MFA Program
See writers who attended this programPoetry: Richard Greenfield, Connie Voisine, Joni Wallace
Fiction: Jessica Alexander, Brandon Hobson, Kelly Krumrie
Playwriting and Screenwriting: Dana Kroos, Amy Lanasa, Ilana Lapid
As of 2026, the program provides full tuition funding and $22,000 salary for teaching one class per semester) to all eligible admitted students.
As of Fall 2022, the MFA program joined NMSU’s Creative Media Institute for Film and Digital Arts.
The program of study concludes with enrollment in a third-year thesis workshop and in a final professionalization course to prepare students for post-MFA careers in academia or the private section, fellowships, or future doctoral study. The program also hosts a reading series, which brings regional and national writers to campus for readings and workshops. Students can work for the program’s national literary magazine Puerto del Sol or the reading series La Sociedad para las Artes. Internships are available with local independent presses in the region, such as Apostrophe Books and Zephyr Press.