Welcome! You’re part of something special. The Solstice Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program of Pine Manor College offers affordable tuition, need-based scholarships, and fellowships in fiction, creative nonfiction, writing for children and young adults, and poetry, in addition to the Kurt Brown Fellowship for Diverse Voices, underwritten by Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices literary journal editor Lee Hope and Isabella Gardner prize-winning poet Laure-Anne Bosselaar. With small classes, rigorous academic standards, and an emphasis on community, Solstice encourages students to take creative risks. Professional development opportunities—the chance to meet agents and editors, to learn about the querying and manuscript submission process, and a structured Applied Track in Pedagogy for students wishing to teach at the college level—are available for all students. Our engaged and lively Alumni Association continues to support students long after graduation, and Solstice graduates have published widely and well, receiving positive reviews in numerous publications, including the New York Times Book Review. Founding faculty members include bestselling novelist and HBO writer Dennis Lehane, Newbery Honor winner Jaqueline Woodson, Fourth Genre founding editor Michael Steinberg, and Terence Hayes, who was awarded the National Book Award in Poetry in 2010. Current faculty include Kathleen Aguero, Jedediah Berry, Venise Berry, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Nicole Terez Dutton, Iain Haley Pollock, Amy Hoffman, Randall Horton, Steven Huff, Randall Kenan, Robert Lopez, Laura Williams McCaffrey, Anne-Marie Oomen, Dzvinia Orlowsky, Sandra Scofield, Sterling Watson, Renee Watson, David Yoo. Solstice is committed to diversity in every sense of the word, and is a proud partner of Cave Canem: A Home for Black Poetry. Program Director Meg Kearney and Associate Director Tanya Whiton have created a vibrant, welcoming, and diverse creative community that offers constructive criticism and encouragement to emerging writers as they hone their craft. www.pmc.edu/mfa [This video is the first in a series of three produced and directed by the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program and the Media and Publications Department of Pine Manor College.]

• published: 13 Mar 2015
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