Important Dates for MFA Students
Fall 2021 (Dates subject to change)
| Sept. 1 |
Deadline for December 2021 Graduates to submit or reactive Graduation Application form to GAPE. |
| Sept. 1 |
Deadline to file or reactivate graduation application and graduation date change petition forms. |
| Sept. 10 |
Deadline for December 2021 graduates to submit MFA or MA Thesis completed draft to Thesis Director for graduation with GAPE. |
| Sept. 13 |
Last day for August 2021 graduates to submit approved MA and MFA theses for electronic publication. (Remember to select the “embargo” option.) |
| Sept. 16 |
Reed Magazine 150th Anniversary Issue Launch. 7:00 p.m. |
| Oct 1. |
Deadline for May 2022 graduates to file Departmental Request for Candidacy form. |
| Oct. 1 |
Deadline for December 2021 graduates to submit MFA and MA theses to second and third readers. |
| Oct. 8 |
MFA Comprehensive Exam distributed (9 AM). |
| Oct. 11 |
MFA Comprehensive Exam due (5 PM). |
| Oct. 29 |
Deadline to submit thesis proposals for Spring 2022 credits to Grad Committee. |
| Nov. 2 |
Deadline for May Graduates to submit signed thesis proposals to the Department Graduate Committee. |
| Nov. 9 – 13 |
Creative Writing Week—online MFA workshops open to perspective MFAs to observe. |
| Nov. 9 |
Deadline for December 2021 graduates to submit thesis for review by Graduate Studies College. |
| Dec. 17 |
Last day to sign up for the Spring 2021 MFA Comprehensive Exam. |
| Jan. 11, 2022 |
Graduate Studies thesis publication and request for publishing embargo deadline. Or deadline for submitting Departmental Thesis for hardcopy publication. |
| Jan. 11, 2022 |
Publication deadline for submitting University Theses to ProQuest and Scholar Works. And for submitting Departmental Theses for binding. |
| Feb. 1, 2021 |
Deadline for May 2021 graduates to file or reactivate graduation applications with GAPE. |
Center for Literary Arts Reading Series (2020-2021)
| Sept. 17 | Naomi Shihab Nye |
| Oct. 22 | Carmen Maria Machado |
| Nov. 12 | Ling Ma |
| Feb. 4 | Kiese Laymon |
| Feb. 25 | Susan Choi |
| March 18 | Laila Lalami |
| April 8 | Lillian-Yvonne Bertram |
| May 6 | Ottessa Moshfegh |
