MFA Program for Writers
@warrenwilsonmfa.bsky.social
The first low-residency MFA program
Poetry | Fiction | Creative Nonfiction
App deadlines: September 1 | March 1
Register for open houses ⬇️
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Poetry | Fiction | Creative Nonfiction
App deadlines: September 1 | March 1
Register for open houses ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/warrenwilsonmfa
Curious about our low-residency MFA program? Planning to apply by March 1st? Join us on December 7, 2025 at 1PM EST for a virtual open house with a Q&A lead by Director Rita Banerjee. www.warrenwilsonmfa.org/join-us-for-...
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Curious about our low-residency MFA program? Planning to apply by March 1st? Join us on December 7, 2025 at 1PM EST for a virtual open house with a Q&A lead by Director Rita Banerjee. www.warrenwilsonmfa.org/join-us-for-...
This Friday we’re reading work from one alumn and two current wallies!
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This Friday we’re reading work from one alumn and two current wallies!
UPDATED: We’re excited to announce our Poetry, Fiction, and NEW Creative Nonfiction Faculty for the Spring 2026 semester! We can’t wait to see everyone!
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
UPDATED: We’re excited to announce our Poetry, Fiction, and NEW Creative Nonfiction Faculty for the Spring 2026 semester! We can’t wait to see everyone!
Going into this weekend, we're reading three new poems by 2024 poetry alum Tila Neguse that were recently published in Hooligan Magazine. Congratulations, Tila! www.hooliganmag.com/spilledinkho...
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Going into this weekend, we're reading three new poems by 2024 poetry alum Tila Neguse that were recently published in Hooligan Magazine. Congratulations, Tila! www.hooliganmag.com/spilledinkho...
TONIGHT join us over on our Instagram (@warrenwilsonmfa) while our social media intern @aimagriff.bsky.social chats with alumni Yiming Ma and Evanthia Bromiley to discuss their 2025 debut novels THESE MEMORIES DO NOT BELONG TO US and CROWN. The live will begin at 7PM EST and run for an hour.
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
TONIGHT join us over on our Instagram (@warrenwilsonmfa) while our social media intern @aimagriff.bsky.social chats with alumni Yiming Ma and Evanthia Bromiley to discuss their 2025 debut novels THESE MEMORIES DO NOT BELONG TO US and CROWN. The live will begin at 7PM EST and run for an hour.
This Wednesday, join us over on our Instagram (@warrenwilsonmfa) while our social media intern @aimagriff.bsky.social chats with alumni Yiming Ma and Evanthia Bromiley to discuss their 2025 debut novels THESE MEMORIES DO NOT BELONG TO US and CROWN. The live will begin at 7PM EST and run for an hour.
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This Wednesday, join us over on our Instagram (@warrenwilsonmfa) while our social media intern @aimagriff.bsky.social chats with alumni Yiming Ma and Evanthia Bromiley to discuss their 2025 debut novels THESE MEMORIES DO NOT BELONG TO US and CROWN. The live will begin at 7PM EST and run for an hour.
Are you a current Wally who polished up some great work this semester? An alumn, prospective student, or just a friend of the program itching to send out some submissions? We've pulled together some contests, magazines for you to send your writing to. There's even one magazine looking for readers!
November 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Are you a current Wally who polished up some great work this semester? An alumn, prospective student, or just a friend of the program itching to send out some submissions? We've pulled together some contests, magazines for you to send your writing to. There's even one magazine looking for readers!
Are you a current Wally who polished up some great work this semester? An alumn, prospective student, or just a friend of the program itching to send out some submissions? We've pulled together some contests, magazines for you to send your writing to. There's even one magazine looking for readers!
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Are you a current Wally who polished up some great work this semester? An alumn, prospective student, or just a friend of the program itching to send out some submissions? We've pulled together some contests, magazines for you to send your writing to. There's even one magazine looking for readers!
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With great sadness, I write to announce the passing of Ellen Bryant Voigt, the great poet, educator, and architect of the MFA Program for Writers. Please join us in celebrating her incredible life, legacy, mentorship, and vision.
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Honoring the Life and Legacy of Ellen Bryant Voigt - MFA Program for Writers | Warren Wilson
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November 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
With great sadness, I write to announce the passing of Ellen Bryant Voigt, the great poet, educator, and architect of the MFA Program for Writers. Please join us in celebrating her incredible life, legacy, mentorship, and vision.
www.warrenwilsonmfa.org/honoring-the...
@warrenwilsonmfa.bsky.social
www.warrenwilsonmfa.org/honoring-the...
@warrenwilsonmfa.bsky.social
With great sadness we acknowledge the passing of Ellen Bryant Voigt, the great poet, educator, and architect of the MFA Program for Writers. Voigt proposed creating the low-residency MFA Program for Writers, a new pedagogical model that would transform graduate education.
November 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
With great sadness we acknowledge the passing of Ellen Bryant Voigt, the great poet, educator, and architect of the MFA Program for Writers. Voigt proposed creating the low-residency MFA Program for Writers, a new pedagogical model that would transform graduate education.
Join us Sunday, Oct 26 at 4:30pm ET on Zoom for the second of our "Ask an Alum" series. In this students-only event, we will talk to Fiction 2024 alum Devon Halliday about post graduation life, selling her debut novel, and get some tips on making it through the program all in one piece!
