Brooklyn Writers Foundry

MFA Program

See writers who attended this program
Program Established: 
2025
Location: 
Brooklyn, NY
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
15
Application Deadline: 
March 1, 2026
Application Fee: 
$25
Contact E-mail: 
Contact Name: 
Lee Clay Johnson, Director
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Elisa Gabbert, Laura Kolbe, Nathan McClain, Alicia Mountain
Fiction: David Gates, Amy Hempel, Lee Clay Johnson, Andrew Martin, Jill McCorkle
Nonfiction: Elisa Gabbert, Lee Clay Johnson

Past master lecturers from the former full residency program have included Kali Fajardo Anstine, Amy Hempel, Major Jackson, Mitchell S. Jackson, Mary Gaitskill, Carmen Maria Machado, Nathan McClain, Francine Prose, Jim Shepard, Ocean Vuong, and many more.

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers partial funding. Each applicant is considered for a Writer’s Foundry Tuition Scholarship.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 
Other Features: 

The Master Lecture Series brings visiting writers to the program for evenings of lecture and literary conversation. St. Joseph’s University also hosts the Brooklyn Voices series of lectures, forums, performances, and public discussions. 

The priority deadline is March 1. Applications submitted after March 1 will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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