DeSales University

MFA Program

Program Established: 
2019
Location: 
Center Valley, PA
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2-3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
8-10
Application Deadline: 
Rolling Admissions
Website: 
https://www.desales.edu/MFACW
Contact E-mail: 
patrick.crerand@desales.edu
Contact Name: 
Patrick Crerand
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Stephen Myers
Fiction: Patrick Crerand, Juilene Osborne-McKnight
Nonfiction: Stephen Myers

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers no funding. There are options for tuition deferment.

Other Features: 

Summer residencies take place in August in the Celtic world, including Ireland, Scotland, and Nova Scotia.

Visiting writers have included Claire Keegan, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Benjamin Busch, Dean Koontz, Emma Donoghue, William Kent Kreuger, Marilyn Nelson, Kathleen Jamie, James Robertson, Jane Friedman, John Grogan, Paula Yoo, Donal Ryan, Lee Upton, Matt Bell, and Lia Purpura, among others.

The Writing in the Spirit series includes spiritual speakers, writers, readings and contemplative practices.

Graduates: 

Katherine Ramsland, Teresa Messineo, Suzanne Baltsar, Katherine Grasso, Robert Schroeder

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