Mountainview Low-Residency MFA at Southern New Hampshire University

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
2006
Location: 
Manchester, NH
Genre: 
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
15 per cohort
Application Deadline: 
October 30, 2024
Application Fee: 
$30
Website: 
https://www.snhu.edu/mfa
Contact E-mail: 
mfa@snhu.edu
Contact Name: 
Benjamin Nugent (Director), Tim Camerato (Admissions)
Core Faculty Includes: 

Fiction: Benjamin Nugent, Marcus Burke, Halle Butler, Rachel B. Glaser, Johanna Knowles, Andrew Martin, Tracy O’Neill, Nadia Owusu, Rebecca Schiff, Justin Taylor
Nonfiction: Nadia Owusu, Adrienne Raphel, Gemma Sieff

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers a position editing the website of Assignment Magazine, the program’s literary journal.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Assignment Magazine

Other Features: 

Students attend two weeklong residencies each year, in January and June, in the grand loft spaces of Manchester, New Hamphire’s historic Millyard, and on campus in Hooksett, New Hampshire. Students study with mentoring faculty; attend lectures, readings, and classes with visiting writers; hone their work; read publicly; and meet with agents and editors.

Graduates: 

Pratima Cranse, Amy Irvine, Marjorie Lewis, Jacquelyn Mitchard, David Moloney, Nadia Owusu, Elizabeth Rush, John Vercher