MFA Program
See writers who attended this programMFA Program
Program Established:
2013
Location:
Minneapolis, MN
Genre:
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Residency:
Low
Duration:
2 Years
Incoming Class Size:
15
Application Deadline:
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee:
$0
Website:
Contact E-mail:
Contact Name:
Lindsay Stark
Core Faculty Includes:
Poetry: Michael Kleber-Diggs
Fiction: Stephan Eirik Clark, Lindsay Starck
Nonfiction: Anika Fajardo
Playwriting: Carson Kreitzer, TyLie Shider, Sarah Myers
Screenwriting: Stephan Eirik Clark, Andy Froemke
Funding/Employment Opportunities:
The program offers partial funding.
Affiliated Publications/Publishers:
Howling Bird Press, which administers its annual National Book Prize.
Students enrolled in the publishing concentration work as editors of a literary press that publishes a book-length collection of prose or poetry each year.
Other Features:
Students attend one seven-day residency each July.
The program also offers course-work in screenwriting, as well as concentrations in teaching practice and theory, and publishing.
Admissions are accepted on a rolling basis; the priority deadline is February 1.