University of Nevada, Reno

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
2015
Location: 
Reno, NV
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction
Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
6-10
Application Deadline: 
December 15, 2023
Application Fee: 
$60
Contact E-mail: 
Contact Name: 
Christopher Coake
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Steve Gehrke, Ann Keniston, Jared Stanley
Fiction: Christopher Coake, Claire Stanford

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers partial funding, which includes teaching assistantships. Historically, the program has been able to offer TAs to all admitted students. 

Other Features: 

The program is friendly to fiction applicants who work in genre writing and aspire to produce work of literary quality.

Applicants are not required to provide GRE scores.

Please note that this listing is for the residential MFA program. UNR’s low-residency MFA is a separate, independent program.