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MFA in Creative Writing

Faculty and Staff

MFA Faculty Reading

Permanent Faculty and Endowed Chair 

Our program offers students singular opportunities to develop their craft. Students workshop with Tim O’Brien, Ada Limón, and a rotating endowed chair, a yearly position held by internationally acclaimed writers. Recent endowed chairs include Booker Prize finalist Jonathan Escoffery, MacArthur Fellow Layli Long Soldier, Pulitzer Prize finalist Mai Der Vang, and Pulitzer Prize finalist Karen Russell. Students also work closely with our dedicated, award-winning, full-time faculty, including Doug Dorst, Jennifer duBois, James Han Mattson, and Lindsay Stern in fiction; and Cyrus Cassells, Cecily Parks, and Charlotte Pence in poetry.


Visiting Writers, Agents, and Editors

Our students enjoy readings and master classes with renowned visiting writers, as well as meetings with leading agents and editors.