Stonecoast MFA, University of Southern Maine [1]
Poetry: Chen Chen, Raina León, Debra Marquart, Cate Marvin
Fiction: Rick Bass, Susan Conley, Ron Currie Jr., Aaron Hamburger, Elizabeth Searle, Morgan Talty
Popular Fiction: JJ Amaworo Wilson, Tobias Bucknell, Tom Coash, John Florio, Alex Jennings, Elizabeth Hand, Robert Levy, Elizabeth Searle
Creative Nonfiction: Faith Adiele, Rick Bass, Susan Conley, John Florio, Aaron Hamburger, Raina León, Debra Marquart, Morgan Talty
Scriptwriting: Tom Coash, Ron Currie Jr., David Anthony Durham, Jeni Mahoney, Elizabeth Searle
The program offers partial funding through scholarships and graduate assistantships.
In addition to genre tracks in poetry, fiction, popular fiction, and creative nonfiction, Stonecoast’s students are encouraged to work in multiple and hybrid genres.
Stonecoast’s Writing for Inclusivity and Social Equity (WISE) Initiative addresses a range of issues, including the effects of systemic racism, the responsibility of literary citizenship, and the effects of climate change.
Students attend two ten-day residencies each year, in January and late June, on the coast of Maine. The deadlines are September 1 and March 1.