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What You Won’t Learn in an MFA
An MFA can teach you skills, but will it prepare you for a writing career?
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The 2016 Guide to Creative Writing Guides
These books about how to write fiction, memoir, nonfiction, and film let aspiring writers apprentice at home.
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M.F.A. Update May 2016: Five Pieces of Good Advice for M.F.A. Students
PW recently talked with a few M.F.A. grads and faculty members to ask them about any cautionary tales they might have.
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M.F.A. Update May 2016: How the American Creative Writing Community Can be Made More Inclusive
Diversity and inclusion are hot topics in the M.F.A. community, as evidenced by the recent AWP conference.
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M.F.A. Update May 2016: A Few Great M.F.A. Programs
Here are five programs to consider if you're thinking of pursuing an M.F.A. (Sponsored)
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M.F.A. And Creative Writing Community Digest December 18, 2015: Writing Tips Roundup
The holidays will hopefully provide writers and M.F.A. students some much-needed writing time. To get the creative juices flowing, we’d like to offer a roundup of our year’s worth of writing tips. Here’s some wisdom from the best, including James Lee Burke, WIlliam H. Gass, Amy Stewart and others.
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M.F.A. And Creative Writing Community Digest: December 11, 2015
M.F.A. and creative writing-related stories from around the Web, including various looks at money and the writing life, and a new president for the Poetry Foundation.
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M.F.A. And Creative Writing Community Digest: December 4, 2015
M.F.A. and creative writing news from around the Web, including stories about a new program with a focus on "literary citizenship," a podcast for writers who want to work in publishing, and bad sex in fiction.
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M.F.A. And Creative Writing Community Digest: November 20, 2015
Creative writing and M.F.A. program news from around the Web, including bigger advances for new writers, NaNoWriMo resources, books to make you a better writer, and more.
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M.F.A. And Creative Writing Community Digest: November 13, 2015
Claudia Rankine's 'Citizen' takes on Trump, how to quit your job and write for a living, and more from the literary Web.
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M.F.A. And Creative Writing Community Digest: November 6, 2015
Typewriters, an Amazon book contest, and more from the literary Internet.
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Like Flying a Kite in a Storm: Publishing A First Novel While Doing an M.F.A.
Debut novelist Garth Greenwell explains why selling a first book is an emotional roller coaster—especially if the writer is still finishing his M.F.A.
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When Do You Need an Agent? A Novelist Reveals All
Burning questions about finding an agent, when and how to query, and more revealed by a novelist.
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Neither Teaching nor Publishing: Post-M.F.A. Jobs Beyond Writing
Teaching and publishing aren’t the only two tracks for post-M.F.A. employment. Many M.F.A. grads find their workshop-honed skills are powerful assets in fields that have little or nothing to do with writing.
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M.F.A. Program Spotlight: PW Talks to Sally Ball of Arizona State University
ASU M.F.A. instructor Sally Ball talks about diversity, financial aide, and what makes ASU's M.F.A. stand out.
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M.F.A. And Creative Writing Community Digest: October 2, 2015
A roundup of literary stories from around the web, including a case for creative writing degrees and a controversy about conceptual poet Kenny Goldsmith.
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M.F.A. And Creative Writing Community Digest: September 25, 2015
This week, AWP releases a diversity breakdown, John Freeman launches a new journal, and Amtrak is taking applications for its onboard writers' residency.
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M.F.A. And Creative Writing Community Digest: September 18, 2015
This week on the literary Internet: a board game about the writer's life, the Brooklyn Book Fest, our new Poet Laureate's big project, and more.
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M.F.A. And Creative Writing Community Digest: September 11, 2015
A controversy over this year's 'Best American Poetry' anthology made headlines this week. Plus, a new fellowship for creative writers from Buzzfeed and the winners of the Academy of American Poets prizes were announced.
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M.F.A. and Creative Writing Community Digest: August 28, 2015
This week in the literary and M.F.A. communities: Kate Gale and AWP, questioning "literary activism," getting paid for writing, and more.
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