MFA Program
William Alexander, Kathi Appelt, Loree Griffin Burns, Sheela Chari, Evan Griffith, Louise Hawes, Corey Ann Haydu, Veera Hiranandani, K. A. Holt, Varian Johnson, Martine Leavitt, Anna-Marie McLemore, Anica Mrose Rissi, Erica Perl, Matt Phelan, Mary Quattlebaum, Anica Mrose Rissi, Sara Ryan, Alex Sanchez, Liz Garton Scanlon, Laura Shovan, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Linda Urban, Jasmine Warga, Emily X. R. Pan, Jennifer Ziegler
The program offers merit and need-based awards.
The program offers coursework in picture books, early reader/chapter books, middle grade, young adult, graphic literature, nonfiction, fiction, and poetry for young people.
Students attend two nine-day residencies each year, in June and January. Concurrent fully virtual residencies are also offered. The on-campus residencies occur alongside the college’s other MFA programs, Writing, Graphic Design, Visual Art, Film, and Music Composition. With the college’s affiliation with CalArts, all residencies occur on the CalArts campus in Valencia, California.
For a January start, the recommended application date is October 1; the final date is November 1. The recommended application date for a June start is April 1; the final date is May 1.
Ann Angel, Sarah Aronson, Cassie Beasley, Kate Beasley, Julie Berry, Bridget Birdsall, Gwenda Bond, Pablo Cartaya, René Colato Laínez, Ally Condie, Debby Dahl Edwardson, Nancy Bo Flood, Sundee Frazier, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Linda Oatman High, Varian Johnson, Carrie Jones, Michelle Knudsen, Martine Leavitt, Kekla Magoon, Carolyn Marsden, Lauren Myracle, An Na, Jandy Nelson, Micol Ostow, Candice Ransom, Brendan Reichs, Jill Santopolo, April Pulley Sayre, Leda Schubert, Deborah Wiles, Carol Lynch Williams, Ibi Zoboi