Oh, it's going to be a time! If you're a prospective applicant and you're interested in sitting in for the day, please contact us at palmdesertmfa@ucr.edu to set up your visit. Here's our schedule for December...which may change slightly in the next few days...but this will give you a great view of what's to come! Fall Residency Schedule December 6-15th [...]
Each residency, we're joined by about two dozen top writers, editors, producers, agents, and industry professionals to work with our MFA students -- and this fall, well, it's an All-Star Team! If you're interested in applying, you should come visit for a day! We'll even give you lunch. For more information contact us at palmdesertmfa@ucr.edu. Chelsea Marelle Benson came to [...]
Founded in 2008, the Low Residency MFA @ UC Riverside has distinguished itself by combining the craft of writing with the reality of sustaining a life in the arts -- the goal of our students is to not merely learn how to write; it is to learn how to sell what they write, to earn a living from their art. [...]
Lynn Grant Beck was born in Montclair, New Jersey. Her latest project, a sci-fi TV series, Fuzion, is currently out to market. Her last project, Hashers, is a TV series she was hired to create by Google VP, Jim Kolotouros. Her TV movie thriller, My Mom is a Bank Robber, aired on Lifetime in 2016 and her TV movie [...]
Talent doesn't take time off...or at least the talented folks from our program don't! Here's what some of them were up to in July. (And thanks, as ever, to Yennie Cheung for keeping track!) Amy Reardon's interview with Tracy Strauss was published in The Rumpus. Ashley Mag Gabbert's sonnet "Robin" was published in the Fiolet & Wing: An Anthology of [...]
It was another big month for our students and alums! Here's just a taste of some of the big news from the last month...and thanks, as ever, to Yennie Cheung for compiling it all! Amy Reardon's interview with Christian Keifer was published in THE ADROIT JOURNAL. Ashley Mag Gabbert's interview with Jane Wong was published in UNDERBLONG—her first for [...]
It's been a super busy spring for our students alums. Here's just a taste of what they were doing in this spring. Thanks, as ever, to the official archivist Yennie Cheung! March Amie Heasley Charney announced that she will perform her essay "Laundry Day Blues" as part of the show LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER on May 11. The event takes [...]
Our Spring residency kicks off June 7th at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage. If you are applying for the program for the 19/20 academic year and would like to visit for the day, please contact Agam Patel at agam.patel@ucr.edu or 760-834-0926 to set up your visit. Spring Residency Schedule June 7-16th F: Fiction NF: Nonfiction [...]
Our Spring residency kicks off on June 7th at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage...and folks, it's going to be incredible! We've lined up some of the most talented writers, producers, agents, editors, publishers, educators, and actors to serve as our guest faculty for the week. If you're a prospective applicant and are interested in sitting for the [...]
Ioannis Argiris is a first generation Greek American who lives in Oakland, CA. Throughout his career, he’s tinkered with storytelling as a producer in advertising, creating stories on film, on print, and online for some of the most well known brands in the world. One of his most notable moments was creating content for both the Nasdaq and Reuters [...]
