MFA Program
See writers who attended this programPoetry: CMarie Fuhrman, Carol Guerrero-Murphy, Tyson Hausdoerffer, Julie Kane, Maya Jewell Zeller, Cameron McGill, Byron F. Aspaas, Derek Sheffield, Steve Coughlin
Genre Fiction: Candace Nadon, Rick Wilbur, Johanna Parkhurst, E. Lily Yu, Julie Czerneda, Tenea Johnson, Laura Resau
Nature Writing: Karen Auvinen, Steve Coughlin, CMarie Fuhrman, Laura Pritchett, Ana Maria Spagna, Laura Resau, Claire Boyles, Maya Jewell Zeller
Publishing: Kevin J. Anderson, Gwyneth Gibby, Allyson Longueira
Screenwriting: Mitali Jahagirdar, Emily Spivey, Ligiah Villalobos Rojas, Geoffrey Geib, Kimberlea Kressel, Liz Scudlo
The program offers scholarships and loans.
Students attend a one-week residency each July at the Western Colorado University campus in Gunnison, Colorado.
The program now offers five distinct concentrations: Genre Fiction, Nature Writing, Poetry, Publishing, and Screenwriting.
Rolling admission is from August 1 to May 31.