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Mount St. Mary’s University [1]

MFA
Los Angeles
CA
United States
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Application Fee: 
50
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

The Rush [2], Editor Juana Moriel-Payne

Residency: 
Low
Online
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
20
Application Deadline: 
January 1, 2099
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry:  JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
Fiction: Juana Moriel-Payne, JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
Nonfiction: Juana Moriel-Payne
Screenwriting: Jo Carlisle

Website: 
http://www.msmu.edu/graduate-programs/creative-writing [3]
Other Features: 

In conjunction with the MFA in Film and Televisions, the program now offers a joint MFA in Screenwriting.

The program is the first creative writing MFA program to integrate virtual reality into its teaching. The program also offers a certificate in Latin American and Latinx Creative Studies.

Students attend six non-consecutive weekend residencies each semester at the Doheny Campus of Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles. The program also offers a fully online option.

The program is home to the Rush, an online literary magazine run by MFA students, and hosts visiting artists, a reading series, and an annual writing conference.

Rolling Admissions
Contact E-mail: 
jpayne@msmu.edu [4]
Contact Name: 
Johnny Payne

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/mfa/mount_st_marys_university

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/mfa/mount_st_marys_university [2] https://www.therushmagazine.com/ [3] http://www.msmu.edu/graduate-programs/creative-writing [4] mailto:jpayne@msmu.edu