one of atlantic Monthly's

top five low-resIDENCY MFA Programs 

Over 25 years of nurturing writers

• Designed to fit your personal and professional life while you grow as a serious writer
• Individualized study: semester plan designed around your goals and intensive dialogue with award-winning faculty
• Join a close community of writers and engage in rigorous 10-day residencies twice a year on our beautiful Vermont campus or at our summer residency option in Slovenia and winter option in Puerto Rico. 
• Tracks in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, as well as a concentration in translation. Dual-genre study options available including study in Writing for Children & Young Adults.  

Established in 1981, the Vermont College MFA in Writing Program was one of the first low-residency programs in the country. The Atlantic named it one of the top five low-residency programs nationwide. Our 1200+ alumni/ae have published over 650 books and received nearly every literary award in the country.

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Unlike traditional residential programs, which require you to live near your program of study, ours brings you together with other writers twice each year on the Vermont College campus. Because your classmates come from every corner of the world, the diversity of perspectives, attitudes, and voices is exceptional. After each residency, you return home inspired and ready to continue the semester through discourse with your advisor. 

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