Dominican University of California

MFA Program

Program Established: 
2017
Location: 
San Rafael, CA
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
5-10
Application Deadline: 
December 1, 2024
Application Fee: 
$0
Website: 
https://www.dominican.edu/mfa
Contact E-mail: 
judy.halebsky@dominican.edu
Contact Name: 
Judy Halebsky, Program Director
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Joan Baranow, Judy Halebsky, Brian Tierney
Fiction: Kim Culbertson, Lee Kravetz, Hannah Michell, Claudia Morales
Nonfiction and Memoir: Thomas Burke, Marianne Rogoff

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers the Matthew Henderson Award which is an endowed scholarship awarded each year on the basis of merit and need. La Vida Dominican Post Baccalaureate scholarships and assistantships of up to $12,000 over an academic year are awarded on a competitive basis. All students receive the MFA Scholarship of $300 each semester including the summer semester. Two student employment positions support co-curricular learning in teaching and publishing practicums.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Wolf Ridge Press, Littoral Press, Tuxedo Journal

Other Features: 

The program offers an optional track in narrative medicine and frequent Writing for Health and Healing Retreats in which MFA students are invited to lead writing workshops.

Students attend two residencies each year, an eight-day residency in January and an ten-day residency in June, at the Dominican University of California campus in San Rafael. Students are also invited to attend monthly writing workshops either on campus or online.

The application deadline is December 1 for the January residency and May 1 for the June residency.

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