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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The deadline to apply and participate in this life-changing residency is approaching quickly. Apply now to join our program and learn with this amazing group!

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December 2024 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

Dramatic Writing Program Officer

Genevieve Hudson (Fiction)

Genevieve Hudson

Fiction

Tomas Moniz

Tomas Moniz

Fiction

Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

Fiction

Reyna Grande

Fiction

Sarah Van Arsdale

Sarah Van Arsdale

Fiction

Victoria Patterson

Victoria Patterson

Fiction

Terry Wolverton, CNF Faculty

Terry Wolverton

Fiction

francesca lia block

Francesca Lia Block

Fiction

Natashia Deón, MFA

Natashia Deón

Fiction

Chris Belcher

Chris Belcher

CNF

Anjali Enjeti

Anjali Enjeti

CNF

Brad Kessler

Brad Kessler

CNF

Sharman Russell

Sharman Apt Russell

CNF

Sarah Manguso

Sarah Manguso

CNF

Nikki Darling, Fiction-CNF Faculty

Nikki Darling

CNF

Jaswinder Bolina

Jaswinder Bolina

Poetry

Xochitl Julisa Bermejo

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

Poetry

Carol Potter

Poetry

Morgan Parker

Morgan Parker

Poetry and CNF

Rachelle Cruz (Young People)

Rachelle Cruz

Young People

Mike Fu

Mike Fu

Translation

Ross Brown

Ross Brown

Screenwriting & Playwriting

Joy Kecken

Joy Kecken

Screenwriting & Playwriting

John Cariani

John Cariani

Playwriting

Josh Roark

Josh Roark

Translation


Guests

Maggie Nelson

Maggie Nelson

CNF

Venita Blackburn

Venita Blackburn

Fiction

Claire Dederer

Claire Dederer

Critic

Gregory Pardlo

Gregory Pardlo

Poetry

Eli Horowitz

Eli Horowitz

Screenwriting

Jesús I. Valles

Jesús I. Valles

Screenwriting

Kukuwa Ashun

Kukuwa Ashun

Editor

Niki Herd

Niki Herd

Alumni at Work

Jenny Factor: Poetry

Jenny Factor

Poetry

Sarah Bowlin

Sarah Bowlin

Agent

Henry Lien

Henry Lien

Young People

Yuki Tejima

Yuki Tejima

Translation

Ligiah Villalobos Headshot

Ligiah Villalobos

Screenwriting

Rae Dubow, Speaking Coach Faculty

Rae Dubow

Speaking Coach

Lorinda Toledo

Lorinda Toledo

Critical Writing

Danielle Lazarin

Danielle Lazarin

Pedagogy

Jennifer Givhan

Jennifer Givhan

Speculative Guest

Jessica Elisheva Emerson

Jessica Elisheva Emerson

Alumni at Work

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