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University of Massachusetts, Amherst [1]

MFA
Amherst
MA
United States
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Application Fee: 
85
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Massachusetts Review [2], Paperbark Literary Magazine [3], University of Massachusetts Press [4]

Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
20
Application Deadline: 
December 15, 2025
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Desiree C. Bailey, Abigail Chabitnoy, Peter Gizzi
Prose: Gabriel Bump, Edie Meidav, Sabina Murray, Jeff Parker

Visiting faculty is Okey Ndibe.

Website: 
https://www.umass.edu/english/mfa-poets-writers [5]
Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers full funding through teaching associateships or one-year, non-teaching scholarships. Teaching associateships include a full tuition waiver, health benefits, and a stipend of approximately $30,000. Some students receive non-working Rose Fellowships or MFA Fellowships, which carry stipends of approximately $30,000. Since 2019, 100 percent of matriculated students have received either associateships or fellowships for the duration of the three-year program. Paid internship opportunities are also available.

Other Features: 

The program hosts a visiting writers series, the Writers Work career forum series, the Juniper Literary Festival, and the Juniper Summer Writing Institute, in which students have the opportunity to participate as instructors at the Juniper Institute for Young Writers and Juniper Young Writers Online teen programs.

Regular Deadlines
Contact E-mail: 
mfapoetsandwriters@hfa.umass.edu [6]
Contact Name: 
Ryan Mihaly

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/content/university_massachusetts_amherst

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/university_massachusetts_amherst [2] https://www.massreview.org/ [3] https://www.paperbarkmag.org/ [4] https://www.umass.edu/umpress/ [5] https://www.umass.edu/english/mfa-poets-writers [6] mailto:mfapoetsandwriters@hfa.umass.edu