Goddard College
Plainfield, VT
https://www.goddard.edu/academics/master-of-fine-arts-in-creative-writing/
Students may choose their residency in either Plainfield, VT or Port Townsend, WA
We believe in the power of your imagination. Since 1976, when Goddard College launched the nation’s first low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, we have provided an enduring creative home for writers like you. Our goal is to help you find, refine, and share your words with the world. Unlike many conventional MFA programs, we welcome writers in a variety of genres, including libretto, television writing, and the graphic novel, as well as creative nonfiction, poetry, dramatic writing, fiction, speculative fiction, and hybrid forms.
We support you in determining your artistic direction and work with you to individualize the course of study that will enable you to fulfill your dreams. We’ll provide the structure, deadlines, and guidance you need from professional mentors who are working writers in your chosen genre.
Goddard’s low-residency model allows you to complete your book, play, or script without compromising your other work or family obligations.
Degrees Offered
MFA
Genres
Fiction, Poetry, CNF, CYA, Drama, Screenwriting, Graphic Novel
Residency type
Low-residency
Program length
48 semester hours (4 semesters)
Financial Aid
Goddard has some internal partial scholarships available
Teaching opportunities
Students complete a teaching practicum as part of their studies. Students interested in obtaining elementary or secondary teacher licensure may do so by transferring to the Goddard College Education and Licensure Program for two semesters following the completion of their MFA studies.
Editorial opportunities
Yes, students have the opportunity to work on the voluntary, student-run literary journal "The Pitkin Review."
Cross-genre study
Yes, cross genre and hybrid genre is possible.
Graduates
- Judith Barrington MA (Poetry) 1981
- Dianne Benedict MFA 1979
- Cara Benson MFA
- Barbara Flug Colin MFA (Poetry) 1977
- Nicolas Destino MFA
- Mark Doty MFA (Poetry) 1980
- Keith Eisner MFA
- Richard Hoffman MFA (Poetry) 1977
- Liz Latty MFA (CNF) 2012
- Laura McCullough MFA (Fiction) 1994
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