The UC Riverside Palm Desert Low-Residency MFA is one of the premier writing programs in the world.
Bridging the divide between busy lives and escaping to write, our program offers a flexibility that fits into your schedule without sacrificing experience, opportunity, or community.
Our alumni include national and international best-selling authors, Emmy Award winners, PEN USA finalist playwrights, acclaimed journalists and memoirists, award-winning poets, top television and film producers, and even a member of Congress.
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Whether you're looking for a terminal degree to advance your career or have your sights set on a six-figure book deal, you've made it here because you're ready to start the next chapter of your life and are asking yourself who you most want on your team to help achieve that goal.
With over fifty low-residency and almost two-hundred full-residency MFA programs across the country, we're confident that your search ends with us.
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sun-soaked residencies at the beautiful Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort
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publication & production rate within two years of graduating
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of books, stories, essays, plays, poems, and screenplays published & produced