Chatham MFA Program

03/04/2026

Chatham MFA and The Fourth River Literary Journal will be at AWP in Baltimore today through Saturday! Visit us at Booth #218 in the Bookfair, and check out our feature in AWP's Writers Notebook celebrating the re-launch of our beloved low-res program!

Chatham University in Pittsburgh, whose low-residency MFA program, established in 2009 and deactivated in the fall of 2023, is once again open for applications.

02/23/2026

We're looking forward to welcoming prospective students to campus on March 13! Please share with anyone you think might love a chance to learn more about our program, students and faculty!

02/19/2026

Have you heard the news? Our low-residency program is taking applications for the fall '26 cohort! Let us introduce you to some core FICTION faculty members: Josh Bellin, Derek Green, Alison Stine, Ira Sukrungruang and Dave Housley. What a great bunch of inventors of worlds, human and non-human beings! For more information and to apply, see the link in the first comment below.

01/29/2026

Littsburgh is coming back in 2026 and making plans for the new year, so watch this space… but in the meantime, we wanted to take a minute to spotlight our friends at Chatham MFA, which is currently accepting applications for fall 2026. Their Fallingwater Residency in Nature & Place-Based Writing.....

01/08/2026