Reinhardt University

MFA Program

Program Established: 
2016
Location: 
Waleska, GA
Genre: 
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Residency: 
Low
Duration: 
2 Years
Incoming Class Size: 
15
Application Deadline: 
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee: 
$0
Website: 
https://www.reinhardt.edu/academics/graduate-programs/mfa-cw/
Contact E-mail: 
BJW@reinhardt.edu
Contact Name: 
Bill Walsh
Core Faculty Includes: 

Poetry: Donna Coffey Little, Laura Newbern, William Walsh, Will Wright
Fiction: Anne Corbitt, Soniah Kamal, Gray Stewart, John Williams
Nonfiction: Anjali Enjeti
Scriptwriting/Playwriting: Michael Lucker, Scott Wilkerson

Funding/Employment Opportunities: 

The program offers partial scholarships and internships.

Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

James Dickey Review

Other Features: 

The program also offers a concentration in scriptwriting.

Students attend a 10-day residency each June at the Reinhardt University campus in Waleska, Georgia. The residencies are intensive immersions in the writing life with daily writing workshops, craft classes, experiential excursions into natural and urban environments, and nightly readings on campus from visiting writers. Visiting writers have included Richard Blanco, David Bottoms, Valerie Boyd, Earl Braggs, Jericho Brown, Christopher Dickey, Stephen Dunn, Pam Durban, Alice Friman, Tony Grooms, Beth Gylys, Reginald McKnight, Ellen Malphrus, Janisse Ray, Anna Schachner, George Singleton, and Chika Unigwe.

Students work one-on-one with a writing mentor in their genre during the entire semester, receiving in-depth feedback and instruction.

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