MFA in Writing Archive

Sarah Seltzer is the executive editor of Lilith Magazine and a widely published journalist, critic, and essayist. Her first novel, The Singer Sisters (Flatiron) arrives...

Allison Grimaldi Donahue (b. Middletown, Conn.) is the author of Body to Mineral (Publication Studio Vancouver, 2016) and the co-author of On Endings (Delere Press,...

MFA in Writing faculty Sue William Silverman talks about her unique approach to graduate education and her recently published novel Acetylene Torch Songs.

In anticipation of our summer 2024 residency—taking place on the campus of Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO from July 13-21, 2024—our six MFA programs...

Camille T.  Dungy is the author of four collections of poetry: Trophic Cascade (Wesleyan UP, 2017); Smith Blue (Southern Illinois UP, 2011) winner of the...

In 2024, VCFA MFA in Writing and MFA in Music Composition alumnx Shanta Lee (W ‘21) and Damon Honeycutt (MC ‘16) collaborated on the multimedia...

Tarfia Faizullah’s poems appear widely in periodicals and anthologies both in America and abroad, and have been translated into Bengali, Spanish, and Chinese. 

VCFA MFA in Writing alumnx Dr. Claudia Ford (W ‘20) was awarded in early 2024 a Fulbright Scholar award from the distinguished Fulbright U.S. Scholar...

VCFA MFA in Writing alumnx and former VCFA Director of Recruitment Ann Dávila Cardinal (W ‘07) recently announced the publication of two exciting projects in...

VCFA class of 2018 MFA in Writing alumnx Allison Hong Merrill is an award-winning, bestselling author. You may know Hong Merrill from her debut, much...