Major Jackson's "Leave It All Up to Me"
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Stop-motion whiteboard animation of a poem by Major Jackson, who is interviewed in the current issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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Genre: Poetry
University of California, Riverside
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Riverside, CA
Application Deadline:
Sun, 01/05/2025
Application Fee:
$135 (fee waiver available for financial hardship)
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Poets Act on Oil Spill
In response to the Deep-water Horizon oil spill, writers Heidi Lynn Staples and Amy King created Poets for Living Waters, an online poetry forum featuring works written in response to the disaster, spurring a host of nationwide events that give poets not only an opportunity to take action against the catastrophe but also to speak out in support of our natural environment.
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Exalted Utterance: An Interview With Major Jackson
Moving into new poetic territory, Major Jackson, in his third collection, Holding Company, corrals the ecstatic in a ten-line form.
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Small Press Points
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players. This issue features the new independent poetry press Birds, LLC, whose editors say an integral part of their mission is to build close relationships with authors and their work.
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William Paterson University
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Wayne, NJ
Application Deadline:
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee:
$50
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Western Colorado University
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Gunnison, CO
Application Deadline:
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee:
$55
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Sewanee School of Letters
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Sewanee, TN
Application Deadline:
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee:
$0
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Brigham Young University
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Provo, UT
Application Deadline:
Thu, 01/15/2026
Application Fee:
$50
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Wichita State University
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction
Wichita, KS
Application Deadline:
Sun, 02/01/2026
Application Fee:
$60
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