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Saint Mary's MFA in Creative Writing

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Our two-year, full-residency program combines studio & analytical approaches, offering workshop & cr

The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing provides the time and formal training serious writers deserve. An intensive two-year graduate program, it takes advantage of the finest qualities of Saint Mary’s College: an interest in the student as a person, an emphasis on shared inquiry and critical thinking, and a respect for new and various ways of knowing. The Program acts as the College’s literary center, providing its students unique access to the world of contemporary literature. https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/mfa-in-creative-writing-open-house-happy-hour-2

11/04/2026

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11/03/2026

Wednesday Nov 11, 1:00 pm at the Lafayette Room in the Soda Activity Center at SMC come for an afternoon of readings like you wouldn’t believe from one extremely talented half of our MFA cohort

11/02/2026

Hieu Minh Nguyen is the author of three poetry collections. You may have seen his work lately in the pages of The New Yorker. He is the Distinguished Visiting Faculty for 2027 at SMC.
To study with Heiu apply to our MFA applications now open.

10/13/2026

Core faculty Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Ingrid Rojas Contreras ) wrote about the hardship of family migration and navigating a broken immigration system for TIME

10/07/2026

Study with the Booker Prize shortlisted author of If I Survive you. Jonathan Escoffery is the Distinguished Visiting Faculty in Fiction in Spring of 2027.

10/05/2026

Thank you to Local Economy for hosting this wonderful conversation and reading of new work by Andrew Boryga (Andrew Boryga ) and Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Ingrid Rojas Contreras ). An infinite pleasure to learn about Andrew’s process in writing Victim 🙌🏽 happy Visiting Writer Series season to all who celebrate

10/03/2026

Happy pub week to Tomas Moniz (Distinguished Visiting Writer) and The King of Aloe Vera ( Algonquin Books )

09/29/2026

This Sunday 10/4 at 5 pm join us at Local Economy for a reading and conversation between Andrew Boryga (Andrew Boryga) and faculty Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Ingrid Rojas Contreras ). Free and open to the public 🎟️ 6028 College Ave, Oakland

09/18/2026

Congratulations to SMC MFA founding faculty Brenda Hillman on making the Longlist for the National Book Award, a high distinction. We are cheering for her poetry book. Please join us Wed Dec 9th at 7:30 pm for an evening of a poetry reading and conversation between Brenda Hillman and US Poet Laureate Robert Hass. Event is free and open to the public.

08/31/2026

Announcing our Line up for this Fall 2026 Semester’s Visiting Writer Series at SMC. We are overjoyed to be bringing you these incredible writers to our stage and to the space of our Oakland friends Local Economy. All our events are free and open to the public. 🪩

Address

1928 St Marys Road
Moraga, CA
94556

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	9:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+19256314762

Website

http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/mfawrite

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