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San Jose State University [1]

MFA
San Jose
CA
United States
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Application Fee: 
70
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Reed Magazine [2]

Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
2-3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
16
Application Deadline: 
February 1, 2026
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: J. Michael Martinez
Fiction: Selena Anderson, Keenan Norris, Nick Taylor
Nonfiction: Brook McClurg, Thomas Moriarty, Keenan Norris
Playwriting/Screenwriting: Barnaby Dallas, Matthew Spangler

Recent Lurie Distinguished Authors-in-Residence include Faith Adiele, Ellen Bass, Cristina Garcia, Don George, Andrew Sean Greer, Jean Guerrero, ZZ Packer, and Vendela Vida. In 2024: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo.

Website: 
http://www.sjsu.edu/english/graduate/mfa [3]
Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers partial funding. Up to six Graduate Fellowships are offered to first-year students (with admission), covering the cost of one year’s California resident tuition. The program offers five to eight teaching associate positions to selected students in the second year of the program, as well as departmental and Graduate College scholarships, fellowships, and internships. 

Other Features: 

The program also offers a degree in playwriting/screenwriting.

The program requires students to study in two genres, with workshops and seminars offered in the late afternoon and evenings. The program also hosts readings, conversations, the Lurie Author-in-Residence program, and master classes in collaboration with the Center for Literary Arts. The program also offers internship and professional development courses in composition pedagogy, literary editing, and publishing. Finally, editorial team positions on the award-winning Reed Magazine are available for course credit. 

Regular Deadlines
Contact E-mail: 
nicholas.taylor@sjsu.edu [4]
Contact Name: 
Nick Taylor

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/san_jose_state_university [2] http://www.reedmag.org [3] http://www.sjsu.edu/english/graduate/mfa [4] mailto:nicholas.taylor@sjsu.edu