MFA Creative Writing Week

 

SJSU Creative Writing Week, October 28-31, 2025

Learn about the MFA in Creative Writing at SJSU.

Attend a faculty reading.

Visit a graduate writing workshop.

RSVP to reserve your place: https://forms.gle/i7GGc7k98amnd5pT6

Schedule of Events

Tuesday, October 28

  • (tentative) Screenwriting Workshop with Prof. Barnaby Dallas, 3:00pm-5:45pm (in person HGH 114)

Wednesday, October 29

  • Poetry Workshop with Prof. J. Michael Martinez, 3:00pm-4:15pm (in person SH 414)
  • Creative Nonfiction Workshop with Prof. Brook McClurg, 4pm-6:45pm (in person FOB 104)

Thursday, October 30

  • (tentative) Screenwriting Workshop with Prof. Larry Schapiro, 3:00pm-5:45pm (online)
  • Fiction Workshop with Prof. Keenan Norris, 4pm-6:15pm (in person FOB 104)
  • Public Reading by Visiting Poet Natalie Diaz, 6:30pm, Hammer Theater (in person)

Friday, October 31

  • Reed Magazine with Prof. Brook McClurg, 10:00am-12:00pm (in person SH 229)

Friday, October 18, 9:30AM-12:15PM

Reed Magazine with Prof. Brook McClurg (In-person, SH 229).

MFA Program Faculty

Selena Anderson (fiction), Barnaby Dallas (screenwriting), Brook McClurg (creative nonfiction), J. Michael Martinez (poetry), Keenan Norris (fiction), Matthew Spangler (playwriting), Nick Taylor (fiction)

The SJSU MFA is a dual-genre curriculum where students choose primary and secondary concentrations in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and scriptwriting. For more information, visit www.sjsu.edu/english/graduate/mfa/