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MFA · Palm Desert, CA, USA

Low-Residency MFA (Palm Desert), University of California, Riverside

The Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside is based at the UCR Palm Desert Center, with residencies at the Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort and asynchronous study between them. Students write fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, or screenwriting and meet one-on-one with editors, producers, and studio executives. It suits writers with busy lives who want flexibility.

Incoming class: 15-20 per application period.

Program site: palmdesertmfa.ucr.edu. Please confirm the details there before you apply.

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