MFA Program
MFA Program
Program Established:
2012
Location:
Conway, AR
Genre:
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency:
Full
Duration:
3 Years
Incoming Class Size:
5-8
Application Deadline:
February 1, 2020
Application Fee:
$25
Contact E-mail:
Contact Name:
Stephanie Vanderslice
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Sandy Longhorn, Mark Spitzer
Fiction: M. Shelly Conner, Mark Spitzer, John Vanderslice
Nonfiction: Jennie Case, Mark Spitzer, Stephanie Vanderslice
Funding/Employment Opportunities:
The program offers partial funding. The program offers teaching assistantships, graduate assistantships in the Writing Center and with the magazines Arkana and Oxford American, and internships.
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Other Features:
The program, which has an emphasis on professional development, also offers coursework in publishing, creative writing pedagogy, drama, and screenwriting. The program hosts an artist-in-residence series and the C.D. Wright Women Writers Conference, which students attend for free. Program applicants are not required to take the GRE.