2022 EDUCATION GUIDE
Find the perfect MFA, MA, or PhD program with our annual listing.
NEW ENGLAND
BENNINGTON COLLEGE
Degree type: Low-residency MFA in writing. Concentrations: Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Contact: Bennington College, One College Dr., Bennington, VT 05201. 802-440-4452. writing@bennington.edu bennington.edu/MFAWriting
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Degree type: MFA in creative writing. MFA in playwriting also available. Concentrations: Fiction and poetry. Contact: Creative Writing Program, 236 Bay State Rd., Boston, MA 02215. 617-353-2510. crwr@bu.edu bu.edu/creativewriting
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Degree type: MFA in literary arts. Concentrations: Fiction, poetry, or digital/cross-disciplinary writing. Contact: Literary Arts, Brown University, Box 1923, 68.5 Brown St., Providence, RI 02912. 401-863-3260. writing@brown.edu brown.edu/academics/literary-arts
EMERSON COLLEGE
Degree type: MFA in creative writing; MA in publishing and writing. Concentrations: Literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Contact: Department of Writing, Literature & Publishing, 120 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116. 617-824-8500. jabari_asim@emerson.edu emerson.edu/academics/creative-writing-mfa
GODDARD COLLEGE
Degree type: Low-residency MFA in creative writing. Concentrations: Fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction/memoir, dramatic writing (plays, TV, or screenplays), cross-genre/hybrid, or graphic novel. Contact: MFA in Creative Writing Program, 123 Pitkin Rd., Plainfield, VT 05667. David De Lucca, senior admissions counselor, david.delucca@goddard.edu goddard.edu/academics/master-fine-arts-creative-writing
LESLEY UNIVERSITY
Degree type: Low-residency MFA in creative writing. Concentrations: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for young people, writing for graphic novels and comics, and writing for stage and screen. Contact: MFA in Creative Writing, Lesley University, 29 Everett St., Cambridge, MA 02138. Danielle Georges, director, 617-349-8332. dgeorges@lesley.edu lesley.edu/academics/graduate/creative-writing
BAY PATH UNIVERSITY
Degree type: Online-only MFA in creative nonfiction writing. Concentrations: Narrative medicine, publishing, and teaching. Contact: Bay Path University, 588 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow, MA 01106. 413-565-1332. graduate@baypath.edu baypath.edu/mfa
SIMMONS COLLEGE
Degree type: MA in writing for children. Concentrations: Writing for children. Contact: Simmons College, School of Library and Information Science, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115. gsa@simmons.edu simmons.edu/academics/graduate-programs/childrens-literature-ma-teaching-mat
SOLSTICE LOW-RESIDENCY MFA AT PINE MANOR COLLEGE
Degree type: Low-residency MFA in creative writing. Concentrations: Fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, comics and graphic novels, and writing for children and young adults. Contact: Solstice MFA Program, Pine Manor College, 400 Heath St., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. Email from website. pmc.edu/mfa
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY
Degree type: Mountainview MFA in fiction or nonfiction. Concentrations: Fiction and nonfiction. Contact: Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 North River Rd., Manchester, NH 03106. 603-665-2625. mfa@snhu.edu snhu.edu/campus-majors/graduate/mfa-creative-writing-fiction-nonfiction
STONECOAST
Degree type: Low-residency MFA in creative writing. Concentrations: Fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, scriptwriting, and popular fiction. Contact: University of Southern Maine, Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing, P.O. Box 9300, Portland, ME 04104. 207-780-4423. stonecoastmfa@maine.edu usm.maine.edu/stonecoastmfa
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
Degree type: MFA in creative writing. Concentrations: Fiction and poetry. Contact: MFA Program for Poets and Writers, Department of English, South College, University of Massachusetts, 150 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003. 413-545-0643. mfapoetsandwriters@hfa.umass.edu umass.edu/englishmfa
