship, and the effects of climate change.
Students attend two ten-day residencies each year, in January and late June, on the coast of Maine. The deadlines are September 1 and March 1.
Quenton Baker, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Jennifer Clement, Jaed Coffin, Anthony D’Aries, JR Dawson, John Florio, Amanda Johnston, Kim Dana Kupperman, Jeanette Lynes, Mur Lafferty, Diane Les Becquets, Christine Mangan, Ellen Meeropol, Indigo Moor, Catharine Murray, Laura Navarre, Alexandra Oliver, Alexs Pate, Morgan Callan Rogers, Colin Sargent, Catherine Schmitt, Patricia Smith, Morgan Talty, Gina Troisi