University of Utah, Salt Lake City

MFA Program

Program Established:

1983

Location:

Salt Lake City, UT

Genre:

Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Residency:

Full

Duration:

2-3 Years

Incoming Class Size:

10-12

Application Deadline:

December 15, 2017

Application Fee:

$55

Website:

http://english.utah.edu/graduate/

Contact E-mail:

gerri.mackey@utah.edu

Contact Name:

Gerri Mackey

Core Faculty Includes:

Poetry: Katharine Coles, Jacqueline Osherow, Paisley Rekdal
Fiction: Katharine Coles, Michael Mejia, Lance Olsen, Paisley Rekdal, Melanie Thon

Funding/Employment Opportunities:

The program offers partial funding. Funding opportunities are offered on a competitive basis.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers:

Western Humanities Review, Quarterly West

Other Features:

The program offers a multidisciplinary MFA which students can pursue by combining writing coursework with classes in book arts, environmental humanities, and the history of the American West. The program hosts the Guest Writer Series, the Utah Symposium in Science and Literature, and the student-run Working Dog monthly reading series. Other features include internships and paid editorial positions at the press Fiction Collective Two, the student-run literary journals Quarterly West and Western Humanities Review, and the online archives Eclipse and Mapping Salt Lake City.

Graduates:

Craig Arnold, David Baker, Peter Covino, Pam Houston, T. R. Hummer, Brenda Miller, Cathy Wagner, Connie Voisine