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San Francisco State University [1]

MFA
San Francisco
CA
United States
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Application Fee: 
80
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Fourteen Hills [2], Transfer Magazine [3]

Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
30
Application Deadline: 
February 15, 2026
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Tonya Foster, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
Fiction: Michelle Carter, Nona Caspers, Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Carolina De Robertis, Tonya Foster, Andrew Joron, Michael David Lukas, Chanan Tigay
Creative Nonfiction: Chanan Tigay, Joseph Cassara, May-lee Chai, Chanan Tigay
Literary Translation: Carolina De Robertis, Paul Hoover, Andrew Joron
Playwriting: Michelle Carter

Website: 
http://creativewriting.sfsu.edu [4]
Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers partial funding. The program offers scholarships, the Marcus Foundation Scholarship, the Joe Brainard Fellowship, William Dickey Fellowship, Kathryn A. Manoogian Award, Miriam Ylvisikar Award, and teaching assistantships for second- or third-year students.

Other Features: 

The program also offers concentrations in literary translation and playwriting.

The Poetry Center [5] hosts reading series and houses the American Poetry Archives, a library of audio and video recordings available to stream online.

Regular Deadlines
Contact E-mail: 
cwriting@sfsu.edu [6]
Contact Name: 
The Creative Writing Department

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/san_francisco_state_university_0 [2] https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/fourteen_hills_the_sfsu_review [3] https://www.transfermagazine.net/ [4] http://creativewriting.sfsu.edu [5] http://poetry.sfsu.edu/ [6] mailto:cwriting@sfsu.edu