Monmouth University

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Program Established: 
2019
Location: 
West Long Branch, NJ
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
8
Application Deadline: 
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee: 
$50
Website: 
https://www.monmouth.edu/graduate/mfa-creative-writing
Contact E-mail: 
agraedon@monmouth.edu
Contact Name: 
Alena Graedon
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Mihaela Moscaliuc
Fiction: Alex Gilvarry, Alena Graedon, Kenneth Womack
Nonfiction: Mary Kate Azcuy

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers partial funding through graduate scholarships, graduate assistantships, and undergraduate teaching opportunities.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Monmouth Review

Other Features: 

This MA/MFA dual degree program requires completing a 30-credit MA in English with a Creative Writing concentration before participating in the MFA program. The program hosts an annual graduate creative writing award contest, author research assistantships, a publishing seminar, and visiting writers series readings.

Application deadlines are May 1 for summer, July 15 for fall, and December 1 for spring.

Graduates: 

Jason Aquino (fiction), Melissa Badamo (fiction), Christopher Bogart (fiction), Corinne Cavallo (fiction), Anthony Clark (nonfiction), Barbara Coleman (fiction), Faith Earl (poetry), Michelle Giles (fiction), Mallory Green (fiction), Jora Lam (fiction), Allison Long (fiction), Damian Luboch (fiction), Nicholas Morris (poetry), Malia Padalino (nonfiction), Jenna Puglisi (fiction), Mackenzie Svarrer (fiction), Sarah Van Clef (nonfiction)