My MFA
Eight recent graduates from MFA programs across the U.S. offer advice on applying, choosing, financing, attending, and completing a graduate writing program.
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Practice Imagining Change: A Workshop Manifesto
A writing teacher proposes a new way to approach workshops—without the language of “good” or “bad.”
MFA in Mind: Twenty Questions to Ask Before Applying
Why do you want an MFA? Important questions to ask yourself before you apply.
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2019 MFA Index: Your Guide to More Than 220 Programs
A guide to 158 full-residency and 64 low-residency programs in creative writing, plus questions to consider before you apply.
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Standing the Test of Time
George Saunders and Esther Newberg, Victor LaValle and Glora Loomis, Roxana Robinson and Lynn Nesbit on what it takes to maintain a long-term agent-author relationship.
The Business of Relationships: How Authors, Agents, Editors, Booksellers, and Publicists Work Together to Reach Readers
The teams behind debut authors Jordy Rosenberg, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Aja Gabel, Rachel Z. Arndt, and Ruth Joffre.
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Anatomy of Awards: The Numbers Behind Free Grants & Awards
A comparative analysis of the last three years of the magazine’s Deadlines section.
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Prize Advice: Ten Quick Tips for Smart Contest Entries
Assess the sponsor, know the rules, judge the judge, and seven other reminders before you submit.
101 Free Contests
Free contests, grants, and fellowships for poets and writers at any level.
Two More Weeks to Submit! The Question of Extended Deadlines
An investigation into a common, and complicated, practice.
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