Eastern Oregon University

MFA Program

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Program Established: 
2014
Location: 
La Grande, OR
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
12
Application Deadline: 
February 1, 2025
Application Fee: 
$50
Website: 
http://eou.edu/mfa
Contact E-mail: 
nneely@eou.edu
Contact Name: 
Nick Neely
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Allison Cobb, Laura Da’, Christopher Kondrich
Fiction: Claire Boyles, Megan Kruse, Molly Reid, Eliot Treichel, Joe Wilkins
Nonfiction: Allison Cobb, Melissa Matthewson, Nick Neely

Environmental Writing: Claire Boyles, Allison Cobb, Laura Da’, Christopher Kondrich, Melissa Matthewson, Nick Neely, Molly Reid, Eliot Treichel, Joe Wilkins

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers small, need-based tuition credits.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

basalt: a journal of fine and literary arts; Oregon East
 

Other Features: 

The application period for the program is October 15 through April 1, with a priority deadline of February 1. 

Students attend back-to-back residencies each July: a week at the Fishtrap Gathering of Writers at Wallowa Lake near Joseph, Oregon, and a second week on the nearby Eastern Oregon University campus in La Grande, Oregon. The residencies offer workshops, seminars, and readings and conversations by faculty and visiting writers, student and graduate readings, and one-on-one faculty mentorship.

The program also offers a thematic course of study in its Landscape, Ecology, and Community concentration. Each student additionally completes a practicum or internship in editing and publishing, literary outreach, online teaching, or another self-directed topic.

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