MFA in Writing News

Lisa Cockrel Bennington Writing Seminars Announces Inaugural Residential Teaching Fellow

Lisa Ann Cockrel, a third-term MFA candidate in nonfiction, has been selected as the first at the .

Sarai Walker's Dietland Dietland on the Small Screen

Dietland, a novel by Sarai Walker MFA '03, premiered in June as a TV series on AMC.

Young Writers Institute The Love of Words

When asked why they love to write, the high school students at the (GIV) are quick to reply.

Donald Hall and Barack Obama Remembering Donald Hall

Donald Hall, former United States poet laureate, longtime Bennington Writing Seminars writer-in-residence, and dear friend of the College, at age 89.

Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg Susan Scarf Merrell's Shirley Gets All-Star Cast

Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale) and Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me By Your Name) have been cast in the feature film Shirley, adapted from the novel by Susan Scarf Merrell MFA '09.