New England Programs (New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut)
NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE
Location: Henniker, New Hampshire
Length: 4 semesters, each consisting of a 10-day residency followed by correspondence with a faculty mentor; 4th semester concludes with 5th and final residency
Subject areas: Poetry
Faculty: Chard deNiord, Jeff Friedman, Ross Gay, Judith Hall, Joan Larkin, Anne Marie Macari, Paula McLain, Jane Mead, Alicia Ostriker, Ira Sadoff, Anne Waldman, Michael Waters, Maxine Kumin, Gerald Stern
Tuition per year: Easier to go by cost of entire program: $29 422. This includes the cost of residencies and tuition for the whole 5 residencies and 4 semesters.
Application materials: Submit all materials to Office of Graduate Admission: Application for Admission—Graduate Program, $35 application fee, 2 recommendations, transcript, personal statement, manuscript, resume, critical essay re: poem by another author, and list of 10 most influential books; GRE not required
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling admissions basis for residencies in January and July
Financial Aid: Merit-based scholarships are awarded to incoming students on the basis of academic achievement or artistic accomplishment with consideration for financial need. These annually renewable awards vary from $1 K to the full cost of tuition.
Web address: http://www.nec.edu/grad/servlet/faqservlet?action=TreeACT&id=421&increment=Y&page_action=main
BENNINGTON COLLEGE
Location: Bennington, Vermont
Length: four semesters, each consisting of a 10-day residency followed by correspondence with faculty member for rest of semester; 4th semester concludes with 5th and final residency
Subject areas: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry
Faculty: Martha Cooley, Elizabeth Cox, Amy Hempel, Sheila Kohler, Alica Mattison, Jill McCorkle, Askold Melnyczuk, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Virgil Suarez, April Bernard, Henri Cole, Amy Gerstler, Major Jackson, Timothy Liu, Ed Ochester, Liam Rector, Jason Shinder, Sven Birkerts, Tom Bissell, Susan Cheever, Philip Lopate, Bob Shacochis
Tuition per year: The annual fee (including 2 residencies) is $13 400. The final graduation residency is $550.
Application requirements: Submit all materials to Bennington College, Writing Seminars Office: MFA in Writing and Literature Application, $50 application fee, 3 recommendations, transcript, 3 copies of essay re: “reading life,” 3 copies of writing sample; GRE not mentioned
Deadline: 1 Mar. (June residency); 15 Sept. (January residency)
Financial Aid: Because of its low-residency nature, the department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students—you must turn to your friend the FAFSA.
Web address: http://www.bennington.edu/acad_grad_writ.asp
GODDARD COLLEGE
Location: Plainfield, Vermont
Length: 4 semesters, each beginning with an 8-day residency followed by correspondence with faculty advisor
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, Playwriting, Screenwriting, or Cross-Genre
Faculty: Deborah Brevoort, Rebecca Brown, Alex Chee, Jan Clausen, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Elene Georgiou, Neil Landau, Leslie Lee, Jeanne Mackin, Douglas A. Martin, Nicola Morris, Richard Panek, Rachel Pollack, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Jacquelyn Reingold, Mariana Romo-Carmona, Sarah Schulman, Paul Selig, Alison Smith, Juliana Spahr, Darcey Steinke, Jane Wohl
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Tuition per semester is $6 495. Room and board per semester is $499.
Application requirements: Submit all materials to Admissions Office: MFA in Creative Writing Application for Admission (online version only), $20 application fee, 3 recommendations (sent directly from recommenders), transcript (sent directly from institution), personal statement, study plan including (“focus and goals,” and “methods of study”), preliminary bibliography of works to study, writing sample; GRE not mentioned
Deadline: Residencies take place in July (fall semester) and February (spring semester). Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but those received less than 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the semester will be deferred to the next.
Financial Aid: Because of its low-residency nature, the department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students—you must turn to your friend the FAFSA.
Web address: http://www.goddard.edu/academic/MFAWplainfield.html
VERMONT COLLEGE (Program 1)
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Length: 4 semesters, each consisting of 10-day residency followed by correspondence with faculty advisor and peers for rest of semester; 4th semester concludes with 5th and final residency; students who wish to do 2 subject areas or a secondary concentration in Translation complete 5 semesters and 6 residencies
Subject areas: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry; secondary concentration in Translation
Faculty: Laurie Alberts, Phyllis Barber, Abby Frucht, Douglas Glover, Philip Graham, Robin Hemley, David Jauss, Diane Lefer, Ellen Lesser, Christopher Noel, Pamela Painter, Sue William Silverman, Domenic Stansberry, Larry Sutin, Nance Van Winckel, Xu xi, Ralph Anger, Robin Behn, Nancy Eimers, Jody Gladding, Richard Jackson, William Olsen, Clare Rossini, Mary Ruefle, Natasha Saje, Betsy Sholl, Lesie Ullman, Roger Weingarten, David Wojahn, Suzanne Paola, Mark Cox
Length: 4 or 5 semesters
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Tuition per semester is $6 652. Room and board per semester is $432; final residency costs $595.
