Important Dates for MFA Students
2022-2023 (Dates subject to change)
| September 1 |
Deadline for December 2022 Graduates to submit or reactive Graduation Application form to GAPE. |
| September 1 |
Deadline to file or reactivate graduation application and graduation date change petition forms. |
| September 12 |
Deadline to sign up for Fall 2022 MFA Exam. |
| September 12 |
Deadline for December 2022 graduates to submit MFA or MA Thesis completed draft to Thesis Director. |
| October 3 |
Deadline for May 2022 graduates to file Departmental Request for Candidacy form. |
| October 3 |
Deadline for December 2022 graduates to submit MFA (298D or 299) and MA theses to first reader readers. |
| October 14 |
MFA Comprehensive Exam distributed (9 AM). DUE BACK Oct. 17 (5 PM). |
| October 14 |
Deadline for submitting 298D or 299 Thesis manuscripts to second and third readers. |
| November 1 |
Deadline for May Graduates to submit signed thesis proposals to the Department Graduate Committee to be approved to take Spring 2023 thesis units. |
| November 14 |
Deadline for December 2022 graduates to submit thesis for review by Graduate Studies College or the English Department for Departmental Theses (298D). |
| December 17 |
Last day to sign up for the Spring 2021 MFA Comprehensive Exam. Sign up here. |
| January 11, 2023 |
Graduate Studies thesis publication and request for publishing embargo deadline. Or deadline for submitting Departmental Thesis for hardcopy publication. |
| January 27, 2023 |
Publication deadline for submitting University Theses to ProQuest and Scholar Works. And for submitting Departmental Theses for binding. |
| February 15, 2023 |
Deadline for May 2023 graduates to file or reactivate graduation applications with GAPE. |
| February 17, 2023 |
(Suggested) MFA Thesis first draft (or sample pages) due to Thesis director (and committe members). |
| March 13, 2023 |
MFA Theses fair copy draft due to faculty committee readers. |
| April 17, 2023 |
MFA Thesis final draft with Abstract and Preface (signed off) due to Graduate College or English Deparment. |
| May 13, 2023 |
MFA Thesis reading and public defense. |
| June 30, 2023 |
Deadline for submitting Thesis to ProQuest (or to send 299D Thesis to bindery). |
Center for Literary Arts Reading Series for 2022/2023 (Dates subject to change)
| September 8 |
Shirley Geok-lin Lim // Crowdcast // 7PM PST |
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| September 29 |
Reed 155 Feat. Ocean Vuong // Hammer Theatre // 7PM PST |
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| October 2 |
CLA Book Club: Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong |
Zoom 4:00-5:00 PM PSTMeeting ID: 839 0490 2395
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| October 16 |
CLA Book Club: Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson |
Zoom 4:00-5:00 PM PSTMeeting ID:897 4385 4147
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| October 18 |
CLA and Steinbeck Center Present Jacqueline Woodson // Student Union Theater // 7PM PST |
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| November 6 |
CLA Book Club for How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang |
Zoom 4:00-5:00 PM PSTMeeting ID: 897 569 5484
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| November 10 |
C. Pam Zhang, Vanessa Hua, and Kirstin Chen // Hammer Theatre (Black Box Theatre) // 7PM PST |
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| February 19 |
CLA Book Club: They Can't Kill Us Until They Kills Us by Hanif Abdurraqib |
Zoom 4:00-5:00 PM PSTMeeting ID: 897 569 5484
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| February 23 |
Hanif Abdurraqib Craft Talk // Steinbeck Center // 4PM PST |
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| February 23 |
Hanif Abdurraqib // Hammer Theatre // 7PM PST |
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| March 23 |
Jean Guerrero // Student Union Theatre // 7PM PST |
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| April 23 |
CLA Book Club: Harrow by Joy Williams |
Zoom 4:00-5:00 PM PSTMeeting ID: 897 569 5484
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| April 27 |
Joy Williams Craft Talk // Steinbeck Center // 4PM PST |
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| April 27 |
Joy Williams // Student Union Theatre // 7PM PST |
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| May 4 |
Anthony Doerr Craft Talk // Steinbeck Center // 4PM PST |
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| May 4 |
Anthony Doerr // Student Union Theatre // 7PM PST |
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| May 7 |
CLA Book Club: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr |
Zoom 4:00-5:00 PM PSTMeeting ID: 897 569 5484
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