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University of Texas Rio Grande Valley [1]

MFA
Edinburg
TX
United States
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Application Fee: 
0
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

riverSedge: A Journal of Art and Literature [2], Gallery [3]

Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
2-3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
9
Application Deadline: 
January 1, 2099
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Emmy Pérez, José A. Rodríguez, Steven Schneider
Fiction: Britt Haraway, Eric Miles Williamson
Nonfiction: Jean Braithwaite, José A. Rodríguez
Graphic Literature: Jean Braithwaite
Translation: José A. Rodríguez

Affiliate Faculty:
Multiple Genres: David Bowles
Poetry (Spanish): Elvia Ardalani
Fiction (Spanish): Elvia Ardalani
Translation: Elvia Ardalani
Scriptwriting: David Carren

Recent visiting writers include: Ariana Brown, Myriam Gurba, Jasminne Mendez, Gris Muñoz, John Murillo, ire'ne lara silva, and Gemini Wahhaj.

Website: 
http://www.utrgv.edu/creative-writing/ [4]
Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers graduate assistantships, teaching assistantships, and scholarships.

Other Features: 

The program offers a literary translation concentration and Spanish creative writing courses and coursework options. Graduate certificates in Mexican American Studies and/or Gender and Women’s Studies may be pursued alongside MFA coursework.

Rolling application deadline. Priority deadline for best consideration is March 1.

Rolling Admissions
Contact E-mail: 
emmy.perez@utrgv.edu [5]
Contact Name: 
Emmy Pérez

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

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/content/university_texas_rio_grande_valley [2] https://www.riversedgejournal.com/ [3] http://gallery.submittable.com/submit [4] http://www.utrgv.edu/creative-writing/ [5] mailto:emmy.perez@utrgv.edu