Syracuse University

MFA Program

See writers who attended this program
Program Established: 
1992
Location: 
Syracuse, NY
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction
Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
12
Application Deadline: 
December 15, 2025
Application Fee: 
$75
Contact E-mail: 
Contact Name: 
Matthew Grzecki
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Brooks Haxton, Mary Karr, Christopher Kennedy, Bruce Smith
Fiction: Mona Awad, Chanelle Benz, Jonathan Dee, George Saunders, Dana Spiotta
Teaching Faculty: Matthew Grzecki, Sarah Harwell, Christopher Blunt

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers full funding, which includes a full tuition waiver and stipend or a teaching assistantship or fellowship. The current stipend for fellowships and scholarships is $24,720.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 
Other Features: 

This program features the Raymond Carver Reading Series and the Graduate Student Reading Series.

Graduates: 

Mosab Abu Toha, Monica Brashears, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mildred Barya, Grady Chambers, Alexandra Chang, Rebecca Curtis, Christine Kitano, Adam Levin, Annie Liontas, Ellen Litman, Rahul Mehta, E.C. Osondu, Iain Haley Pollock, Alexander Sammartino, Anthony Veasna So, Cheryl Strayed, Daniel Torday

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