MFA Program for Writers

Devon Halliday | Novel To Stay, To Stay, To Stay Forthcoming from McSweeney’s October 2026 Ways to express your all-consuming enthusiasm before the pre-order link goes live: *it’s way too early to do this, so you could…

Her debut novel is forthcoming from McSweeney’s in October 2026. devonhalliday.com/novel/

DEVON HALLIDAY is a Pushcart Prize winner and a Rona Jaffe Foundation Graduate Fellow. Her short stories appear in Ploughshares, One Story, and West Branch, among other journals. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Warren Wilson Program, and a BA in Comparative Literature from Brown University.

Communications and programming intern, Joy Notoma, will have questions prepared but there will be time and space to open the conversation to the group. This is the mid-semester check-in you need!

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!

Sally Ball's poem "Die Off Off Vancouver" was published by @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/cult...

@mariannelchan.bsky.social's collection LEAVING BIDDLE CITY was published by @sarabandebooks in 2004, and she has recently had three poems published in @5ptsmag.bsky.social and the poem "A Kind of Goodness" published by @poetsorg.bsky.social. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

Zeina Hashem Beck's sonnets "Sniped Sonnet" and "Standup Sonnet" have recently appeared in @literaryhub.bsky.social and @poetsorg.bsky.social, respectively. poets.org/poem/standup...

Alan Shapiro's essay collection A DRESS REHEARSAL FOR THE TRUTH was published by The Gabbro Head Press in 2024. His new collection, DIVER, is forthcoming from @unboundedition.bsky.social. www.gabbrohead.com/product/a-dr...

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.

Deepa Anappara's new novel THE LAST OF EARTH is forthcoming from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744050...

@cincinnatireview.bsky.social recently published @debraspark.bsky.social's creative nonfiction piece "Open Secret." www.cincinnatireview.com/special-feat...

@ninamcconigley.bsky.social's new novel HOW TO COMMIT A POSTCOLONIAL MURDER is forthcoming from @pantheonbooks.bsky.social. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779107...

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...

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.

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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!

Congratulations to our Faculty!

Edie Meidav's new novel DOGS OF CUBA is forthcoming from @regalhouse.bsky.social. A few of her flash fiction pieces have also recently appeared in the Los Angeles Review and @conjunctions.bsky.social. www.ediemeidav.com

Marisa Silver's novel AT LAST was published by @simonandschuster.bsky.social earlier this month. www.simonandschuster.com/books/At-Las...

Christopher Castellani's new novel LAST SEEN will be published by @vikingbooks.bsky.social on February 17, 2026. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/801283...

@sjsindu.bsky.social's new graphic novel TALL WATER was published by HarperCollins this August. www.harpercollins.com/products/tal...

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!