October 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Join us Sunday, Oct 26 at 4:30pm ET on Zoom for the second of our "Ask an Alum" series. In this students-only event, we will talk to Fiction 2024 alum Devon Halliday about post graduation life, selling her debut novel, and get some tips on making it through the program all in one piece!
Today we're celebrating some of our illustrious poetry faculty and their recent and upcoming publications!
October 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today we're celebrating some of our illustrious poetry faculty and their recent and upcoming publications!
Looking for fellowships or places to submit your work? Look no further! This Submission Sunday, we've rounded up some organizations that are open.
October 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Looking for fellowships or places to submit your work? Look no further! This Submission Sunday, we've rounded up some organizations that are open.
This week we're highlighting some upcoming novels and a recent magazine publication from our Fiction Faculty!
October 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This week we're highlighting some upcoming novels and a recent magazine publication from our Fiction Faculty!
Join our director @ritabanerjee.bsky.social on Tuesday, October 7 for her lecture on "How to Survive as a Writer under American Capitalism." Hosted by the @uofnorthdakota.bsky.social English department, the lecture will be on Zoom at 7PM Central Time. Register here: ritabanerjee.com/2025/10/01/h...
October 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Join our director @ritabanerjee.bsky.social on Tuesday, October 7 for her lecture on "How to Survive as a Writer under American Capitalism." Hosted by the @uofnorthdakota.bsky.social English department, the lecture will be on Zoom at 7PM Central Time. Register here: ritabanerjee.com/2025/10/01/h...
Here's some mid-week reading for you, a poem by current Wally Wynne Morrison has been published by Pulse - voices from the heart of medicine. Read "Infinite Excuses" on their website: pulsevoices.org/poems/infini... Pulse tells the story of health care through personal experiences.
October 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here's some mid-week reading for you, a poem by current Wally Wynne Morrison has been published by Pulse - voices from the heart of medicine. Read "Infinite Excuses" on their website: pulsevoices.org/poems/infini... Pulse tells the story of health care through personal experiences.
One year after Hurricane Helene struck the Blue Ridge Mountains, much of our community in Swannanoa and the surrounding areas are still working to rebuild. If you are looking for organizations to donate to and support, consider Warren Wilson College and the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly.
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
One year after Hurricane Helene struck the Blue Ridge Mountains, much of our community in Swannanoa and the surrounding areas are still working to rebuild. If you are looking for organizations to donate to and support, consider Warren Wilson College and the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly.
Today at 4:30 PM EST, all students are invited to join us for the first edition of our new Ask an Alum series with our illustrious guest Oak Morse! The event will take place on Zoom, moderated by our Communications & Programming Intern, Joy Notoma. Check your email for Zoom info!
September 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today at 4:30 PM EST, all students are invited to join us for the first edition of our new Ask an Alum series with our illustrious guest Oak Morse! The event will take place on Zoom, moderated by our Communications & Programming Intern, Joy Notoma. Check your email for Zoom info!
Tomorrow, Sept 28th, all students are invited to join us for the first edition of our new Ask an Alum series with our illustrious guest Oak Morse! The event will take place at 4:30 PM EST on Zoom, moderated by our Communications & Programming Intern, Joy Notoma. Check your email for Zoom info!
September 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tomorrow, Sept 28th, all students are invited to join us for the first edition of our new Ask an Alum series with our illustrious guest Oak Morse! The event will take place at 4:30 PM EST on Zoom, moderated by our Communications & Programming Intern, Joy Notoma. Check your email for Zoom info!
This Friday we're highlighting some of our fiction faculty and their new and upcoming publications!
September 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This Friday we're highlighting some of our fiction faculty and their new and upcoming publications!
This Sunday, Sept 28th, all students are invited to join us for the first edition of our new Ask an Alum series with our illustrious guest Oak Morse! The event will take place at 4:30 PM EST on Zoom, moderated by our Communications & Programming Intern, Joy Notoma. Check your email for Zoom info!
September 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This Sunday, Sept 28th, all students are invited to join us for the first edition of our new Ask an Alum series with our illustrious guest Oak Morse! The event will take place at 4:30 PM EST on Zoom, moderated by our Communications & Programming Intern, Joy Notoma. Check your email for Zoom info!
Congratulations to @boyceupholt.bsky.social, whose nonfiction book THE GREAT RIVER won the Willie Morris Award for Southern Writing! olemiss.edu/news/2025/02...
September 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Congratulations to @boyceupholt.bsky.social, whose nonfiction book THE GREAT RIVER won the Willie Morris Award for Southern Writing! olemiss.edu/news/2025/02...
Also new to the Warren Wilson Fiction Faculty this upcoming semester is @nafissa.bsky.social. Nafissa is the author of Heads of the Colored People, which won the PEN Open Book Award, the Hurston/Wright Award for Fiction, and the Los Angeles Times’s Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.
September 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Also new to the Warren Wilson Fiction Faculty this upcoming semester is @nafissa.bsky.social. Nafissa is the author of Heads of the Colored People, which won the PEN Open Book Award, the Hurston/Wright Award for Fiction, and the Los Angeles Times’s Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.
Today we want to highlight some of our Poetry Faculty members' recent publications!
September 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today we want to highlight some of our Poetry Faculty members' recent publications!
This Wally Wednesday we have another exciting roundup of new and upcoming publications from our grads! Check out these new and upcoming translations, poetry collections, essay collections, and memoirs.
September 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This Wally Wednesday we have another exciting roundup of new and upcoming publications from our grads! Check out these new and upcoming translations, poetry collections, essay collections, and memoirs.