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SNHU’s 100% online MFA in Creative Writing. Write your novel, in the genre of your choice, while learning the business of writing and teaching.

https://www.snhu.edu/online-degrees/masters/mfa-in-creative-writing/online-mfa-faculty
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Online MFA alum Kendra Vaughan was our guest on Wireside Chat earlier this month. Watch as she reads from her debut novel, The Plymbury Witch, and shares the secrets of her self-publishing success!
SNHU Online MFA alum Kendra Vaughan reading from her debut novel, The Plymbury Witch.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Today's weather report calls for Media Showers! Happy book birthday to instructor Jason Morgan, writing as J. Lloyd Morgan. a.co/d/8LJqE2B
The cover for Media Showers, the new novel by J. Lloyd Morgan, showing a suburban night sky with an avalanche of falling stars.
January 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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This Wednesday, the five winners of the Penmen Review Fall Fiction Contest will read their winning stories at a special Word for Word event! Don't miss it!

Register here: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/4a3...
Announcement for SNHU Word for Word special event featuring the Penmen Review Fall Fiction Contest winners: Caitlyn Burry, Jacqueline Coleman, Jess Prosser, Andrea Lisowski, and Ryan Fagan.
January 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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Snake’s-hands Path is like a snake, it curls around the whole of Little Belaire with its head in the middle and the tip of its tail by Buckle cord’s door, but only someone who knows Little Belaire can see where it runs. To someone else, it would seem to run off in all directions. So when you run along Path, and here is something that looks to be Path, but you find it is only rooms interlocking in a little maze that has no exits but back to Path—that’s a snake’s-hand. It runs off the snake of Path like a set of little fingers. It’s also called a snake’s-hand because a snake has no hands, and likewise there is only one Path. But a snake’s-hand is also more: my story is a Path, too, I hope; and so it must have its snake’s-hands. Sometimes the snake’s-hands in a story are the best part, if the story is a long one. —John Crowley, Engine Summer
December 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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On Wednesday, 12/10, from 8-9 pm EST, Word for Word proudly welcomes horror master @paultremblay.bsky.social! Free and open to the public. Register here:
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Picture of author Paul Tremblay, a black-haired and bearded white man in dark-framed glasses, with the cover of his novel Horror Movie, and the caption: Word for Word Welcomes Paul Tremblay, Wednesday, 12.10, 8pm EST.
December 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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This Wednesday marks the return of Word for Word, SNHU's online literary salon, with our annual Instructor Spotlight event, featuring @tracycrow.bsky.social and Dan Gleason reading from their work and answering questions--maybe even yours!!

Register here: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/4a3...
Word for Word Instructor Spotlight with Dan Gleason and Tracy Crow. Showing photos of the authors with their books, Life Without and Eyes Right, respectively.
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Happy Halloween to all the writers and readers!
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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On Wednesday, 5/14, from 8-9 pm ET, Word for Word is proud to welcome two of the top literary agents in the business, Joshua Bilmes and Lucienne Diver. If you hope to traditionally publish or are interested in an agenting career, please join us!

Register here: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/4a3...
Agents and Agenting SNHU Word for Word On the left, a photo of Lucienne Diver, Senior Literary Agent On the right, a photo of Joshua Bilmes, JABberwocky Literary Agency
May 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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I had a great time at the SNHU Commencement this week, where I had the pleasure of meeting a number of MFA grads. A shout-out to all grads and especially to Landon Thorne, Nick Patterson, and Alisha Masztal! #SNHU
Dean Paul Witcover and 2025 MFA Grad Landon Thorne Dean Paul Witcover and 2025 MFA Grad Nick Patterson Dean Paul Witcover and 2025 MFA Grad Alisha Masztal in a serendipitous elevator encounter!
May 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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On Wed., 4/23, join us from 8-9 pm ET as Word for Word welcomes award-winning author @tananarivedue.bsky.social! Ms. Due will read from her novel The Reformatory, a searing tale of horror and Black resilience set in the Jim Crow South! Q&A to follow.

Register: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/4a3...
Next Wednesday, please join us from 8-9 pm ET as W4W proudly welcomes award-winning author Tananarive Due! Ms. Due will be reading from her latest novel, The Reformatory, a tale of horror and Black resilience set in the Jim Crow South, and will answer questions from attendees. Five lucky registrants who attend will be randomly selected to receive a copy of The Reformatory!
April 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Wednesday, 2/19/25, from 8-9 pm EST, Word for Word is joined by author @jeffreyford8.bsky.social! Ford’s fiction has won World Fantasy, Edgar Allan Poe, Shirley Jackson, and Nebula awards.

