Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing
Program Description
Cited by Atlantic Monthly as one of top five low-residency programs in the U.S., the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing offers fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, writing for children & young adults, and a concentration in translation. The program was one of the first low-residency programs to offer an MFA through study with accomplished authors without leaving their home communities. The program features residency options in Slovenia and hosts a literary/art journal, Hunger Mountain.
Unlike residential programs, ours brings writers together twice yearly for 10-day residencies in beautiful Montpelier, VT. After residency, students return home to complete the self-designed semester under the guidance of faculty. One of the great benefits of the program is the opportunity to become part of an especially close community of writers.
VCFA offers post-graduate semesters for writers with an advanced degree who may want to work specifically with one of our faculty, work in a new genre, complete a writing project, or simply advance skills further. VCFA also hosts the only summer workshop in the country for postgraduate writers.
Unlike residential programs, ours brings writers together twice yearly for 10-day residencies in beautiful Montpelier, VT. After residency, students return home to complete the self-designed semester under the guidance of faculty. One of the great benefits of the program is the opportunity to become part of an especially close community of writers.
VCFA offers post-graduate semesters for writers with an advanced degree who may want to work specifically with one of our faculty, work in a new genre, complete a writing project, or simply advance skills further. VCFA also hosts the only summer workshop in the country for postgraduate writers.
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VCFA: inspiration that changes you
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Richard Moore | '2009
The most intensely positive writing experience of my life.
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Carol w. Bachofner | '2009
VCFA xceeded my wildest fantasies, hopes and dreams for an MFA in Fiction.
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Ingrid Alana Silverstein | '2008
Beyond Amazing
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Carrie Jones | '2007
Simply the best
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Liz Gallagher | '2006
One of the best things I have ever done.
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Sam Howie | '2002
Writing Program Left Me Speechless...
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dick bentley | '1992
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Admissions
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Part-time: Yes
Student Body
Genre
Fiction
Poetry
Creative Non-fiction
Children/Young Adult
Other
