MFA in Writing News

Image of Kim Cooper Kim Cooper Selected as Residential Teaching Fellow at Bennington Writing Seminars

Kim Cooper, an MFA student in fiction, has been selected to be the ninth Residential Teaching Fellow at Bennington Writing Seminars

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For Writer's Digest, Jen Hinst-White '02 MFA '12, who publishes under the pen name June Gervais, discusses the debut novel publishing process, what it's like growing up feeling like a misfit, and the joys of finding an artistic community.

The New Yorker logo Ferrell Publishes Poem in The New Yorker

Bennington Writing Seminars faculty member Monica Ferrell has published a poem, "Infancy," in the June 6, 2022 issue of The New Yorker.

Guggenheim logo Bennington Faculty and Alumni Awarded 2022 Guggenheim Fellowships

Visiting faculty member Colin Brant, former Bennington Writing Seminars faculty member Melissa Febos, and Michael Pollan '76 are recipients of the prestigious 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship.

Image of Louise Bokkenheuser Louise Bokkenheuser Selected as Bennington Writing Seminars Residential Teaching Fellow

Louise Bokkenheuser, an MFA student in fiction, has been selected to be the eighth Residential Teaching Fellow at the Bennington Writing Seminars.