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Western Michigan University [1]

MFA
Kalamazoo
MI
United States
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction
Application Fee: 
50
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Third Coast [2]

Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
4-10
Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2026
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Alen Hamza, Shonda Buchanan, Richard Katrovas
Fiction: Richard Katrovas, Thisbe Nissen
Nonfiction: Shonda Buchanan, Richard Katrovas
Playwriting: Steve Feffer

Website: 
https://wmich.edu/english/academics/graduate/master-fine-arts [3]
Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers full funding. Most students receive a three-year teaching assistantship, which includes a full tuition waiver and an annual stipend.

Other Features: 

The program offers degrees in playwriting. The program also offers the Gwen Frostic Reading Series and Gwen Frostic Creative Writing Awards, the student-run literary magazine Third Coast, and opportunities to collaborate with the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center and local theater organizations.

Regular Deadlines
Contact E-mail: 
english-graduate@wmich.edu [4]
Contact Name: 
Meghann Meeusen

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

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/western_michigan_university [2] https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/third_coast [3] https://wmich.edu/english/academics/graduate/master-fine-arts [4] mailto:english-graduate@wmich.edu