Lasell University’s Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program

The program offers partial funding through fellowships and scholarships. 

The Writers-Helping Writings Need-based Scholarships offer a $1,000 tuition discount per semester ($4,000 total). The Kurt Brown Fellowship for Diverse Voices offers $1,500 tuition discount applied to first semester; the Frances L. Toner Fellowship for Veterans offers a $1,500 tuition discount applied to first semester or free room and board on campus for student’s first year; the Monica Hand Fellowship for Nontraditional Students offers a $1,500 tuition discount applied to first semester for applicants forty years of age or older; the Dubus Fellowship for Native & Indigenous Writers offers a $1,500 tuition discount applied to first semester for Native and Indigenous applicants who also demonstrate financial need; the Billy Still Fellowship for Social Action & Writing offers a $1,500 tuition discount applied to first semester for applicants who enter our Social Action & Writing Track during the summer residency/fall semester; and Genre-Based Fellowships ($1,500 each tuition discount applied to first semester) include the Dennis Lehane Fellowship for Fiction, the Michael Steinberg Fellowship for Creative Nonfiction, the Doug and Betsy Sholl Fellowship for Poetry, and the Jacqueline Woodson Fellowship for a Young People’s Writer of African or Caribbean Descent.