Register and attend for a chance to win a Jeffrey Ford book!

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The SNHU Word for Word logo to the left; to the right, a photo of writer Jeffrey Ford, a white man in his 60s with glasses and a salt-and-pepper beard looking at the camera.
February 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Winter is prime time for novel writers. Here’s a writing challenge to get you moving forward today. #writers #authors #novelwriting #writingcommunity
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January 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Join us next Wednesday, 1/15, from 8-9 pm EST for a special edition of Word for Word, SNHU's virtual literary salon, celebrating the winners of the Penmen Review Fall Fiction Contest!

Read the winning stories here: penmenreview.com

Register for the event here: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/4a3...
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January 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Just deactivated our old X account.
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December 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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Join us on 11/20, from 8-9 pm EST, as Word for Word celebrates SNHU's creative writing instructors in a special event spotlighting YA fiction and featuring award-winning writers Melissa Marr and Adrienne Kisner!

Register here: events.blackthorn.io/en/1N1TpJJ7/...
A poster featuring, to the left, a photo of Adrienne Kinser, a smiling blond-haired white woman in a purple shirt, seeming to gaze at the covers of two of her books, Dear Rachel Maddow and Six Angry Girls. To the right is a phot of Melissa Marr, a dark-haired white woman in a purple jacket and bluejeans, leaning against a rock in front of a body of water. To her left are covers of two of her books: Wicked Lovely and the graphic novel The Strange Case of Harleen and Harley.
November 14, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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Just out from alum Kendra Vaughn! Way to go, Kendra!
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The cover of The Plymbury Witch, by Kendra Vaughn, featuring a drawing of been with a mirror, a key, waves, and four flying birds.
October 14, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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On Wednesday, 10/16, 8-9pm ET, Word for Word returns with bestselling writer Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain-Gang All-Stars.

Register here for this virtual event: events.blackthorn.io/en/1N1TpJJ7/...

Five lucky registrants will win one of Adjei-Brenyah's books, so sign up now!
Word for Word Welcomes Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Wednesday, 10/16, 8pm EST. With a photo of the author and cover images of his books.
October 9, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and we were #1,862,488! Does that make us early adopters or just bandwagon jumpers? Either way, glad to be here!
Number showing account #1,862,488 to join Bluesky
September 16, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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Happy belated book birthday to instructor Kim Tomsic's latest:

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Cover of Kim Tomsic's novel The Truth About 5th Grade
August 29, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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The final W4W of the season is this Wed., 6/26, from 8-9 pm ET, featuring six grads of the online BA, MA, and MFA creative writing programs. Please come out and show them your support!
Register here: events.blackthorn.io/en/1N1TpJJ7/...
Photos of four women and two men who will be reading at the 6/26 Graduate Spotlight event.
June 24, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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Join us online for our next Word for Word event on Wed., 4/17, from 8-9 pm ET as we welcome Kelly Link! Kelly will read from her bestselling novel, The Book of Love, and answer questions about writing craft and practice and more!

Register here: events.blackthorn.io/en/1N1TpJJ7/...
A photo of Kelly Link smiling next to covers of her books The Book of Love and White Cat, Black Dog, with information about the Word for Word event on 4/17 at 8 pm.
April 11, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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@bcdreyer.bsky.social, may I ask your opinion of this:
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April 3, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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Next Wednesday, 3/20, from 8-9 pm EST, three top editors--@datlow.bsky.social, @deannahoak.bsky.social, and @joemts.bsky.social--share their wisdom on the roles that editors play in today's publishing world. Please join for this online panel!

Register here: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/5a3...
Photos of Ellen Datlow, Joe Monti, and Deanna Hoak, panelists for this special Word for Word event.
March 14, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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Word for Word is back! Next Wednesday, 1/24, from 8-9 pm EST, we will be spotlighting the winners of the Penmen Review Fall Fiction Contest! You can read the winning stories here: penmenreview.com/spotlight/an...

And register here: events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/5a3....
Photos of the five Penmen Review Fall Fiction Contest winners for 2023: Tayler Kastros, Gabe Converse, RE Bunch, M. W. Bodily, and Ness Wheeler
January 19, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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Wishing all MFA students, instructors, and followers a Happy New Year!
Singing cat wishes everyone a happy new year!
December 29, 2023 at 2:10 PM