Old Dominion University

MFA Program

See writers who attended this program
Program Established: 
1994
Location: 
Norfolk, VA
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Full
Duration: 
3 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
7
Application Deadline: 
April 1, 2025
Application Fee: 
$0 (ODU requires fees, but fee-waivers are available upon request)
Website: 
http://www.odu.edu/englishdept/mfa-creative-writing
Contact E-mail: 
cwgpd@odu.edu
Contact Name: 
Kent Wascom
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Marianne Chan, Luisa A. Igloria

Fiction: Jane Alberdeston, John McManus, Kent Wascom

Nonfiction: Luisa A. Igloria, Marianne Chan

Hybrid: Luisa A. Igloria

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers fourteen fully-funded positions per year, as well as several additional assistantships and other funding opportunities from outside the program.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Barely South Review

Other Features: 

The program offers a writer-in-residence program, which brings writers to campus to work one-on-one with students;a literary professionalization series , which allows students to interact with editors, agents, and booksellers; a student reading series; and opportunities to take non-creative writing courses, assist in the administration of the annual Old Dominion University Literary Festival, serve on the editorial staff of Barely South Review, and present at the English department’s spring conference.

Graduates: 

Natalie Diaz, Lamar Giles, Amanda Galvan Huynh, Meghan Hoyer, Greg Larson, Sarah McCoy, Lynn Waltz.

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