MFA in Writing News
Bergman to Read at Broad Loaf ConferenceMegan Mayhew Bergman (MFAW '10), associate director of Bennington鈥檚 MFA in Writing, will be on the faculty of this year's Bread Loaf Orion Environmental Writers鈥 Conference, at Middlebury College, June 3鈥9.
Sweeney MFA 鈥13 Makes 鈥35 Over 35鈥 Debut Authors ListNew York Times best-selling author Cynthia D鈥橝prix Sweeney MFA 鈥13 was included in the annual 鈥35 Over 35鈥 list, which celebrates 35 debut authors over the age of 35 years old.
The Gendered Construction of Jazz In a piece on NPR, Michelle Mercer MFA '10 highlighted the continued sexism in the jazz world, in the light of recent comments from two top jazz figures.
Mayhew Bergman on 鈥淭he Feminine Heroic鈥Paris Review correspondent Megan Mayhew Bergman (MFAW '10), associate director of Bennington鈥檚 MFA in Writing, addresses in her latest column how women, often excluded from adventure narratives, carve out their own heroic space.
Writing Seminars Announces Scholarships with PEN USA, Cave Canem Bennington Writing Seminars is pleased to announce two one-time creative writing MFA scholarships, in partnership with the PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellowship, and , an organization committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets.