Our MFA faculty have been awarded the National Book Award, the Pen Open Book Award, and the Iowa Poetry Prize among other honors.

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  Samuel Amadon

  MFA Director - Poetry

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  David Bajo

  Fiction

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  James Barilla

  Creative Nonfiction

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  Elise Blackwell

  Fiction

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  Liz Countryman

  Poetry

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  Fred Dings

  Poetry

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  Nikky Finney

  Poetry

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  Claire Jimenez

  Fiction