![]() ![]() ![]() The program is shaped around a week on campus in Athens at the beginning of each semester, followed by a distanced semester of individualized instruction by faculty and an impressive selection of industry mentors.įollowing are some recent success stories from MFA students and alumni in Narrative Nonfiction. Program directors Valerie Boyd (Narrative Nonfiction) and Nate Kohn (Screenwriting) note that the low-residency structure allows working professionals to succeed in the program by offering flexible schedules and no need to give up their jobs or uproot their lives while pursuing the MFA. Many students and alumni of the six-year-old program-on both the Narrative Nonfiction and the Screenwriting tracks-have found success. However, students in Grady’s MFA program in Narrative Media Writing program likely would agree that publishing a book or producing a script is a desired outcome of their degree. The definition of “success” is subjective. Please view the installment about the Screenwriting track here. This installment illustrates a sampling of the paths taken by those in the Narrative Nonfiction track. This is the first of a two-part series discussing a few successes earned by students, faculty and alumni of the low-residency MFA program in Narrative Media Writing. ![]()
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