MFA Program
See writers who attended this program
Poetry: Jill Alexander Essbaum
Fiction: Elizabeth Crane, Alex Espinoza, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Tod Goldberg, Gabino Iglesias, Rob Roberge, Ivy Pochoda
Nonfiction: Emily Rapp Black, David L. Ulin
Screenwriting: William Rabkin, Joshua Malkin, John Schimmel
Playwriting: Mickey Birnbaum
The program offers funding through several scholarships, including the Visible Voices Scholarship, the Founders Award, the Miramonte Award, the Lizi Silver Memorial Scholarship, the Out of the Woods Scholarship, and the Barbara Seranella Award for new and incoming students. There are also Deferred Payment Plan (DPP) options and standard FAFSA loans.
The program also offers concentrations in screenwriting and playwriting.
Students attend two 10-day residencies each year (five in total), in June and December, at the Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort in Indian Wells, CA, near Palm Springs.
The program offers opportunities to meet with agents, editors, and publishers, and the opportunity to study in more than one genre.
The application deadline is February 1 for the June residency and August 1 for the December residency. Please contact Tod Goldberg (tod.goldberg@ucr.edu) and Kathryn McGee (kathryn.mcgee@ucr.edu) for any questions.
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