Western Colorado University

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
2010
Location: 
Gunnison, CO
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
1-2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
45-55
Application Deadline: 
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee: 
$55
Website: 
https://western.edu/department/graduate-program-in-creative-writing/
Contact E-mail: 
gpcw@western.edu
Contact Name: 
Sarah Goettsch
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Byron F. Aspaas, Steve Coughlin, CMarie Fuhrman, Carol Guerrero-Murphy, Tyson Hausdoerffer, Julie Kane, Gary Lilley, Cameron McGill, Erica Reid, Derek Sheffield, Maya Jewell Zeller

Genre Fiction: Julie Czerneda, Tenea Johnson, Candace Nadon, Johanna Parkhurst, Laura Resau, Rick Wilbur, E. Lily Yu

Nature Writing: Karen Auvinen, Claire Boyles, Steve Coughlin, CMarie Fuhrman, Laura Pritchett, Laura Resau, Ana Maria Spagna, Maya Jewell Zeller

Publishing: Kevin J. Anderson, Gwyneth Gibby, Allyson Longueira

Screenwriting: Claire Boyles, Geoffrey Geib, Mitali Jahagirdar, Kimberlea Kressel, James Napoli, Ligiah Villalobos Rojas, Liz Scudlo

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers scholarships and loans.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Western Press Books

Other Features: 

Students attend a one-week residency each July at the Western Colorado University campus in Gunnison, Colorado.

The program now offers five distinct concentrations: Genre Fiction, Nature Writing, Poetry, Publishing, and Screenwriting.

Rolling admission is from August 1 to May 31.