Mountainview Low-Residency MFA at Southern New Hampshire University

MFA Program

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Program Established:

2006

Location:

Manchester, NH

Genre:

Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Residency:

Low

Duration:

2 Years

Incoming Class Size:

15 per cohort

Application Deadline:

November 1, 2026

Application Fee:

$30

Website:

https://www.snhu.edu/mfa

Contact E-mail:

[email protected]

Contact Name:

Benjamin Nugent (Director), Tim Camerato (Admissions)

Core Faculty Includes:

Fiction: Marcus Burke, Rachel B. Glaser, Jo Knowles, Andrew Martin, David Moloney, Benjamin Nugent, Tracy O’Neill, Justin Taylor, Jenny Zhang
Nonfiction: Nadia Owusu, Adrienne Raphel, Gemma Sieff

Funding/Employment Opportunities:

The program offers a position editing the website of Assignment Magazine, the program’s literary journal.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers:

Assignment Magazine

Other Features:

Students attend two weeklong residencies each year, in January and June, in the grand loft spaces of Manchester, New Hampshire’s historic Millyard, and on campus in Hooksett, New Hampshire. Students study with mentoring faculty; attend lectures, readings, and classes with visiting writers; hone their work; read publicly; and meet with agents and editors.

The deadline for a January 2026 start is November 1, 2025. The deadline for a June 2026 start is May 15, 2026.

Graduates:

Pratima Cranse, Amy Irvine, Kosoko Jackson, Marjorie Lewis, Jacquelyn Mitchard, David Moloney, Nadia Owusu, Elizabeth Rush, John Vercher

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