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, where they form a collective of working writers. The residency builds a strong literary community around engagement with language, literature, publishing, and social and aesthetic issues. Students build relationships with each other, faculty, guests, and alumni in a unique, energetic environment completely focused on the study and celebration of literary work.

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 *
• Faculty and Guest Seminars on Craft, Culture, Creative Process, and Critical Reading

• Genre Studies: Screenwriting, Playwriting, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Writing for Young People, and Literary Translation
• Guest Agent Talk
• Guest Editor Talk
• Speculative Guest
• Criticism Guest
• Writing Workshops *
• Writing Labs
• Reading Like a Writer *
• Graduating Student Presentation *
• Graduating Student Reading *
• Orientations *
• Orientation to the Field Study *
• Pedagogy Guest and Teaching of Creative Writing
• Alumni at Work Sessions
• Art of Translation Seminar *
• Critical Paper Seminar *

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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!