Converse College MFA Low-Residency
Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry

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Contact Info:
Rick Mulkey,
Director of MFA in Creative Writing,
Department of English,
Converse College,
580 East Main St.,
Spartanburg, SC 29302
(864) 596-9111

Sample Schedule

 

Time
Activity

Wednesday

12:30–03:30 pm Faculty check-in
04:00–05:00 pm Faculty Meeting
06:30 pm Reception and Dinner

Thursday

01:00–03:30 pm Student check-in and registration
04:00–05:30 pm Student Meeting with Director followed by Campus and Library Tour (Students)
06:00–07:30 pm Keynote dinner and reception
08:00–08:45 pm Keynote Reading by distinguished visiting writer

Friday

09:00–09:30 am Campus Technology Introduction
09:30–10:15 am Student ID’s
10:30–12:00 pm Craft lecture and Q&A
01:00–03:00 pm First meeting with Faculty Mentor and Workshop Writing Group: Introductions, Schedule and Guidelines
  • Fiction 1 & 2
  • Creative Nonfiction 1 &2
  • Poetry 1 & 2
03:30–05:00 pm Genre Seminar
07:30–08:30 pm Faculty Reading and Reception

Saturday

09:00–10:00 am Conferences with Faculty mentor (sign up for meeting)
10:30–12:00 pm Craft Lecture and Q&A
01:00–04:00 pm Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
04:30–05:30 pm Panel Discussion
07:30–08:30 pm Reading and Reception

Sunday

10:30–12:00 pm Craft Lecture and Q&A
01:00–04:00 pm Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
05:30–07:00 pm Catered BBQ Picnic at Cleveland Hall Alumni House
07:30–08:30 pm Faculty Reading

Monday

09:00–10:00 am Conferences with Faculty mentor (sign up for meeting)
10:30–12:00 pm Craft Lecture and Q&A
01:00–04:00 pm Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
04:30–05:30 pm Panel Discussion
07:30–08:30 pm Reading and Reception

Tuesday

09:00–10:00 am Conferences with Faculty mentor (sign up for meeting)
10:30–12:00 pm Craft Lecture and Q&A
01:00–04:00 pm Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
04:30–05:30 pm Presentation on literary journals
07:30–08:30 pm Reading
08:30 pm Reception

Wednesday

09:00–10:00 am Conferences with Faculty mentor (sign up for meeting)
10:30–12:00 pm Craft Lecture and Q&A
01:00–04:00 pm Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
04:30–05:30 pm Presentation/Panel on “Art of the Review”
07:30–08:30 pm Reading and Reception

Thursday

09:00–10:00 am Conferences with Faculty mentor (sign up for meeting)
10:30–12:00 pm Craft Lecture and Q&A
01:00–04:00 pm Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
04:30–05:30 pm Genre Seminar
07:30–08:30 pm Reading and Reception

Friday

09:00–10:00 am Conferences with Faculty mentor (Fall semester study plans finalized and submitted to MFA Director)
10:30–12:00 pm Craft Lecture and Q&A
01:00–04:00 pm Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
04:30–05:30 pm Panel:  Guest Editors, Agents, and writing faculty
06:30–08:00 pm Catered final dinner and reception
08:30–09:30 pm Reading

Saturday

08:30–09:30 am Turn in Residency evaluations to MFA Director.
Checkout by 11:00 am