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Virginia Tech

MFA Program

MFA Program Established:

2005

Location:

Blacksburg, Virginia

Genres Include:

Poetry and Fiction

Residency:

Full

Duration:

3 Years

Program Size:

Application Deadline:

January 15, 2016

Application Fee:

$75

Website:

http://liberalarts.vt.edu/academics/graduate-programs/masters-programs-list/master-of-fine-arts-in-creative-writing.html

Contact E-mail:

Contact Name:

Erika Meitner

Core Faculty Includes:

Poetry: Nikki Giovanni, Bob Hicok, Jeffrey Mann, Erika Meitner
Fiction: Edward Falco, Lucinda Roy, Matthew Vollmer

Funding/Employment Opportunities:

The program fully funds all students equally through three-year teaching assistantships. Each teaching assistantship includes a full tuition waiver, health insurance, and annual $16,000 stipend.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers:

The New River, The Minnesota Review

Other Features:

The program hosts a visiting writers series, and encourages students to engage in cross-genre work with courses in playwriting, creative nonfiction, new media creative writing, and literary editing.

The visiting writers for 2016-17 include Ocean Vuong, Lynda Barry, Stuart Dybek, Justin Cronin, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Beth Ann Fennelly, and Tom Franklin.

Graduates:

Robert Walker, Weston Cutter, Lamar Wilson, Jeremy Griffin, KMA Sullivan, Julia Tillinghast, Soraya Palmer, Christopher Linforth, Carrie Meadows

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