MFA · Austin, TX, USA
Michener Center for Writers (MFA), University of Texas at Austin
The Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin offers a three-year, full-residency MFA in Writing with a multidisciplinary structure. Writers are admitted in one primary genre (fiction, poetry, playwriting or screenwriting) and also study one or more secondary genres. Only twelve writers enter each year, every fellow receives full and equal funding, and fellows have no teaching duties, leaving time to write.
- Deadline: Dec 1, 2026 (letters of recommendation by Dec 31)
- Funding: Fully funded
- Application fee: 90
- 3 years
Every admitted writer receives three years of full and equal funding with no required teaching; amounts and tuition coverage not stated. Incoming class: 12.
Program site: michener.utexas.edu/our-mfa. Please confirm the details there before you apply.
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