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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
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!
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Today's weather report calls for Media Showers! Happy book birthday to instructor Jason Morgan, writing as J. Lloyd Morgan. a.co/d/8LJqE2B
January 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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...
January 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
December 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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:
events.blackthorn.io/1N1TpJJ7/4a3...
December 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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...
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Happy Halloween to all the writers and readers!
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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...
May 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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
May 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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...
April 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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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February 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Winter is prime time for novel writers. Here’s a writing challenge to get you moving forward today. #writers #authors #novelwriting #writingcommunity
January 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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...
January 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Just deactivated our old X account.
December 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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/...
November 14, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Just out from alum Kendra Vaughn! Way to go, Kendra!
kendravaughan.com
October 14, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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!
October 9, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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!
September 16, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Happy belated book birthday to instructor Kim Tomsic's latest:

a.co/d/dQV2VaU
August 29, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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/...
June 24, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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/...
April 11, 2024 at 2:47 PM
@bcdreyer.bsky.social, may I ask your opinion of this:
April 3, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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...
March 14, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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....
January 19, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Wishing all MFA students, instructors, and followers a Happy New Year!
December 29, 2023 at 2:10 PM