University of Houston [1]
Gulf Coast [2], Glass Mountain [3]
Poetry: Erin Belieu, Nick Flynn, francine j. harris, Kevin Prufer, Martha Serpas, Roberto Tejada, Hayan Charara (visiting)
Fiction: Robert Boswell, Chitra Divakaruni, Antonya Nelson, Alexander Parsons, Peter Turchi, Hayan Charara (visiting)
Nonfiction: Nick Flynn, Peter Turchi
The program offers full funding to all incoming students through teaching assistantships and fellowships.
In addition, the program emphasizes and offers a variety of non-teaching graduate assistantships, including editorial positions with Gulf Coast, lyric narrative health fellowships with the UH Medical School, and internships with outside organizations ranging from independent bookstores to advertising companies to literary nonprofits and presses.
The program is affiliated with several major reading series, including the Inprint Margaret Root Brown reading series [5], the Gulf Coast reading series, and the Poison Pen series, as well as the local Writers in the Schools (WITS) program. Writing awards, research fellowships to underwrite residencies, as well as travel funds for the annual AWP Conference and reserved summer literary residencies are also offered.