Stony Brook University

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
2007
Location: 
Southampton and New York, NY
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
2-3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
15-25
Application Deadline: 
January 8, 2026
Application Fee: 
$100
Contact Name: 
Elaine Menigo
Core Faculty Includes: 

Karen Bender, Billy Collins, Molly Gaudry, Amy Hempel, Kaylie Jones, Christine Kitano, Matthew Klam, Robert Lopez, Patricia Marx, Susan Scarf Merrell, Susan Minot, Robert Reeves, Julie Sheehan, Frederic Tuten, Lou Ann Walker, Emma Walton Hamilton, Meg Wolitzer

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers partial and full funding. A limited number of graduate and teaching assistantships are awarded to incoming students.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 
Other Features: 

The program offers an open-genre degree. Students are encouraged to study across genres.

Students can take courses at both Stony Brook University's Manhattan and Southampton locations.

Students can be full-time or part-time.

The program hosts the Writers Speak reading series and student readings each semester, as well as the celebrated Southampton Writers Conference every summer.

Students can apply to teach undergraduate Creative Writing (not comp.) at Stony Brook University. The program offers an annual query workshop and offers thesis students the opportunity to meet individually with agents.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but to be considered for funding, you must apply by January 15. All other applicants for the fall semester should apply by July 15. Spring semester applicants should apply by October 15 and Summer applicants by May 1.

International applicants may only apply for the fall semester, and only as full-time students. The international deadline for all fall admissions (funded and unfunded) is January 15.

Graduates: 

Helen Simonson, Genevieve Sly Crane, Michelle Whittaker, Jordan Franklin, Caitlyn Mullen, Sande Boritz Berger, Matthew McGevna, Elena Gorokhova, Tricia Rayburn, Bob Morris, Peggy Kern, Judy Mandel, Tracy M. King-Sanchez, Michael Mihaley, Patrick Redmond, Alison Fairbrother, Marissa Levien, Vanessa Cuti, Afua Ansong, Nicola Harrison

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