The W's MFA in Creative Writing

Don't miss today's talk by Kris Lee at 4pm Central. If you can't join in person, it will be live streamed on YouTube www.youtube.com/@LLPatTheW/l...

This is not a new leaf to turn, you just didn't know about it. Science Fiction! Look for a new story of mine in the July/August issue of @asimovssfmag.bsky.social #sciencefiction #publishing #writerslife

The W's MFA in CW - Google My Maps Mississippi University for Women's Low-Res MFA in Creative Writing Students, Alumni, and Faculty live in these places.

As the Spring 2026 semester begins, I've added four new students to our map of where we live. Welcome Gina Elia, Salaam Green, Anne Gunter, and Amy Wilson!

I'm also thrilled to move Erin Matson and Alexis Jemal to the Alumni group. Congratulations Erin and Alexis!

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Eudora Welty and Tennessee Williams were featured with other creatives on this year’s float. #writers #mississippi

Hard to believe we've been publishing Ponder Review for 10 years. Be part of our second decade!

Issue 17 is here! #poetry #litmag
So many wonderful poets brought together, we can't wait for you to see! Order yours at poetrysouth.submittable.com

Bluesky is finally back in Mississippi! No longer will we have to hitch up the mule and head over to Alabama to post. We did have to verify our age, though. Great for us, but not so great for the mule, who will probably get fat eating all those oats.

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Congratulations to Erin Matson, who successfully defended her thesis today! Her reading will be on Wednesday at 6pm CDT on Zoom or our YouTube channel. @brandytwilson.bsky.social

Congratulations and good luck to our Pushcart nominees!
Fiction
David Williams, "Southern Dogface," 9.1
Rachel Talbot, "Night Park", 9.1
CNF
Scott Ortolano, "The Days," 9.1
Rob Rogers, “Morning Coffee,” 9.2
Poetry
Xioaly Li, "Making Dumplings"9.2
Bridget Brush, "I Wish I Were a Turtle," 9.2

We always love announcing our Pushcart Prize nominees, though it's always a challenge to make our final choices. Congratulations and best of luck to our six nominees! @pushcartprize.bsky.social #pushcartnominees

We're proud to preview the cover for Issue 17! Poets are reviewing their proofs and soon it will be off to the printer. Order your copy today or send us poems for Issue 18. We are all caught up on submissions and want to start reading again! #submissions #poetry #magazine
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We've been hard at work (but not posting)! Issue 17 is nearly done — page proofs were sent to poets this week. We've also caught up on submissions to Nov. 1, so now might be a good time to send us some poems or order your copy of the new issue! poetrysouth.submittable.com

2025 Welty Writers' Symposium Saturday AM YouTube video by Welty Symposium

Don't miss our last Welty Symposium session at 9:30 this morning — in person in Poindexter auditorium or live online (if the live stream starts a few minutes late, just wait for us — it's Saturday, y'all!)

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2025 Welty Writers' Symposium Keynote featuring Ashley M. Jones, Lullaby for the Grieving in Poindexter Hall, Connie Sills Kossen Auditorium, Mississippi University for Women

Don't miss tonight's Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium keynote with poet laureate of Alabama, Ashley M. Jones! 7:30pm in Poindexter Auditorium, Mississippi University for Women. If you can't join us in person, you can till watch live youtube.com/live/0MthPTm...

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Check out our website to learn more and watch our live stream if you can't attend in person. muw.edu/welty

Alabama poet laureate will speak at Eudora Welty writers' conference in Mississippi - Mississippi Today Alabama's poet laureate, Ashley M. Jones, will be the keynote speaker this week at the Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium in Columbus – a gathering that highlights authors and poets from across the South...

Mississippi Today has a feature on the Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium. The symposium starts this Thursday and is free and open to the public. @mississippitoday.org mississippitoday.org/2025/10/21/a...

For a closer look, here is each panel of the 37th Annual Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium with 12 Southern writers and 5 Ephemera Prize Winners. Each session is free to attend and will be live-streamed on our WeltySymposium Youtube channel. #readings #writerscommunity #mississippi #southernwriters

Two weeks from today, we begin the 37th annual Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium at Mississippi University for Women. Here's our complete schedule! #writers #southernauthors #readings #bookfestival #TheW

Y'all, Monday, 9/15, is our deadline for the next issue of Ponder Review. If you haven't sent us your best writing since before June 15, then send us something soon and don't miss out! #submissioncall ponderreview.submittable.com

So true, and true for our low-res MFA in Creative Writing. We're used to finding work-arounds

Besides Kendall Dunkelberg, you can also see Lauren Rhoades, C. T. Salazar, Beth Kander, and Ellen Anne Fentress. So many folks from The W on the schedule this year!

The W's MFA in CW - Google My Maps Mississippi University for Women's Low-Res MFA in Creative Writing Students, Alumni, and Faculty live in these places.

Welcome to our new MFA students (Summer and Fall 2025): Betsy Arnett, Asjiah Benoit, Devon Boan, Alexis Ellis, Meriwether Nichols, and Laura Flint. You are now on our map!
Besides adding new students, I've moved our recent graduates to the alumni list.
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How Being a Good Literary Citizen Leads to Stronger Book Launches | Jane Friedman In terms of reaching new readers, literary citizenship might prove to be a better investment than any money paid to an online marketing guru.

Great to see alumna Julie Whitehead with an article on @janefriedman.com Way to go Julie! #writingadvice janefriedman.com/how-being-a-...

Mississippi Arts Hour – Kendall Dunkelberg - Mississippi Arts Commission This week on the Mississippi Arts Hour, Lauren Rhoades talks with poet Kendall Dunkelberg, whose newly released collection of poetry is titled TREE FALL WITH BIRDSONG. The episode airs on MPB Radio th...

I had a great conversation with Lauren Rhoades on the Mississippi Arts Hour yesterday. Our interview will air this Sunday on MPB Think Radio. Listen live on mpbonline.org or later on the Mississippi Arts Hour podcast.
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Hi everyone, just a reminder that on Friday, July 18 at 7 p.m. at the D & H Canal House Museum in High Falls, New York, there will be a gathering to launch my new poetry collection "Still Life." Some nosh, some drink and some poetry

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Lauren Oya Olamina Explains Earthseed to Ernest Hemingway Searching for metaphor, you named yourself Papa

Congratulations to L. Lamar Wilson who is featured at Poem-a-Day today for his poem "Lauren Oya Olamina Explains Earthseed to Ernest Hemingway."
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I'm finally back in Mississippi and will be heading to Jackson tomorrow for my reading at Lemuria Bookstore! Looking forward to seeing everyone! I'm bringing extra copies in case the store runs out, so there's sure to be plenty for everyone... It will be a great time! #JacksonMs #poetryreading

The natural world is the star of new poetry collection by MUW professor Kendall Dunkelberg’s fourth poetry collection focuses on the natural world but also touches on grief, loss.

It's a big week for Tree Fall with Birdsong with an insightful review by Celeste Maria Schueler in the Clarion Ledger and the Mississippi Books Page. #poetrybook #review

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The Way Sound and Meaning Interact: A Conversation with Kendall Dunkelberg “I knew that mortality was goig to be a big part of the collection.” An interview with Kendall Dunkelberg about Tree Fall with Birdsong, his fourth poetry collection.

"If 'Tree Fall' is loss — that things change, life ends, meaning is lost — what could represent the opposite qualities of birth, of creation, of fullness. An early poem gave me my answer with 'Birdsong.'"

Read more from @ctsalazar.bsky.social's interview with @kdunkelberg.bsky.social!