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What: Ask an Alum w/Adrie Rose When: Sun. March 22nd at 5:30pm ET Where: Current students, please find the ZOOM info in your email We'll discuss post graduation life, chapbooks, poetry, and more!

LUCKY PEOPLE LOCAL TO WARREN WILSON: A Vanessa Hua Lecture, free and open to the public! No RSVP required. Thursday, March 19, 2026 5:30pm to 6:30pm on the Warren Wilson Campus in Swannanoa.

Some unique opportunities this week, including a debut collection prize for a woman poet over 40 (Tammis Day Poetry Prize); a road trip poetry anthology; and a poetry prize judged by one of the MFA Program's own... lots of opportunities for prose writers as well!

Whether we met you at the bookfair; at our panel discussion, "A Lifetime to Write: 50 Years 50 Years of the MFA Program for Writers"; at our faculty reading at the Poe Magic Theatre; or at our annual Friends of Writers Reception, we were so happy to connect at AWP!

Join this virtual poetry reading, March 16 @8 pm, ET celebrating The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders. Hosted by Wally grad Emily Knight! Link to sign up: bit.ly/4qa2YRA

Come chat with us at #AWP2026 at Booth #T942! Learn about becoming a student in any of our three tracks - Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction. There are opportunities for post-grads as well!

Check out our exciting updated speaker lineup for our 50th Anniversary reading -- plus all the ways to connect with our program at AWP 2026 this week: Full schedule of Wally-related panels and events at bit.ly/3NSHkUB #AWP2026 @awpwriter#

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The MFA Program for Writers invites you to join us on Friday, March 6th for our program’s 50th Anniversary Faculty Reading, at 6:30pm at the Baltimore Theater in the Lord Baltimore Hotel. Reception to follow, 7:30-10:30, on the 19th floor. More events at bit.ly/3NSHkUB

A reminder that applications for the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, Summer 2026 session, are due March 1! We're so excited to welcome the next cohort in our inclusive, rigorous, low-residency program. Still have questions? warrenwilsonmfa.org.

What do these three women have in common? They'll all be on stage at our 50th Anniversary Faculty reading at AWP! March 6, 6:30 p.m. Lord Baltimore Hotel Reception to follow until 10 pm!

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The Holden Residency Scholarship to the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson is a single-residency scholarship that covers tuition and residency fees for a writer of color in any genre. (Writers who have previously earned an MFA in creative writing are ineligible.)

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The prestigious MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College has expanded its program to include Creative Nonfiction! Learn more at warrenwilsonmfa.org. We look forward to your application - due by March 1 to join our July 2026 residency.