St. Francis College

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
2017
Location: 
Brooklyn, NY
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
8 each year
Application Deadline: 
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee: 
$0
Website: 
http://www.sfc.edu/academics/graduateprograms/mfawriting
Contact E-mail: 
tgangi@sfc.edu
Contact Name: 
Theo Gangi
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Felice Belle, Mahogany Browne, Annie Finch, Caroline Hagood, Jive Poetic
Fiction: Hannah Assadi, Theo Gangi, Caroline Hagood, Marlon James, Lincoln Michel, Jason Starr
Nonfiction: Chloe Cooper Jones, Caroline Hagood
Playwriting/Screenwriting: Ben Snyder
Graphic Writing for Comic Books: Jason Starr

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Unbound Brooklyn

Other Features: 

The program is the only low-residency program that takes place in New York City. Students attend two ten-day residencies each year in January and July at the St. Francis College campus in Brooklyn Heights. The program extends over five residency periods, which generally takes just over two years to complete.

The program also offers tracks in screenwriting/playwriting.

The priority application deadline is October 1 for the winter semester and April 1 for the summer semester. The final application deadline is December 7 for the winter semester and June 11 for the summer semester.