University of Texas, James Michener Center

Degrees Offered

MFA

Genres

Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Screenwriting

Residency type

Full

Program length

3 years

Financial Aid

The program supports its students with James A. Michener Fellowships, renewable for all three years, and contingent upon annual reviews.

Editorial opportunities

Students have the opportunity to work on Bat City Review.

Cross-genre study

Students work in two genres, a primary and a secondary field

Graduates

Flynn Berry MFA (Fiction) 2014
Sindya Bhanoo MFA (Fiction) 2019
Malachi Black MFA (Poetry) 2010
Arthur Bradford MFA 1998
Susanna Childress MA (Poetry) 2003
Sarah Cornwell MFA 2010
Nicole Cullen MFA (Fiction) 2011
Matthew Dickman MFA (Poetry) 2005
Michael Dickman MFA (Poetry) 2005
Carolina Ebeid MFA
Leah Hampton MFA (Fiction) 2019
James Hannaham MFA 2006
Brian Hart MFA 2008
Smith Henderson MFA 2009
Rachel Heng MFA (Fiction) 2020
Amanda Hilles MFA (Poetry/CNF) 2015
Mark Hitz MFA
J. D. Ho MFA
Anna Maria Hong MFA (Poetry) 2002
Donika Kelly MFA (Poetry) 2008
Rachel Kondo MFA (Fiction)
Lucas Loredo MFA (Fiction) 2019
Monica Macansantos MFA (Fiction/Poetry) 2013
Karan Mahajan MFA (Fiction/Poetry) 2015
Greg Marshall MFA (Fiction) 2013
Fiona McFarlane MFA (Fiction) 2012
Mary Miller MFA (Fiction) 2013
Iheoma Nwachukwu MFA (Fiction) 2014
Alix Ohlin MFA (Fiction) 2001
Abbey Mei Otis MFA
Lara Prescott MFA (Fiction) 2018
Alejandro Puyana MFA 2022
Roger Reeves MFA (Poetry) 2012
Maria Reva MFA (Fiction) 2018
Vincent Scarpa MFA (Fiction) 2016
Bruce Snider MFA
Rivers Solomon MFA (Fiction) 2014
Brian Van Reet MFA

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