Application requirements: Submit to Office of Admissions: Application—MFA in Writing, $50 application fee, personal statement, critical essay, and manuscript. Submit to MFA in Writing Office: 2 recommendations and transcript. GRE not required.
Deadline: 1 Mar. (fall); 1 Sept. (spring)
Financial Aid: Because of its low-residency nature, the department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students—you must turn to your friend the FAFSA.
Web address: http://www.tui.edu/mfaw
VERMONT COLLEGE (Program 2)
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Length: 4 semesters, each consisting of 10-day residency followed by correspondence with faculty advisor and peers for rest of semester; 4th semester concludes with 5th and final residency
Subject areas: Juvenile/YA Fiction
Faculty: M.T. Anderson, Kathi Appelt, Marion Dane Bauer, Margaret Bechard, Carolyn Coman, Sharon Darrow, Louise Hawes, Ellen Howard, Liza Ketchum, Ron Koertge, Laura Kvasnosky, Ellen Levine, Alison McGhee, Norma Fox Mazer, Phyllis Root, Jane Resh Thomas, Tim Wynne-Jones
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Tuition per semester is $6 652. Room and board per semester is $432; final residency costs $595.
Application requirements: Submit to Office of Admissions: Application—MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, $50 application fee, personal statement (2 copies), critical essay (2 copies), and manuscript (2 copies). Submit to MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults Office: 2 recommendations and transcript. GRE not required.
Deadline: 1 Mar. (fall); 1 Sept. (spring)
Financial Aid: Because of its low-residency nature, the department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students—you must turn to your friend the FAFSA.
Web address: http://www.tui.edu/programs/masters_mfawc.asp
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE
Location: Portland, Maine
Length: 4 semesters, each beginning with 10-day residency followed by correspondence with faculty mentor for the rest of the semester; 4th semester concludes with a 5th and final graduation residency
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Faculty: Joan Connor, Ray Gonzalez, Richard Hoffman, Barbara Hurd, Joyce Maynard, Suzanne Strempek Shea, Baron Wormser, Brad Barkley, Alan Davis, David Anthony Durham, Ann Hood, James Patrick Kelly, Clint McCown, Lesléa Newman, Lewis Robinson, Elizabeth Searle, Michael White, Theodore Deppe, Annie Finch, Jeffrey W. Harrison, Gray Jacobik, Charles Martin, Shara McCallum, Carol Moldaw, Dennis Nurkse, Timothy Seibles, Crystal Williams
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Tuition per semester is $4 990, plus a tuition cost of $425 for the final residency. There’s an additional $625 board cost per residency.
Application materials: Submit all materials to Office of Graduate Admissions: Graduate Application Form (2 copies), $50 application fee, 3 recommendations, 2 transcripts, personal statement, writing sample; GRE not required
Deadline: 1 Sept. (winter residency) and 1 Feb. (summer residency)
Financial Aid: The program offers 4 partial scholarships of unspecified value—Maine Resident, Cultural Diversity, Social Action, and Academic Merit. To apply for one or more of these, submit a scholarship application form specifying the scholarships you’re applying for and write a 500-word essay that describes how your credentials fit the nature of the scholarship(s). Deadline is 5 May.
Web address: http://www.usm.maine.edu/stonecoastmfa/index.html
LESLEY UNIVERSITY
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Length: 4 semesters, each beginning with a 10-day residency, followed by correspondence with a faculty mentor for the rest of the semester
Subject areas: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Children’s LiteratureFaculty: Stephen Cramer, Anne Bernays, Wayne Brown, Jane Brox, Teresa Cader, Rafael Campo, Pat Lowery Collins, David Elliott, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Tony Eprile, Laurie Foos, Indira Ganesan, Susan Goodman, Alexandra Johnson, Rachel Kadish, Hester Kaplan, Justin Kaplan, Michael Lowenthal, Rachel Manley, M. Elaine Mar, Cate Marvin, Kyoko Mori, Anita Riggio, Don Share, Christina Shea, Janet Sylvester, A.J. Verdelle
Tuition per year: Tuition is $6 500 per semester. For each residency, there is also an additional residency fee of $300 (tuition/coursework/activities) plus an accommodation fee of $350 (summer) or $500-$700 (winter).
