The MFA Program for Writers
The Nation’s Premier Low-Residency MFA Program
Now in its fifth decade, the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, continues to set the standard for the innovative model it pioneered. This rigorous, nurturing, and highly-selective four–semester graduate program, with study tracks in fiction and poetry, combines ten-day residencies on campus each January and July with five-month nonresident semesters in which students work individually with the country’s finest fiction writers and poets.
Why study at Warren Wilson?
- Nationally-Recognized Faculty: Our nationally-recognized MFA faculty encompass a range of aesthetics, and include Pulitzer and National Book Award winners, national and state poets laureate, and NEA, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and MacArthur fellows.
- Successful Alumni: MFA alumni have won countless major awards and have published well over a thousand books.
- Low-Residency: Every January and July, students convene on Warren Wilson’s campus for a 10-day residency where they share their work and develop skills with faculty and their peers.
Rita Banerjee, Ph.D.
Research Interests
- Lyric Collage in Poetry, Nonfiction, and Documentary Film
- Speculative Nonfiction and Speculative Fiction
- Multilingualism and Translation
“I am honored to serve as Director of the MFA Program for Writers, which has such an illustrious history and has launched the careers of so many talented writers worldwide, and which offers a vibrant, world-class education focused on artistry, rigor, community, and the possibilities of the imagination.”
“My trajectory as a writer so much maps onto my trajectory as a man in the world and as a father. Warren Wilson was important for a lot of those things, and even for the mistakes I made. Warren Wilson was an important part of me resolving and learning to deal with some of those things.”
Reginald Dwayne Betts ’10
(he/him)
Poet, Lawyer, and Founder & CEO of Freedom Reads