MFA Program
MFA Program
Program Established:
2010
Location:
Austin, TX
Genre:
Poetry, Fiction
Residency:
Full
Duration:
3 Years
Incoming Class Size:
6
Application Deadline:
December 1, 2020
Application Fee:
$65
Website:
Contact E-mail:
Contact Name:
Blake Lee Pate
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Lisa Olstein, Roger Reeves
Fiction: Edward Carey, Oscar Cásares, Peter LaSalle, Elizabeth McCracken, Deb Olin Unferth
Funding/Employment Opportunities:
The program offers full funding through teaching assistantships and fellowships, which includes tuition benefits, employee health insurance, and a living stipend. The program also awards grants and summer funding.
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Other Features:
The program hosts a reading series for visiting writers, who also work with students. Other features include editorial postitions with Bat City Review and the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories anthology; and the Keene Prize for Literature, given annually to a University of Texas student for a work of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction.