MFA Program
See writers who attended this programWriting: Katie Williams, Margot Douaihy, Kirsten Imani Kasai, Kimberly McLarin, Jon Papernick, Jessica Treadway
Literature: William Orem, Roy Kamada, Mary Kovaleski Byrnes, Adele Lee
Publishing: Lisa Diercks, Raquel Beatriz Pidal, John Rodzvilla
The program offers partial tuition scholarships. Some student can receive half or full tuition fellowships. All students’ funding is automatically renewed as long as they fulfill requirements for being a student in good standing. Students can apply to the program’s Transformational Leaders Fellowship which includes a stipend, scholarship, leadership training, and a mentorship program.
The Online MFA in Popular Fiction Writing and Publishing Program hosts an online craft talk series with bestelling popular fiction authors, agents, and publishers; a semester-long author/editor collaboration with the Publishing MA program; and agent pitch meetings in the final semester. A robust online community offers regular student-led writing hours, craft talks, and social hours via Zoom.
Priority application deadline for Spring enrollment is November 1; for Summer enrollment is February 1; for Fall enrollment is March 1.
Lexie Axon, Joshua Corin, Safinah Danish Elahi, Scott Johnson, Hannah Parker, Rebecca Thorne