MFA Program
See writers who attended this programPoetry: Kenzie Allen, Derrick Austin, Terri Witek
Prose: Shastri Akella, Steven Dunn, Sarah LaBrie, Jeff Parker
The program offers partial funding through merit-based scholarships.
As Florida’s only low-res MFA in Creative Writing, Stetson students attend two nine-day residencies each year, in December and June. The December residency is held at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The June residency is held at Stetson University.
The poetry track of the program, Poetry in the Expanded Field, is one of the few low-residency MFA curriculums committed to experimentation and interdisciplinary work. MFA students have worked in dance, photography, video, social media, short prose forms, and graphic design. The prose track welcomes fiction, creative nonfiction, speculative work, and hybrid narratives.
Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. Students can apply any time before the deadline to start in January at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, or in June at Stetson. Applications received after the deadline will be considered for next start date.
Application deadlines are September 15 for December start, and March 15 for June start.