University of North Carolina, Wilmington

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
1996
Location: 
Wilmington, NC
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
22
Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2026
Application Fee: 
$75
Contact E-mail: 
Contact Name: 
Melissa Crowe
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Chad Abushanab, Melissa Crowe, Malena Mörling
Fiction: Sarah Domet, Nathan Gower, Nina de Gramont, Rebecca Lee, Jason Mott
Nonfiction: Sayantani Dasgupta, David Gessner, Michael Ramos
Editing/Publishing: Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Michelle Donahue, KaToya Ellis Fleming, Emily Louise Smith

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers partial funding and full funding on a competitive basis. The program offers teaching, publishing, and editorial assistantships, as well as fellowships, scholarships, and tuition waivers.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 
Other Features: 

The program brings three to four writers and editors to campus each year through its month-long visiting writers and editors series. The program also hosts Writers Week, an annual event offering readings, workshops, craft talks, and panel discussions. Other features include a publishing and editing curriculum within the Publishing Laboratory, including a postbaccalaureate certificate; a concentration in environmental writing; and opportunities to participate in three outreach programs at local schools and organizations and with regional teens.

Graduates: 

Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams, Xhenet Aliu, George Bishop, Emma Bolden, Jonathan Russell Clark, Nina de Gramont, A.J. Gnuse, Kirsten Holmstedt, Rochelle Hurt, Ever Jones, Brad Land, Johannes Lichtman, Jason Mott, Mamie Morgan, Derek Nikitas, Leah Poole Osowski, Ashley Bryant Phillips, Katie Prince, Benjamin Rachlin, Carmen Rodrigues, Dana Sachs, Rebecca Spiegel, Eric Tran, Carson Vaughan

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