📣 BIG NEWS: Warren Wilson’s MFA Program for Writers is now accepting applications in creative nonfiction! 🎉
Memoir. Essay. Witness.
Rigor meets transformation.
Deadline: Sept 1
Start: Jan 2026
We’ve waited a long time for this—come write with us.
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He teaches fiction writing full-time as an assistant professor of English and African studies at Pennsylvania State University. He recently joined the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers as a faculty member.
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Daisy Fried is the author of five books of poetry. She has been awarded Guggenheim, Hodder and Pew Fellowships. An occasional poetry critic for the New York Times, Poetry Foundation and elsewhere. #warrenwilsonmfa #wwcmfa #daisyfried #lowresmfa
It’s officially National Poetry Month! Mark your calendar for our next IG Live interview. Comment or DM questions for Perry and Megan.
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Can’t wait to hang out in Swannanoa with our new cohort this summer! #warrenwilsonmfa #wwcmfa #fictionmfa #poetrymfa #lowresmfa #creativewritingmfa #creativewriting #lowresidencymfa
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Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet. Her collection of 40 palindromic sonnets, titled This Was Supposed to Be About Beauty, is forthcoming from Penguin Poets in Spring 2027. She resides in California.
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Make sure you stop by booth 714 at this year's AWP Bookfair! If you're a student, alumni, or faculty member you can sign up to table sit at the link in our bio. #warrenwilsonmfa #wwcmfa #fictionmfa #poetrymfa #lowresmfa #creativewritingmfa #creativewriting #lowresidencymfa #awp
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Dan Chaon is the author of six previous books, and was the recipient of an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Cleveland.
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Join us in ONE WEEK for our first IG live interview!
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Oliver Baez Bendorf is the author of Consider the Rooster (Nightboat Books, 2024), and two previous collections of poems: Advantages of Being Evergreen and The Spectral Wilderness.
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The winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship and NEA fellowships in both fiction and creative nonfiction, Dean Bakopoulos is an associate professor of cinema and head of screenwriting arts at University of Iowa. #warrenwilsonmfa #wwcmfa #facultyfriday
