Mountainview Low-Residency MFA at Southern New Hampshire University

MFA Program

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Program Established:

2006

Location:

Manchester, NH

Genre:

Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Residency:

Low

Duration:

2 Years

Incoming Class Size:

15 per cohort

Application Deadline:

October 30, 2023

Application Fee:

$30

Website:

https://www.snhu.edu/mfa

Contact E-mail:

mfa@snhu.edu

Contact Name:

Benjamin Nugent

Core Faculty Includes:

Fiction: Marcus Burke, Halle Butler, Rachel B. Glaser, Hermione Hoby, Johanna Knowles, Andrew Martin, Benjamin Nugent, Tracy O’Neill, Rebecca Schiff, Katherine Towler, Adam Wilson
Nonfiction: Amy Irvine, Nadia Owusu, Justin Taylor

Funding/Employment Opportunities:

The program offers a position editing the website of Assignment Magazine, the program’s literary journal.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers:

Assignment Magazine

Other Features:

Students attend two weeklong residencies each year, in January and June, in the grand loft spaces of Manchester, New Hamphire’s historic Millyard, and on campus in Hooksett, New Hampshire. Students study with mentoring faculty; attend lectures, readings, and classes with visiting writers; hone their work; read publicly; and meet with agents and editors.

The application deadline is October 30 for the January 2024 residency and April 30 for the June 2024 residency.

Graduates:

Pratima Cranse, Sarah Eisner, Amy Irvine, Emma LeBlanc, Marjorie Lewis, Jacquelyn Mitchard, David Moloney, Elizabeth Mueller, Nadia Owusu, Elizabeth Rush, Charlie Stella, John Vercher, Timothy Woodward