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Tips For Your 2025 MFA Application

Tips For Your 2025 MFA Application

Your Complete Guide to MFA Applications for Fall 2026: Tips, Resources, and Timeline Applying to MFA programs for Fall 2026?...

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Natalie Serianni on Writing Your Personal Essay

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Natalie Serianni on Writing Your Personal Essay

A month ago

Alumni Spotlight: Michelle Tamara Cutler Finds Her Voice Through Personal Essays

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Alumni Spotlight: Michelle Tamara Cutler Finds Her Voice Through Personal Essays

4 months ago

Meet the Teaching Artist: Personal Essays for Non-Writers and Newbies with Natalie Serianni

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Meet the Teaching Artist: Personal Essays for Non-Writers and Newbies with Natalie Serianni

6 months ago

How to Turn Your Life’s Moments into Compelling Personal Essays (And Why Your Unique Perspective Matters More than You Might Think)

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How to Turn Your Life’s Moments into Compelling Personal Essays (And Why Your Unique Perspective Matters More than You Might Think)

8 months ago

Applications Open for our IndieMFA in Creative Writing Program!

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Applications Open for our IndieMFA in Creative Writing Program!

A year ago

Personal Essay Idea to First Draft: an Interview with Samantha Ladwig

Personal Essay Idea to First Draft: an Interview with Samantha Ladwig

Samantha Ladwig is a writer with an eye for the profound, a book reviewer for BUST magazine, and co-owner of...

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A year ago

Getting Letters Of Recommendation For Your 2023 MFA Application

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Getting Letters Of Recommendation For Your 2023 MFA Application

4 years ago

Meet our Instructors:

Poetry as Prayer: An Interview with Miriam Calleja

Poetry as Prayer: An Interview with Miriam Calleja

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Crafting Your TV Series From Premise to Pilot: an Interview with Mark Melara

Crafting Your TV Series From Premise to Pilot: an Interview with Mark Melara

2 days ago

Writing Linked Narratives: Interconnected Story Collections & Novels-In-Stories: an Interview with Antonio Ruiz-Camacho

Writing Linked Narratives: Interconnected Story Collections & Novels-In-Stories: an Interview with Antonio Ruiz-Camacho

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From Dublin Workshop to New York Times Byline: Celebrating Elizabeth Austin's "Happiness is a Big, Ugly Sofa"

From Dublin Workshop to New York Times Byline: Celebrating Elizabeth Austin's "Happiness is a Big, Ugly Sofa"

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Student Publication News:

Alum Sophia Huneycutt Named 2025 Fiction Fellow in Prestigious Poets & Writers Publicity Incubator

Alum Sophia Huneycutt Named 2025 Fiction Fellow in Prestigious Poets & Writers Publicity Incubator

3 days ago

Celebrating WritingWorkshops.com Alumni Yvonne Liu Inaugural Recipient of the James Patterson Go Finish Your Book Grant

Celebrating WritingWorkshops.com Alumni Yvonne Liu: Inaugural Recipient of the James Patterson "Go Finish Your Book" Grant

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From Dublin Workshop to New York Times Byline: Celebrating Elizabeth Austin's "Happiness is a Big, Ugly Sofa"

From Dublin Workshop to New York Times Byline: Celebrating Elizabeth Austin's "Happiness is a Big, Ugly Sofa"

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Alumni Spotlight: Kari Zander Published in McSweeney's and Lit Angels

Alumni Spotlight: Kari Zander Published in McSweeney's and Lit Angels

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