Newport MFA at Salve Regina University

MFA Program

Program Established: 
2017
Location: 
Newport, RI
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
15 each year
Application Deadline: 
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee: 
$0
Website: 
http://salve.edu/mfa
Contact E-mail: 
amanda.doctor@salve.edu
Contact Name: 
Amanda Doctor
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Charles Coe, Edgar Kunz
Fiction: Allen Kurzweil, Bill Roorbach, Tim Weed
Nonfiction: Alden Jones, Kate Moulton, Bernadette Murphy
Guest writers include: R. Tripp Evans, Andre Dubus III, Elizabeth Strout

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers limited scholarships and federal financial aid.

Other Features: 

The program’s leadership includes graduate program director Dr. Jen McClanaghan and founding director Ann Hood.

Visiting faculty from a variety of genres join each residency as well as publishers, agents, and editors. Students attend two eight-day residencies each year, in January and June, in Newport, Rhode Island.

The application deadline is November 15 to start with the January residency and March 1 for the June residency. If you are interested in applying after the deadline, contact Amanda Doctor, senior assistant director of admissions.