Application materials: Submit all materials to Office of Admissions: Application for Graduate Admission, $50 application fee, 3 recommendations, transcript, personal statement, 3 copies of writing sample; GRE not mentioned
Deadline: 1 Apr. for Fall semester (residency in June); 1 Oct. for Spring semester (residency in January)
Financial Aid: The department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students. Your options include the usual defaults: filing a FAFSA for a need-based financial package; investigating federal loans, institutional grants, and private grants/scholarships; applying for on-campus employment. There are Graduate Assistants, but only for on-campus programs.
Web address: http://www.lesley.edu/gsass/creative_writing
WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: Danbury, Connecticut
Length: 4 semesters, each beginning with a 1-week residency followed by correspondence with instructor and peers for rest of semester (but a student can take up to 8 semesters: if he/she doesn’t want to do the program in 4 consecutive semesters, he/she can pick 4 of 8 semesters since matriculation in which to complete it)
Subject areas: Students are taught the history, conventions, tone, and content of a number of “genres.” Basically, it teaches you how to write stuff that sells. Innovative, one-of-a-kind, and absolutely beneath contempt—at least in my view. But since it is unique, and since it is a member of the AWP, and since you might be interested in it, voilà.
Faculty: John P. Briggs, Brian Clements, Oscar De Los Santos, Edward Hagan, Shouhua Qi, James R. Scrimgeour, Abbey Zink
Tuition per year: Program is 60 credits at $408 per credit; in all, the degree should cost $24 480. Each residency costs $700.
Application materials: Submit all materials to Division of Graduate Studies: Application for Admission (Graduate Studies), Application for Admission (MFA in Professional Writing), genre and schedule questionnaire, $50 application fee, transcript, 5-page personal essay, portfolio, vitae; phone interview likely; recommendations not required but may be sent; GRE not mentioned
Deadline: 1 Feb. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: The department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students. Just need-based aid from filing a FAFSA, plus federal grants and loans.
Web address: http://www.wcsu.edu/english/mfa
Location: Henniker, New Hampshire
Length: 4 semesters, each consisting of a 10-day residency followed by correspondence with a faculty mentor; 4th semester concludes with 5th and final residency
Subject areas: Poetry
Faculty: Chard deNiord, Jeff Friedman, Ross Gay, Judith Hall, Joan Larkin, Anne Marie Macari, Paula McLain, Jane Mead, Alicia Ostriker, Ira Sadoff, Anne Waldman, Michael Waters, Maxine Kumin, Gerald Stern
Tuition per year: Easier to go by cost of entire program: $29 422. This includes the cost of residencies and tuition for the whole 5 residencies and 4 semesters.
Application materials: Submit all materials to Office of Graduate Admission: Application for Admission—Graduate Program, $35 application fee, 2 recommendations, transcript, personal statement, manuscript, resume, critical essay re: poem by another author, and list of 10 most influential books; GRE not required
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling admissions basis for residencies in January and July
Financial Aid: Merit-based scholarships are awarded to incoming students on the basis of academic achievement or artistic accomplishment with consideration for financial need. These annually renewable awards vary from $1 K to the full cost of tuition.
Web address: http://www.nec.edu/grad/servlet/faqservlet?action=TreeACT&id=421&increment=Y&page_action=main
BENNINGTON COLLEGE
Location: Bennington, Vermont
Length: four semesters, each consisting of a 10-day residency followed by correspondence with faculty member for rest of semester; 4th semester concludes with 5th and final residency
Subject areas: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry
Faculty: Martha Cooley, Elizabeth Cox, Amy Hempel, Sheila Kohler, Alica Mattison, Jill McCorkle, Askold Melnyczuk, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Virgil Suarez, April Bernard, Henri Cole, Amy Gerstler, Major Jackson, Timothy Liu, Ed Ochester, Liam Rector, Jason Shinder, Sven Birkerts, Tom Bissell, Susan Cheever, Philip Lopate, Bob Shacochis
Tuition per year: The annual fee (including 2 residencies) is $13 400. The final graduation residency is $550.
Application requirements: Submit all materials to Bennington College, Writing Seminars Office: MFA in Writing and Literature Application, $50 application fee, 3 recommendations, transcript, 3 copies of essay re: “reading life,” 3 copies of writing sample; GRE not mentioned
Deadline: 1 Mar. (June residency); 15 Sept. (January residency)
Financial Aid: Because of its low-residency nature, the department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students—you must turn to your friend the FAFSA.
