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Connect with students (past, present, future), and faculty here on Antioch MFA Program's official Facebook site. https://linktr.ee/aulamfa

Learn about and celebrate our social justice and community engagement mission. Welcome to our page to connect the Antioch University MFA Program with its many students (former, current and future), faculty, friends and fans.

11/02/2026

✨ The countdown to our December 2026 Antioch MFA Residency continues!

📚 We're excited to highlight more of our incredible residency faculty, including Anjali Enjeti, Safia Elhillo, and Piotr Florczyk, along with special guests Veronica González Peña and Vanessa Angélica Villarreal!

✍🏽 Ready to take your writing to the next level? Study Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Writing for Young People, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Literary Translation, or pursue a dual-genre concentration!

💻 Join us December 10–19, 2026, in person at our Los Angeles campus, online, or a combination of both. We’re accepting applications for December until November 20th. And we're already accepting applications for June on a rolling basis!

🔗 Explore our faculty and learn more about the Antioch MFA at the link in our bio!

11/02/2026

✨ Meet the vibrant Fiction and Young People faculty of the Antioch MFA and explore their recent books! 📚

✍🏽 Rachelle Cruz, Guadalupe McCall, Terry Wolverton, Natashia Deón, Francesca Lia Block, and Tomas Moniz will be teaching at our upcoming December Residency and mentoring during the Winter/Spring 2027 Project Period!

🎓 Want to study with these brilliant writers and immerse yourself in our fiction and young people writing community? We’re accepting applications for December until November 20th. And we're already accepting applications for June on a rolling basis!

🔗 Learn more about each mentor and how to apply at the link in our bio.

10/30/2026

🎭✨ Meet the incredible Dramatic Writing faculty of the Antioch MFA and explore their exciting creative projects!

✍🏽 Colette Freedman, Ross Brown, Joy Kecken, Benjamin Benne, and John Cariani will be teaching at our upcoming December Residency and mentoring during the Winter/Spring 2027 Project Period!

🎬 Want to study with these talented playwrights and screenwriters and immerse yourself in our dramatic writing community? We're accepting applications and granting scholarships!

🔗 Learn more about each mentor and how to apply at the link in our bio.

10/29/2026

✍️✨ Ready to stop overthinking and start writing from the heart?

📚 Join us for a transformative virtual Creative Writing Workshop with Antioch University, designed to help writers break free from self-editing and reconnect with their creativity!

💡 Through quick-thinking exercises and energetic writing sprints, you'll learn to silence self-doubt, embrace experimentation, and unlock your authentic voice on the page.

🎬 Led by Colette Freedman, a top Hollywood script doctor, ghostwriter, and Antioch MFA Dramatic Writing Program Officer who mentors students in screenwriting, TV writing, and playwriting!

🌟 Come ready to explore, experiment, and experience the freedom of writing without limits!

🔗 Spaces are limited! Register today through the link in our bio.

10/28/2026

✨ Meet the incredible Creative Nonfiction and Fiction faculty of the Antioch MFA and explore their recent books! 📚

✍🏽 Christine Hyung-Oak Lee, Reyna Grande, Anjali Enjeti, Edgar Gomez, Brad Kessler, and Sharman Apt Russell will be teaching at our upcoming December Residency and mentoring during the Winter/Spring 2027 Project Period!

🎓 Want to study with these brilliant writers and immerse yourself in our creative nonfiction and fiction community? We're accepting applications and granting scholarships!

🔗 Learn more about each mentor and how to apply at the link in our bio.

10/28/2026

✨ Join us for a Virtual Info Session about Antioch’s MFA Program, Wednesday, November 4th, from 5–6pm PT / 8–9pm ET, with Cathy Linh Che!

📚 Learn about our hybrid residencies in Los Angeles and online, our social justice mission, scholarships, and our fiction, YA, creative nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation genres.

📅 Applications accepted on a rolling basis!

🔗 Register at the link in our bio.

10/27/2026

✨ Meet the vibrant Fiction and Young People faculty of the Antioch MFA and explore their recent books! 📚

✍🏽 Rachelle Cruz, Guadalupe McCall, Terry Wolverton, Natashia Deón, Francesca Lia Block, and Tomas Moniz will be teaching at our upcoming December Residency and mentoring during the Winter/Spring 2027 Project Period!

🎓 Want to study with these brilliant writers and immerse yourself in our fiction and young people writing community? We're accepting applications and granting scholarships!

🔗 Learn more about each mentor and how to apply at the link in our bio.

10/26/2026

✨ Meet the vibrant poetry faculty of the Antioch MFA and explore their recent books! 📚

✍🏽 Cathy Linh Che, Khadijah Queen, Piotr Florczyk, Safia Elhillo, and Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo will be teaching at our upcoming December Residency and mentoring during the Winter/Spring 2027 Project Period!

🎓 Want to study with these brilliant poets and immerse yourself in our poetry community? We're accepting applications and granting scholarships!

🔗 Learn more about each mentor and how to apply at the link in our bio.

10/23/2026

✨ This week, our Faculty Friday Spotlight goes to Alistair McCartney, Acting Co-Chair & Teaching Faculty of the Antioch University Low-Residency MFA Creative Writing Program!

📚 Alistair McCartney (Acting Co-Chair & Teaching Faculty / Fiction) is the author of 2 experimental novels, The Disintegrations: a Novel (University of Wisconsin Press, 2017) and The End of the World Book (University of Wisconsin Press, 2008.) The Disintegrations won the Publishing Triangle’s Ferro-Grumley award for LGBTQ Fiction. TEOTWB was a finalist for the PEN USA Fiction Award 2009 and the Publishing Triangle’s Edmund White Debut Fiction Award 2009.

✍🏽 McCartney’s cross-genre writing has also appeared in journals such as Hotel, Light/Air, LIT, Fence, Nat.Brut, Vestiges, 3:AM, Animal Shelter (Semiotexte) and in Pilot Press’s Paul Thek and Forbidden Colours Anthologies. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he lives in Los Angeles.

🌎 A graduate of Antioch University MFA’s inaugural year, he has presented at institutions throughout the country, including CUNY Grad Center NYC, PEN Center USA, Teacher’s and Writer’s Collaborative New York, Cal Arts, UC Santa Cruz, and UW Madison. In 2019, he was Artist in Residence for Art Workshop International in Italy. He is currently working on a novel and a book of poetics.

🎓 Want to study with Alistair McCartney? We’re accepting applications and granting scholarships!

📅 Applications accepted on a rolling basis!

🔗 Learn more at the link in our bio.

10/22/2026

🚀 For almost thirty years, the Antioch MFA program has been Creating Space for writers to tell their stories. Our founder, Eloise Klein Healy, envisioned a unique program that uplifts writers and reflects our motto of "Community, Not Competition." For many students, receiving a scholarship through the Eloise Klein Healy Fund (EKH) made the difference between attending the program and growing as a writer, or not attending at all.

💜 We need your help. The majority of our students come to us with greater financial need. Please donate what you can. Your gifts make it possible for us to continue Creating Space for new voices to thrive.

✨ This year, our goal is to raise $25,000 from 100 donors, and MFA alum Li Quintana has generously agreed to match donations! Every dollar donated (up to $25,000) will be matched if donated by December 31, 2026.

🎉 Thank you to everyone who has already donated. Due to the generous support of 39 donors, we are already 87% of the way to our $25,000 goal! Go to the Donate to the EKH MFA Scholarship Fund or to link in bio to help us reach and exceed our goal!

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5150 W Goldleaf Circle
Culver City, CA
90056

Website

http://www.antiochla.edu/mfa, https://linktr.ee/aulamfa

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