Post-MFA Certificate in Creative Writing

Salve Regina University's Post-MFA Certificate in Creative Writing offers advanced, project centered study for writers seeking sustained mentorship beyond the master's level. Designed within the University's low-residency model, the certificate provides two residencies and two individualized mentorships focused on long-form structure, whole-manuscript revision, hybrid and cross-genre exploration, and the disciplined practices needed to complete significant creative work. Writers may finish an existing manuscript, begin a new project, or develop expertise in an additional genre, all while engaging in a committed cohort and high-level editorial dialogue. This certificate supports career pathways in teaching, editorial work, arts programming, and literary professions, and serves writers ready to enter the most sustained phase of their creative lives with rigor, clarity, and an expanded sense of what their work can hold.