University of San Francisco

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
1986
Location: 
San Francisco, CA
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
30
Application Deadline: 
January 31, 2025
Application Fee: 
$55
Website: 
https://www.usfca.edu/arts-sciences/graduate-programs/writing
Contact E-mail: 
tmballard@usfca.edu
Contact Name: 
Micah Ballard, Administrative Director
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: D. A. Powell, Maw Shein Win, Shelley Wong
Fiction: Stephen Beachy, Rita Bullwinkel, Lewis Buzbee, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Kate Folk, Vanessa Hua, Miah Jeffra, Laleh Khadivi, R. O. Kwon, Lauren Markham, K. M. Soehnlein, Susan Steinberg, Monica West
Creative Nonfiction: Vanessa Hua, Miah Jeffra, Dave Madden, Lauren Markham

Visiting Writers include Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Cristina García, Aya de Leon, and Monica West.

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers partial funding. Some teaching assistantships and fellowships are offered.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Invisible City

Other Features: 

The program offers small workshop classes, one-on-one mentoring, professional development, a reading series with visiting writers, the Emerging Writers Festival, Life After the MFA symposia, and more.

Graduates: 

Thomas Burke, Liza Campbell, Matthew D. Dalton, George Dohrmann, Kate Folk, Abeer Y. Hoque, Jen Larsen, Joshua Mohr, Courtney Moreno, Thomas Peele, Craig Santos Perez, Cynthia Robinson, Wendy Tokunaga