MFA Program
See writers who attended this program
Poetry: Richard Blanco, Gerry LaFemina, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Judith Vollmer (U.S. faculty); Jean O'Brien, Enda Wyley (Ireland faculty)
Fiction: Joseph Bathanti, Karin Lin-Greenberg, Geeta Kothari (U.S. faculty); Evelyn Conlon, Carlo Gébler, Niall Williams (Ireland faculty)
Nonfiction: Diane Glancy, Geeta Kothari, Gerry LaFemina, Sarah Shotland (U.S. faculty); Carlo Gébler, Brian Leyden (Ireland faculty)
Visiting Writers in the U.S. and Ireland: Dilruba Ahmed, Kevin Barry, Jo Ann Beard, Claire-Louise Bennett, Kevin Breathnach, Colette Bryce, Sandra Cisneros, Kit de Waal, Toi Derricotte, Anne Enright, Danielle Evans, Melissa Febos, Aracelis Girmay, Sinéad Gleeson, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Seán Hewitt, Elizabeth Kadetsky, Claire Keegan, Yusef Komunyakaa, Nick Laird, Ada Limón, Paul Lynch, Lisa McInerney, Paula Meehan, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Annemarie Ni Churreain, Kerri Ni Dochartaigh, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Mark O’Connell, Joseph, O’Connor, Glenn Patterson, Deesha Philyaw, Francine Prose, Sam Quinones, Donal Ryan, Sapphire, Sejal Shah, Clint Smith, Patricia Smith, Tracy K. Smith, Nick White, Kate Wisel, Jenny Xie, Kao Kalia Yang, Nidhi Zak
The program offers partial teaching assistantships, graduate assistantships, and travel scholarships to Ireland.
Students attend two 11-day residencies each year: a January residency at the Carlow University campus in Pittsburgh, and a June residency at the Trinity College campus in Dublin, Ireland. Students have the opportunity to work with both US and Irish faculty. The program also offers coursework on professional development and post-MFA life.