MFA ProgramsMA
See writers who attended this programPoetry: Rashidah Ismaili AbuBakr, Phil Brady, Christine Gelineau, Shanta Lee
Fiction: Ru Freeman, Kaylie Jones, Ken Liu, Nancy McKinley, Robert Mooney, Taylor Polites, Nisha Sharma, Jeff Talarigo, Rachel Weaver
Creative Nonfiction: Beverly Donofrio, Jessica Goudeau, Laurie Jean, J. Michael Lennon, Robin Micah McCrary, Kao Kalia Yang
Playwriting: Bonnie Culver, Gregory Fletcher, Christine Renee Miller, Nicole Pandolfo, Dania Ramos
Screenwriting: Susan Cartsonis, Ross Klavan, Jennifer Mayer, Richard Uhlig
Spoken Word: Angelique Palmer
Writing for Television: Alice O’Neill
The program offers graduate assistantships and scholarships.
Akashic Books, Etruscan Press, Kaylie Jones Books, Havescripts/Blue Moon Plays, Resonate Entertainment, River and South Review, Books by Hippocampus, SenArt Films
The program is a sequential MA/MFA program; students must complete their three-semester MA degree at Wilkes before pursuing a MFA degree for two more semesters. The program offers degrees in screenwriting, playwriting, and publishing, in addition to degrees in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and spoken word.
Students may choose between two residency options: two eight-day residencies in January and June, or online “Weekender” classes offered shortly after the residencies. All residencies take place at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
The application deadline to be considered for a graduate assistantship is December 1 for the January residency and May 1 for the June residency.