MFA Creative Writing Week

SJSU Creative Writing Week, October 26-30, 2026

Learn about the MFA in Creative Writing at SJSU.

Attend a faculty reading.

Visit a graduate writing workshop.

RSVP to reserve your place.

Schedule of Events

Tuesday, October 27

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

Wednesday, October 28

  • Creative Nonfiction Workshop with Prof. Keenan Norris, 4pm-6:45pm (in person Faculty Offices Building 104)
  • Poetry Workshop with Prof. J. Michael Martinez, 7:00pm-9:45pm (in person Faculty Offices Building 104)

Thursday, October 29

  • Public Reading by Visiting Poets Jjjjjerome Ellis and Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes, 7:00pm, Student Union Theater

Friday, October 30

  • Reed Magazine production workshop with Prof. Brook McClurg, 10:00am-12:00pm (in person Sweeney Hall 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/