MFA in Writing Archive

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...

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:...

Bestselling Author Sarah Seltzer Shares her Story By Karis Rogerson (WCYA ’24) Sarah Seltzer (W ’12) is a multi-talented writer: she is a journalist of...

Caleb Curtiss is the author of a poetry collection, Age of Forgiveness (Sundress Publications), and a hybrid chapbook, A Taxonomy of the Space Between Us ...

In anticipation of our summer 2025 residency—taking place on the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) campus in Valencia, CA from June 24 to July...

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...