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Vanderbilt University [1]

MFA
Nashville
TN
United States
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction
Application Fee: 
95
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Nashville Review [2], Vanderbilt Review [3]

Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
4
Application Deadline: 
December 1, 2025
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Rick Hilles, Didi Jackson, Major Jackson
Fiction: Lydi Conklin, Tony Earley, Lorrie Moore, ZZ Packer

Website: 
https://as.vanderbilt.edu/english/ [4]
Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers full funding, which includes full tuition, health insurance, and a stipend. The program also awards the Kathryn Sedberry Poetry Prize and Academy of American Poets Prize.

Other Features: 

This program hosts the Gertrude and Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Series. MFA students edit and publish the Nashville Review, an online literary journal.

Regular Deadlines
Contact E-mail: 
rene.colehour@vanderbilt.edu [5]
Contact Name: 
René Colehour

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

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/vanderbilt_university [2] https://as.vanderbilt.edu/nashvillereview/ [3] http://vanderbiltreview.com/ [4] https://as.vanderbilt.edu/english/ [5] mailto:rene.colehour@vanderbilt.edu