Web address: http://www.bennington.edu/acad_grad_writ.asp
GODDARD COLLEGE
Location: Plainfield, Vermont
Length: 4 semesters, each beginning with an 8-day residency followed by correspondence with faculty advisor
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, Playwriting, Screenwriting, or Cross-Genre
Faculty: Deborah Brevoort, Rebecca Brown, Alex Chee, Jan Clausen, Kenny Fries, Beatrix Gates, Elene Georgiou, Neil Landau, Leslie Lee, Jeanne Mackin, Douglas A. Martin, Nicola Morris, Richard Panek, Rachel Pollack, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Jacquelyn Reingold, Mariana Romo-Carmona, Sarah Schulman, Paul Selig, Alison Smith, Juliana Spahr, Darcey Steinke, Jane Wohl
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Tuition per semester is $6 495. Room and board per semester is $499.
Application requirements: Submit all materials to Admissions Office: MFA in Creative Writing Application for Admission (online version only), $20 application fee, 3 recommendations (sent directly from recommenders), transcript (sent directly from institution), personal statement, study plan including (“focus and goals,” and “methods of study”), preliminary bibliography of works to study, writing sample; GRE not mentioned
Deadline: Residencies take place in July (fall semester) and February (spring semester). Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but those received less than 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the semester will be deferred to the next.
Financial Aid: Because of its low-residency nature, the department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students—you must turn to your friend the FAFSA.
Web address: http://www.goddard.edu/academic/MFAWplainfield.html
VERMONT COLLEGE (Program 1)
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Length: 4 semesters, each consisting of 10-day residency followed by correspondence with faculty advisor and peers for rest of semester; 4th semester concludes with 5th and final residency; students who wish to do 2 subject areas or a secondary concentration in Translation complete 5 semesters and 6 residencies
Subject areas: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry; secondary concentration in Translation
Faculty: Laurie Alberts, Phyllis Barber, Abby Frucht, Douglas Glover, Philip Graham, Robin Hemley, David Jauss, Diane Lefer, Ellen Lesser, Christopher Noel, Pamela Painter, Sue William Silverman, Domenic Stansberry, Larry Sutin, Nance Van Winckel, Xu xi, Ralph Anger, Robin Behn, Nancy Eimers, Jody Gladding, Richard Jackson, William Olsen, Clare Rossini, Mary Ruefle, Natasha Saje, Betsy Sholl, Lesie Ullman, Roger Weingarten, David Wojahn, Suzanne Paola, Mark Cox
Length: 4 or 5 semesters
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Tuition per semester is $6 652. Room and board per semester is $432; final residency costs $595.
Application requirements: Submit to Office of Admissions: Application—MFA in Writing, $50 application fee, personal statement, critical essay, and manuscript. Submit to MFA in Writing Office: 2 recommendations and transcript. GRE not required.
Deadline: 1 Mar. (fall); 1 Sept. (spring)
Financial Aid: Because of its low-residency nature, the department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students—you must turn to your friend the FAFSA.
Web address: http://www.tui.edu/mfaw
VERMONT COLLEGE (Program 2)
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Length: 4 semesters, each consisting of 10-day residency followed by correspondence with faculty advisor and peers for rest of semester; 4th semester concludes with 5th and final residency
Subject areas: Juvenile/YA Fiction
Faculty: M.T. Anderson, Kathi Appelt, Marion Dane Bauer, Margaret Bechard, Carolyn Coman, Sharon Darrow, Louise Hawes, Ellen Howard, Liza Ketchum, Ron Koertge, Laura Kvasnosky, Ellen Levine, Alison McGhee, Norma Fox Mazer, Phyllis Root, Jane Resh Thomas, Tim Wynne-Jones
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Tuition per semester is $6 652. Room and board per semester is $432; final residency costs $595.
Application requirements: Submit to Office of Admissions: Application—MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, $50 application fee, personal statement (2 copies), critical essay (2 copies), and manuscript (2 copies). Submit to MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults Office: 2 recommendations and transcript. GRE not required.
Deadline: 1 Mar. (fall); 1 Sept. (spring)
Financial Aid: Because of its low-residency nature, the department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students—you must turn to your friend the FAFSA.
