MFA Program
See writers who attended this programKiik Araki-Kawaguchi, Noam Dorr, Stefania Heim, Kelly Magee, Caitlin Roach-Orduña, José Roach-Orduña, Cori Winrock, Jane Wong
The program offers full funding for all admitted students, which includes a full tuition waiver and a quarterly stipend. Funding is covered by a TAship through which students teach English 101, for which they receive extensive training and support. During their first quarter in the program, students are embedded in ENG 101 classrooms and are funded as Learning Assistants. More financial information at: www.gradschool.wwu.edu/ta-compensation
Admission to the WWU MFA program is not dependent on genre, and students are encouraged to study and experiment across forms. Students also take a combination of courses in literature, film, theory, teaching, and rhetoric. Program events include occasional visiting writers and publishers, graduate student readings, the SpeakEasy Series through which faculty members share and discuss works-in-progress, and Bellingham Review events. Students also have the opportunity to work for the Bellingham Review as editors.