Alumna Tina Ontiveros’s thesis to be published

MFAW-WA alumna Tina Ontiveros’s thesis, rough house: a memoir, has been accepted for publication by OSU Press. Congratulations, Tina!

MFAW-VT Alumna Cheryl Heller’s “The Intergalactic Design Guide” Has Launched

MFAW-VT Alumna Cheryl Heller’s “The Intergalactic Design Guide” Has Launched

MFAW-VT alumna Cheryl Heller just launched The Intergalactic Design Guide, which illuminates a process for leading change that contradicts the prevalent assumption that the future is “someone else’s” responsibility. It’s a book about leaders who are doing what others consider impossible, and a map for how anyone who wants to step up can become one.

MFAW-WA Alumna Sarah Townsend’s Memoir To Be Published

MFAW-WA Alumna Sarah Townsend’s Memoir To Be Published

MFAW-WA alumna Sarah Townsend’s thesis–a memoir called Setting the Wire: A Memoir of Postpartum Psychosis–has been accepted for publication by The Lettered Streets Press in 2019 (April 1st publication date) and a launch at the AWP conference in Portland, OR at the end of March. 

MFAW-VT Alumna Lizz Schumer at The Rumpus

MFAW-VT Alumna Lizz Schumer at The Rumpus

MFAW-VT alumn Lizz Schumer has just been offered a full-time job as staff writer at the Hearst Lifestyle group, writing for Good Housekeeping, Redbook Magazine, and Woman's Day Magazine's print editions.  And, at the beginning of August, Lizz;s personal essay "The...

MFAW-WA Nita Sweeney is Short-Listed!

MFAW-WA Nita Sweeney is Short-Listed!

MFAW alumna Nita Sweeney's unpublished memoir, Twenty-Six Point Freaking Two: How a Sedentary, Middle-Aged Manic Depressive Became a Marathoner (with the help of her dog), was short-listed for the 2018 William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition...

MFAW-VT Alumna Gina Leigh Helms TV Show!

MFAW-VT Alumna Gina Leigh Helms TV Show!

MFAW-VT alumna Gina Leigh has just launched the pilot episode of Circus Town Circus Town is an original, all-puppet children's television show that explains physics through the fun of circus stories. Meet Sally Spangles, her best friend Girard the Giraffe, and a...

MFAW-WA Alumna Sarah Cannon’s Thesis Published!

MFAW-WA Alumna Sarah Cannon’s Thesis Published!

MFAW-WA alumna Sarah Cannon's Goddard thesis, turned debut memoir, The Shame of Losing (Red Hen Press), will be available October 2, 2018 in most independent bookstores in the Northwest. If you are a strong supporter, it would be helpful to ask your local bookstore...

MFAW-WA Alum James Gapinski Releases Two Chapbooks

MFAW-WA Alum James Gapinski Releases Two Chapbooks

MFAW-WA alumnus James Gapinksi has had two chapbooks published this year, Messiah Tortoise and Edge of the Known Bus Line.   Here are the press releases for each:   In Edge of the Known Bus Line, a woman’s daily commute takes an abrupt turn when she’s...

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