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ALUMNX NEWS: Dr. Claudia Ford (W ‘20) Receives Fulbright Scholarship

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...

ALUMNX NEWS: Ann Dávila Cardinal (W ‘07) Bad Bunny Biography & new Adult Novel

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...

Allison Hong Merrill, 2018 MFA in Writing

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...

Ann Dávila Cardinal, 2007 MFA in Writing

VCFA alumnx and former VCFA Director of Recruitment Ann Dávila Cardinal (W ‘07) was nominated for a 2022 Vermont Book Award in the Fiction category...

Jude Ford, 2016 MFA in Writing

“Sometimes there’s just something that presses to be written. And you just have to write. It’s in your mind, and it keeps being there, and...

Kevin McLellan, 1999 MFA in Writing

In the fall of 2022, we interviewed Kevin McLellan (W ‘99), a self-identified “queer maker,” on their recent exhibition Wojnarowicz in Cambridge, the themes of...

Amber Rose Crowtree, 2017 MFA in Writing

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

Lou Mathews, 1987 MFA in Writing

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

Samuél Lopez-Barrantes, 2020 MFA in Writing

“Ever since I was a kid, I’ve dreamt of living in Paris,” explains writer, musician, and VCFA alumnx Samuél Lopez-Barrantes ('20). Lopez-Barrantes currently lives and...

Shelagh C. Shapiro, 2003 MFA in Writing

Writing alumnx Shelagh Shapiro ('03) has been engaged in conversations about craft on the air and on the page for decades. Shapiro is the host...