Cedar Crest College

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
2012
Location: 
Dublin, Barcelona, and Vienna
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2-3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
10-12 per year
Application Deadline: 
August 1, 2024
Application Fee: 
$50
Website: 
http://mfa.cedarcrest.edu
Contact E-mail: 
acwellfo@cedarcrest.edu
Contact Name: 
Alison Wellford
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Heather Green, Gwyneth Lewis, Alice Miller, Ruben Quesada, David St. John, Peter Streckfus
Fiction: Robert Antoni, David Bezmozgis, Aleksandar Hemon, Dinaw Mengestu, Kate Racculia, Diana Spechler, David Heska Wambli Weiden
Nonfiction: Anna Ciezadlo, Jeffrey Greene, Aleksandar Hemon, Gwyneth Lewis, Diana Spechler

Other Features: 

Students attend a 15-day residency each year in July, which rotates between Dublin, Barcelona, and Vienna.

The program offers a track in travel writing, in addition to tracks in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and screenwriting. Students also have the option to pursue a dual-genre degree.

The program offers scholarships, graduate assistantships, teaching opportunities, monthly craft and publishing webinars, and optional fall and spring meetups at national writing conferences such as AWP’s annual convention.

The application deadline is April 1 for the summer residency, August 1 for the fall term, and December 1 for the spring term.