University of Southern Maine

Degrees Offered

MFA

Genres

Fiction, Poetry, CNF, Popular Fiction

Residency type

Low-residency

Program length

2 years

Financial Aid

Grants, graduate assistantships, and scholarships are available

Teaching opportunities

Post-graduate teaching assistantship available

Editorial opportunities

Stonecoast Review (http://www.stonecoastreview.org) is entirely student-run

Cross-genre study

Yes

Graduates

Linda Buckmaster MFA
Amy Burroughs MFA (CNF) 2016
Jaed Muncharoen Coffin MFA (CNF) 2007
Louis A. Di Leo MFA (Fiction) 2010
Christopher Fisher MFA (Fiction) 2007
Soyini Ayanna Forde MFA (Poetry/CNF) 2010
Penny Guisinger MFA (CNF) 2013
Kim Dana Kupperman MFA (CNF) 2004
Jennette Lynes MFA 2005
Tara Mantel MFA (Fiction) 2009
Mary Heather Noble MFA 2014
Alexis Paige MFA (CNF) 2014
Penelope Schwartz Robinson MFA (CNF) 2004
Lisa Romeo MFA (CNF) 2008
Jenny Smick MFA (Fiction) 2011
Patricia Smith MFA (Poetry) 2008
Morgan Talty MFA (Fiction) 2019
Andrea Vassallo MFA (CNF) 2020
Eugenio Volpe MFA 2005
Susan White MFA (Fiction) 2008
dg nanouk okpik MFA 2010

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