Before you fill out any paperwork for the university or send any money, let's be sure this is the right place for you. All you need do to begin the application process is send us your work and a brief letter (one page) describing what you want out of an MFA program, why McNeese sounds appealing, and your interest in teaching freshman level English. For every opening, we receive many applications each year. We keep the program small in order to have a close, personal relationship with students and to insure that our students have individual conferences with guest writers.

For fiction, submit no more than thirty pages (short stories or chapters)
Mail your packet to:
Neil Connelly
Department of English and Foreign Languages
Kaufman Hall
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA 70609>

You may email your fiction packet to: connelly@mcneese.edu.

For poetry, submit 8 to 10 pages. Mail your packet to:
Morri Creech
Department of English and Foreign Languages
Kaufman Hall
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA 70609

You may email your poetry packet to: morri65237@yahoo.com.