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Cross-Genre at Stonecoast
Stonecoast's flexible curriculum and versatile faculty make it possible for a cross-genre student to tailor the Stonecoast MFA program of study according to a unique creative trajectory. Applications to Stonecoast must be in one primary genre to move through our admission and screening process. Once enrolled, interested students will find ample opportunity for cross-genre work. Each residency offers numerous cross-genre presentations as well as more specialized classes, and students are encouraged to attend events outside their primary genres. Stonecoast's exceptionally talented student body and intimate but dynamic size—about 100 students—ensure fruitful and illuminating discussions across genres during and after classes. In fact, the insights offered by students in another genre are often among the most fresh and insightful that a writer is likely to encounter. Cross-genre elective workshops are increasingly a part of the Stonecoast curriculum. The student-initiated Writing About Race cross-genre workshop is one of our most popular workshops. Some cross-genre elective workshops are team-taught, including Flash Fiction, co-taught by a Fiction faculty member and a Poetry faculty member, and Speculative Poetry, co-taught by a Popular Fiction faculty member and a Poetry faculty member. Others, such as our ongoing Writing Nature elective, may be taught by one of the many Stonecoast faculty who publish in multiple genres. Stonecoast's innovative elective workshop option also means that a small cross-genre group of students can band together to organize a workshop on any topic of their choice to be offered the following residency. Students who would like to enroll in a single-genre residency writing workshop outside of their primary genre may do so with the support of a faculty sponsor. During the semester, a student interested in cross-genre may request to work with one of our faculty who are active in two genres, allowing the student expert guidance in each. Stonecoast also offers cross-genre thesis options for students who would like to combine more than one genre in their final thesis.
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Related Links: Creative Nonfiction at Stonecoast
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