MFA in Creative Writing

Residency

Residency Overview

As part of the MFA in Creative Writing, students attend five, 10-day, hybrid residencies, online or at Antioch University’s Los Angeles campus in Culver City, California, where they form a collective of working writers. The residency builds a strong literary community around engagement with language, literature, and social and aesthetic issues that working writers confront. 

During each residency, students in the MFA in Creative Writing program participate in an assigned creative writing workshop and attend at least seven additional learning activities, such as faculty/guest seminars and graduating student presentations.

Seminars

Some of these learning activities are listed below; required seminars are denoted by an asterisk (*).

  • Arts, Culture, and Society I & II*
  • Art of Translation Seminar*
  • Critical Paper Seminar*
  • Faculty and Guest Seminars on Craft, Aesthetics, Dramatic Writing, and Critical Reading
  • Genre Studies
  • Graduating Student Presentation *
  • Graduating Student Reading *
  • Orientations*
  • Orientation to the Field Study *
  • Reading Like a Writer*
  • Teaching of Creative Writing
  • Writers at Work Sessions
  • Writing Workshops*

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December 2025 Residency

Faculty

Lisa Locascio Nighthawk

Program Chair

Cathy Linh Che

Cathy Linh Che

Poetry Core Faculty

Alistair McCartney

Alistair McCartney

Teaching Faculty

Colette Freedman

Colette Freedman

Teaching Faculty

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Francesca Lia Block

Fiction/Young People

Alexandra Chang

Alexandra Chang

Fiction

Jack Cheng

Jack Cheng

Young People/Fiction

Natashia Deón

Natashia Deón

Fiction

Reyna Grande

Fiction/CNF

Tomas Moniz

Tomas Moniz

Fiction

Victoria Patterson

Victoria Patterson

Fiction

nikki-darling

Nikki Darling

CNF

Edgar Gomez

Edgar Gomez

CNF

Christine-Hyung-Oak-Lee

Christine Hyung-Oak Lee

CNF

Brad Kessler

Brad Kessler

CNF

Khadijah-Queen

Khadijah Queen

CNF/Poetry

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Terry Wolverton

CNF/Fiction

Piotr Florczyk

Piotr Florczyk

Poetry

Michelle-Penaloza-2025

Michelle Peñaloza

Poetry

Stacey Waite: Pedagogy

Stacey Waite

Poetry/CNF

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Safia Elhillo

Poetry

Joy Kecken

Joy Kecken

Screenwriting/Playwriting

Ross Brown

Ross Brown

Screenwriting/Playwriting

John Cariani

John Cariani

Playwriting

Jesus Valles

Jesús I. Valles

Playwriting

Mike Fu

Mike Fu

Translation

Josh Roark

Josh Roark

Post-MFA Teaching Certificate


Guests

Rita Bullwinkel

Rita Bullwinkel

Fiction

Bhavani-Rao

Bhavani Rao

Screenwriting

Benjamin-Benne-2025

Benjamin Benne

Playwriting

David-Bowles

David Bowles

Speculative

Jose-Hernandez-Diaz

Jose Hernandez Diaz

Alum at Work

Kirby-Kim

Kirby Kim

Agent

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Diana Arterian

Translation

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Hedi El Kholti

Editor

Tananarive-Due

Tananarive Due

Screenwriting

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Max Delsohn

Debut Fiction

Sarah_Schulman

Sarah Schulman

Arts, Culture & Society

Marion-Dane-Bauer

Marion Dane Bauer

Young People

Rachelle Cruz

Rachelle Cruz

Pedagogy/Values, Community & Creativity

Manjula-Martin

Manjula Martin

CNF

Ellie Eberlee

Criticism

Rae Dubow, Speaking Coach Faculty

Rae Dubow

Speaking Coach

Lorinda Toledo

Lorinda Toledo

Critical Writing

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