Stony Brook Southampton [1]
Poetry: Star Black, Billy Collins, Cornelius Eady, Julie Sheehan
Fiction: Melissa Bank, Molly Gaudry, Paul Harding, Ursula Hegi, Amy Hempel, Kaylie Jones, Matthew Klam, Susan Scarf Merrell, Susan Minot, Robert Reeves, Frederic Tuten, Emma Walton Hamilton, Meg Wolitzer
Nonfiction: Neal Gabler, Robert Lopez, Patricia McCormick, Patricia Marx, Roger Rosenblatt, Lou Ann Walker
Screenwriting: Annette Handley Chandler
The program offers partial funding. A limited number of full and partial graduate and teaching assistantships are awarded to incoming students.
The program offers an open-genre degree which includes children’s literature and scriptwriting.
Students can take courses on both the Manhattan and Southampton Stony Brook University campuses.
The program hosts the annual Southampton Writers Conference, and the reading series Writers Speak. Students have the opportunity to meet individually with agents, take workshops abroad during the winter, and teach at Stony Brook University or in area schools through the Young Artists and Writers Project.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but to be considered for funding, you must apply by January 1. All applicants for the summer and fall semester should apply by May 1. Spring semester applicants should apply by October 15.
International applications may not apply for spring or summer admission, only fall, and only as a full-time student. The international deadline for all fall admissions is January 15.