MFAW News
![Young Writers Institute](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/GIV-Writers300x225.jpg?itok=NU4mIgvc)
When asked why they love to write, the high school students at the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont (GIV) Young Writers Institute are quick to reply.
![Donald Hall and Barack Obama](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/Donald-Hall300x225.jpg?itok=wPhhtZRj)
Donald Hall, former United States poet laureate, longtime Bennington Writing Seminars writer-in-residence, and dear friend of the College, has died at age 89.
![Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/elisabeth-moss-michael-stuhlbarg300x225.jpg?itok=RjFUaHPW)
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.
![Morgan Jerkins](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/MorganJerkins300x225_1.jpg?itok=dRRnI_U9)
When Morgan Jerkins MFA ’16 graduated from Princeton, she expected to get a job as an editorial assistant in New York City, be serendipitously discovered, and be launched into literary stardom.
![Epiphany Lit Mag](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/epiphany300x225.jpg?itok=vlbBMPVk)
Amber Wheeler Bacon MFA '18 is an honoree of Epiphany Lit Mag's inaugural Breakout 8 award for emerging writers.