Mount St. Mary’s University

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
2014
Location: 
Los Angeles, CA
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Low
Online
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
20
Application Deadline: 
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee: 
$50
Website: 
http://www.msmu.edu/graduate-programs/creative-writing
Contact E-mail: 
jpayne@msmu.edu
Contact Name: 
Johnny Payne
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry:  JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
Fiction: Juana Moriel-Payne, JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
Nonfiction: Juana Moriel-Payne
Screenwriting: Jo Carlisle

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

The Rush, Editor Juana Moriel-Payne

Other Features: 

In conjunction with the MFA in Film and Televisions, the program now offers a joint MFA in Screenwriting.

The program offers bilingual study (English and Spanish) and is the first creative writing MFA program to integrate virtual reality into its teaching. The program also offers a certificate in Latin American and Latinx Creative Studies, and one in Publishing and Editing, each 15 units. 

Students attend six non-consecutive weekend residencies each semester at the Doheny Campus of Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles. The program also offers a fully online option.

The program is home to the Rush, an online literary magazine run by MFA students, and hosts visiting artists, a reading series, and an annual writing conference.