Randolph College

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
2018
Location: 
Lynchburg, VA
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
up to 15
Application Deadline: 
September 1, 2023
Application Fee: 
$40
Contact Name: 
Christopher Gaumer
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Kaveh Akbar, Eloisa Amezcua, Jos Charles, Anthony Cody, Rigoberto González, Paige Lewis, Angel Nafis, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Chet'la Sebree, Danez Smith, R. A. Villanueva, Phillip B. Williams 

Fiction: Clare Beams, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Jaquira Diaz, Mira Jacob, Sabrina Orah Mark, Julia Phillips, Anjali Sachdeva, John Vercher

Nonfiction: Clare Beams, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Jaquira Diaz, Mira Jacob, Aviya Kushner, Sabrina Orah Mark, Julia Phillips, Anjali Sachdeva, Chet'la Sebree

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers partial funding.

Other Features: 

Students attend two ten-day residencies each year in June and December/January. The June residency is held on the Randolph College campus in Lynchburg, Virginia; the December/January residency is held at an off-campus location in central Virginia.

The application deadline is March 1 for the June residency and September 1 for the December/January residency.