• Creative Nonfiction

  • Fiction

  • Poetry

Founded in 1995, the MFA Program in Creative Writing is a two-year course of study leading to the M.F.A. degree in creative nonfiction, fiction, or poetry. 

Our Program in Creative Writing provides the time and formal training necessary for serious students to improve their writing, and it embodies the finest qualities of Saint Mary’s College: an interest in the student as a person, an emphasis on shared inquiry and critical thinking, and a respect for new and various ways of knowing. We offer small classes, an outstanding permanent faculty, numerous visiting writers and editors, and close faculty-student contact.

Classes are intimate and aesthetically diverse. The curriculum emphasizes the craft of writing and reading as well as studio workshops.

MFA candidates develop a thorough knowledge of their genre and become a part of a supportive arts community, while immersed in the rich Bay Area literary tradition.

 

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