Web address: http://www.tui.edu/programs/masters_mfawc.asp
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE
Location: Portland, Maine
Length: 4 semesters, each beginning with 10-day residency followed by correspondence with faculty mentor for the rest of the semester; 4th semester concludes with a 5th and final graduation residency
Subject areas: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Faculty: Joan Connor, Ray Gonzalez, Richard Hoffman, Barbara Hurd, Joyce Maynard, Suzanne Strempek Shea, Baron Wormser, Brad Barkley, Alan Davis, David Anthony Durham, Ann Hood, James Patrick Kelly, Clint McCown, Lesléa Newman, Lewis Robinson, Elizabeth Searle, Michael White, Theodore Deppe, Annie Finch, Jeffrey W. Harrison, Gray Jacobik, Charles Martin, Shara McCallum, Carol Moldaw, Dennis Nurkse, Timothy Seibles, Crystal Williams
Tuition per year: Easier to go by semester. Tuition per semester is $4 990, plus a tuition cost of $425 for the final residency. There’s an additional $625 board cost per residency.
Application materials: Submit all materials to Office of Graduate Admissions: Graduate Application Form (2 copies), $50 application fee, 3 recommendations, 2 transcripts, personal statement, writing sample; GRE not required
Deadline: 1 Sept. (winter residency) and 1 Feb. (summer residency)
Financial Aid: The program offers 4 partial scholarships of unspecified value—Maine Resident, Cultural Diversity, Social Action, and Academic Merit. To apply for one or more of these, submit a scholarship application form specifying the scholarships you’re applying for and write a 500-word essay that describes how your credentials fit the nature of the scholarship(s). Deadline is 5 May.
Web address: http://www.usm.maine.edu/stonecoastmfa/index.html
LESLEY UNIVERSITY
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Length: 4 semesters, each beginning with a 10-day residency, followed by correspondence with a faculty mentor for the rest of the semester
Subject areas: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Children’s LiteratureFaculty: Stephen Cramer, Anne Bernays, Wayne Brown, Jane Brox, Teresa Cader, Rafael Campo, Pat Lowery Collins, David Elliott, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Tony Eprile, Laurie Foos, Indira Ganesan, Susan Goodman, Alexandra Johnson, Rachel Kadish, Hester Kaplan, Justin Kaplan, Michael Lowenthal, Rachel Manley, M. Elaine Mar, Cate Marvin, Kyoko Mori, Anita Riggio, Don Share, Christina Shea, Janet Sylvester, A.J. Verdelle
Tuition per year: Tuition is $6 500 per semester. For each residency, there is also an additional residency fee of $300 (tuition/coursework/activities) plus an accommodation fee of $350 (summer) or $500-$700 (winter).
Application materials: Submit all materials to Office of Admissions: Application for Graduate Admission, $50 application fee, 3 recommendations, transcript, personal statement, 3 copies of writing sample; GRE not mentioned
Deadline: 1 Apr. for Fall semester (residency in June); 1 Oct. for Spring semester (residency in January)
Financial Aid: The department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students. Your options include the usual defaults: filing a FAFSA for a need-based financial package; investigating federal loans, institutional grants, and private grants/scholarships; applying for on-campus employment. There are Graduate Assistants, but only for on-campus programs.
Web address: http://www.lesley.edu/gsass/creative_writing
WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
Location: Danbury, Connecticut
Length: 4 semesters, each beginning with a 1-week residency followed by correspondence with instructor and peers for rest of semester (but a student can take up to 8 semesters: if he/she doesn’t want to do the program in 4 consecutive semesters, he/she can pick 4 of 8 semesters since matriculation in which to complete it)
Subject areas: Students are taught the history, conventions, tone, and content of a number of “genres.” Basically, it teaches you how to write stuff that sells. Innovative, one-of-a-kind, and absolutely beneath contempt—at least in my view. But since it is unique, and since it is a member of the AWP, and since you might be interested in it, voilà.
Faculty: John P. Briggs, Brian Clements, Oscar De Los Santos, Edward Hagan, Shouhua Qi, James R. Scrimgeour, Abbey Zink
Tuition per year: Program is 60 credits at $408 per credit; in all, the degree should cost $24 480. Each residency costs $700.
Application materials: Submit all materials to Division of Graduate Studies: Application for Admission (Graduate Studies), Application for Admission (MFA in Professional Writing), genre and schedule questionnaire, $50 application fee, transcript, 5-page personal essay, portfolio, vitae; phone interview likely; recommendations not required but may be sent; GRE not mentioned
Deadline: 1 Feb. (fall); no spring admissions
Financial Aid: The department has not set up any assistantship or fellowship program to provide funds for graduate students. Just need-based aid from filing a FAFSA, plus federal grants and loans.
Web address: http://www.wcsu.edu/english/mfa
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