MFA in Writing Archive

C.L. Clark is a Nebula-nominated and Ignyte award-winning author of several books, including The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost trilogy), Fate’s Bane (2025), and Ambessa:...

edwin bodney is a Black, Queer, non-binary artist, award-winning educator, and nationally recognized poet from Los Angeles. As someone living with M.S. and the rest...

Tess Lewis’s translations from French and German include works by Walter Benjamin, Montaigne, Ingeborg Bachmann, Lutz Seiler, and Peter Handke. She has been awarded grants...

Shruti Swamy is the author of the story collection A House Is a Body, and a novel, The Archer. She has received grants from the...

Brooke Champagne is a native New Orleanian and the award-winning author of Nola Face: A Latina’s Life in the Big Easy, named a Best Book...

Brendan Constantine is a poet based in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in many standards, including Poetry, The Nation, Best American Poetry, Tin House,...

VCFA MFA in Writing alumnx and current VCFA MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Program Director brandon brown (W ’23) recently received a...

A graduate of VCFA’s former MFA in Writing & Publishing program, writer, editor, and educator Rebecca Jamieson is a believer in the  power of the...

VCFA faculty, alumnx, and current students are set to attend the annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference & Bookfair in Los Angeles,...

“I believe poetry is an indispensable medium for the cinematic arts to flourish and will continue to challenge and expand the possibilities of what can...