MFA in Writing Archive

Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times-bestselling author of Wench (2010), Balm (2015), and Take My Hand...

Dominic Bucca is the author of Faculty Brat: A Memoir of Abuse, winner of the 2019 Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction. A...

VBA judges honored GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA as 2021's top book by a Vermont poet.

Fellowship grant funds from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation will support the two VCFA faculty members' creative work and scholarship.

In 2021, Writing alumnx Amber Rose Crowtree ('17) saw the publication of her debut chapbook, Harboring the Imperfect (Dancing Girl Press), and her...

Melissa Faliveno is the author of the debut essay collection Tomboyland, which was named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR, New...

MFA in Writing alumnx Lou Mathews was featured in the Los Angeles Times on December 2, 2021. The article by Alex Norcia describes...

Wanjikū Wa Ngūgī is the author of Seasons in Hippoland (Seagull Books, 2021) and The Fall of Saints (Atria Books, 2014)....

Fernando A. Flores was born in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and grew up in South Texas. He is the author of the collection Death to ...

In this season of giving thanks and celebrating connections, we are grateful to everyone in the VCFA community.