MFA in Creative Writing

Callanan recently spoke to the Fiction Writers Review about his book Listen, the difficulties of writing comedy, and the differences in reading and writing short stories and novels.

Talks About the Writing Process, the Music of Language, and Identity

Dunham talks to Patricia Kirkpatrick as a part of Milkweed's Authors Interviewing Authors series.

Foust speaks with Barbara Claire Freeman of Omniverse about his collection of poems To Anacreon In Heaven And Other Poems

Hsu speaks to National Public Radio about his nonfiction book The Porcelain Thief and searching for buried treasure as an American-born Chinese.

MFA, Creative Writing

Shellie is a creative nonfiction student who dabbles in fiction and poetry.

2024 Distinguished Alumni - Faculty

Ha Poirot is an assistant professor and associate director of academic services with the Bachelor of Individualized Studies Program.

2022 Distinguished Alumni - Staff

Mason Badra's poetry and creative nonfiction are published in various journals online and in print—and she has been a contributing writer to Ranger Rick: a National Wildlife Federation magazine for children. Lately, her publications focus on highlighting the work of Kurdish female and nonbinary writers and translators. She is currently associate director of women and gender studies at George Mason University.

Mason author gives voice to generations of native American women

Kelli Jo Ford, MFA '07, was named to O Magazine’s list of “Native American Authors to Read Right Now,” and her debut novel, Crooked Hallelujah, was named one of the best books of 2020 by Publishers Weekly and was on the long list for the 2021 Carnegie Medal for Fiction, among other accolades.

2018 Distinguished Alumni - English

Taylor is the author of On the Road with Del & Louise: A Novel in Stories, winner of the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. His short fiction, primarily in the mystery genre, has also won three additional Agatha Awards, the Anthony Award, two Macavity Awards, and three consecutive Derringer Awards.

2017 Spring Distinguished Alumni - English

Melanie McCabe received her master in fine arts degree from Mason. She is the author of His Other Life: Searching For My Father, His First Wife, and Tennessee Williams, to be published this fall by the University of New Orleans Press.

Honoring Distinguished Alumni

In fall 2017, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the MFA in Creative Writing program honored Jessica Kallista for her career in the arts and her work as an educator.

Finding an odd kind of poetry in legal writing

Christopher Perkowski earned a BA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing at George Mason. Then he went on to become a lawyer.