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, 2025

Application Fee:

$30

Website:

https://www.snhu.edu/mfa

Contact E-mail:

mfa@snhu.edu

Contact Name:

Benjamin Nugent (Director), Tim Camerato (Admissions)

Core Faculty Includes:

Fiction: Jenny Zhang, Benjamin Nugent, Marcus Burke, Rachel B. Glaser, Jo Knowles, Andrew Martin, Tracy O’Neill,Justin Taylor, David Moloney
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 Hamphire’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 April 15, 2026.

Graduates:

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

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