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Western Connecticut State University [1]

MFA
Danbury
CT
United States
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Application Fee: 
50
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Poor Yorick: A Journal of Rediscovery [2]

Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
10-15 per year
Application Deadline: 
January 1, 2099
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Brian Clements, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Kateri Kosek, Lisa Siedlarz. 
Fiction: Jason Mott, Jane Cleland, Oscar De Los Santos, Gwen Jones, Sarah Darer Littman, David Rich, John Roche, Lindy Ryan, Stephanie Gallagher, Karen Romano Young
Nonfiction: Melanie Brooks, Anthony D’Aries, Erik Ofgang, Sonja Mongar

Website: 
https://wcsu.edu/writing/mfa [3]
Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers graduate assistantships and scholarships, as well as graduate teaching assistantships.

Other Features: 

Students choose one creative genre and one practical field, such as public relations and marketing, literary journalism, grant writing, or technical writing. Creative genres include playwriting, screenwriting, and writing for children and young adults, in addition to poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

Students attend two weeklong residencies each year, in January at the Western Connecticut State University campus in Danbury, Connecticut and August at the Highlights Retreat Center in Honesdale, PA. An optional residency is offered in Dublin [4], with students taking workshops in Oscar Wilde’s historic childhood home and attending the Bram Stoker Festival.

The funding application deadline is March 1 for the fall semester and October 1 for the spring semester.

Rolling Admissions
Contact E-mail: 
dariesa@wcsu.edu [5]
Contact Name: 
Anthony D’Aries

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/western_connecticut_state_university [2] http://www.pooryorickjournal.com/ [3] https://wcsu.edu/writing/mfa [4] https://www.wcsu.edu/writing-mfa/dublin/ [5] mailto:dariesa@wcsu.edu