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Spalding's Festival of Contemporary Writing, Nov. 14-21

Spalding Low-Residency MFA in Writing

deadline to apply
spring: Jan. 15
summer: Feb. 1
Apply online now

Spalding MFA in Writing: Where every individual talent is nurtured
The Spalding MFA in Writing Program offers:
     
  An intellectually stimulating and emotionally supportive
educational experience
 
  Unparalleled flexibility and individually tailored
graduate study
 
  A diverse and close-knit community of faculty
and students
 
     
   

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News from MFA students, faculty, staff, and alumni

Books by MFA students, faculty, and alumni

Fiction Facuty and Alumni only: link to BB; Students use my.spalding.edu

Poetry

Creative Nonfiction

Writing for Children
and Young Adults

Playwriting

Screenwriting

 

Program Director Sena Jeter Naslund and novelist Ann Patchett
Director Sena Jeter Naslund 
with fall 2008 featured author,
novelist Ann Patchett

Our brief-residency program
     
  Ideally suited to the writing life: study with a great community of writers and write in your own home
 
  Ten-day residencies feature intensive, supportive workshops, lectures, and panel discussions with award-winning faculty
 
  One-on-one correspondence with faculty mentor, post residency
 
  Mix and match options for fall and spring residencies in Louisville and summer residencies in international destinations
 
     
    Learn more >
     
    Upcoming Summer Residencies:
Buenos Aires 2010, Northern Italy 2011,
Paris 2012; and after that Greece, New York, Vienna . . .
   
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