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Pine Manor College

Solstice Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing Program

400 Heath Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Website: www.pmc.edu/mfa

Program director: Meg Kearney

Program contact: Tanya Whiton

Phone: 617-731-7697

Email: mfa@pmc.edu

Degrees offered: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, & Writing for Young People

Type of program: Low Residency

Length of program: 2 years

Enrollment: 35

Total credits required: 60

Application deadlines: January 2010 residency/spring semester:

Applications are due by November 16, 2009 (not a postmark date; materials must be received by our offices before or on November 16).

July 2010 residency/fall semester:

Applications are due by April 26, 2010 (not a postmark date; materials must be received by our offices before or on April 26).

Scholarships available: Limited need-based scholarships are available

Core faculty: Kathleen Aguero, An Na, Venise Berry, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Joy Castro, Ray Gonzalez, Terrance Hayes, Laban Carrick Hill, Amy Hoffman, Steven Huff, Randall Kenan, Helen Elaine Lee, Grace Lin, Laura Williams McCaffrey, Dzvinia Orlowsky, Sandra Scofield, Sterling Watson

Visiting faculty: Dennis Lehane, Michael Steinberg, Jacqueline Woodson

Assistantships: No

Publishing/editing courses: Yes

Literary magazine: No

Reading series: Yes

Recent visiting writers: January, 2009: Naomi Shihab Nye

Program description: The Solstice Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program of Pine Manor College is designed to help students reach their full potential as writers through a demanding curriculum that balances the workshop experience with the study of literary craft, criticism, and theory. The program embraces a wide range of voices and artistic approaches in its faculty and its students, establishing a learning environment that fosters community and celebrates the individual. Working with some of the best writers in the country, students of Pine Manor College's MFA program emerge with a deep, well-rounded knowledge of their art, a strategy for continuing the development of their creative vision, and a supportive circle of peers and mentors.

We are co-educational, inclusive, and affordable; our diverse and dedicated faculty are committed to helping students of all backgrounds achieve their writing goals.