Lesley University Low-Residency MFA Program
Program Description
Lesley University’s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing is a low-residency program that allows students, with the oversight of a faculty mentor, to design their own concentrations in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, writing for stage and screen, or writing for young people. A nine-day residency begins each semester with seminars, workshops, readings, and conferences between faculty and students to formulate the semester's individualized program of study. Students then work independently during the semester, under the guidance of their faculty mentor.
While the expertise of the writing faculty is the student's key resource, two other attributes distinguish Lesley's MFA in Creative Writing from other low-residency programs. First, with its residencies taking place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley's MFA program draws energy from one of the literary capitals of the United States. Second, a student-driven interdisciplinary component allows students to do writing-related research or gain literary and pedagogical experience. Interdisciplinary projects can also permit more rigorous multi-genre work for those students showing promise in more than one genre.
While the expertise of the writing faculty is the student's key resource, two other attributes distinguish Lesley's MFA in Creative Writing from other low-residency programs. First, with its residencies taking place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley's MFA program draws energy from one of the literary capitals of the United States. Second, a student-driven interdisciplinary component allows students to do writing-related research or gain literary and pedagogical experience. Interdisciplinary projects can also permit more rigorous multi-genre work for those students showing promise in more than one genre.
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Admissions
Full-time: Yes
Part-time: Yes
Student Body
Genre
Fiction
Poetry
Creative Non-fiction
Dramatic Writing
Children/Young Adult
