The Cohort Model at PocketMFA
Professional authors of every genre support and lead our small groups of writers on a challenging journey of mentorship and workshopping every three months.
- Designed with research-based best practices for graduate level learning
- Built with a schedule and workload designed around your availability
- Project-based to ensure you make real progress on your current manuscript
- Focused on moving your publishing and career forward
The Benefits of Twelve Weeks of Deep Learning
Our unique curriculum has been designed for the working writer from the ground up. At PocketMFA you can expect:
- Respect for your own authority over the journey through the creation of your unique Learning Contract
- Graduate level instruction on craft during our Direct Instruction seminars
- Deep insights and guidance on your manuscript with our One-on-One Mentorship
- Development of your voice, community, and skillset during the Peer Workshop sessions
- Practical advancement of your publishing goals as a writer through our Writing Life Residency
- Sincere creative relationships with the other working writers in PocketMFA Community
- Post-cohort opportunities for continued progress through our Working Writer Services
We have high expectations of every writer in our program, and if you are selected to join us, we have genuine faith that you can reach them.