MFAW News

Image of BWS Commencement Commons The Quality of Self-Belief

Poet and author Paisley Rekdal delivered the 51st Bennington Writing Seminars Commencement address at the program's virtual winter residency.

Image of Forbes 30 Under 30 Logo Malik, Jerkins Selected as Forbes 30 Under 30 Honorees

Bennington College alum Asad J. Malik '19 and Bennington Writing Seminars alum Morgan Jerkins MFA '16 have been selected as 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees.

Image of woman presenting on Zoom Bennington Writing Seminars Alumni Host Black Bennington Literary Salon

On September 20, Bennington Writing Seminars alumni hosted a virtual Black Bennington Literary Salon.

Image of Nico Amador Nico Amador Selected as Residential Teaching Fellow at Bennington Writing Seminars

Nico Amador MFA '22, a second-term MFA student in poetry, has been selected to be the fifth Residential Teaching Fellow at the Bennington Writing Seminars.

Image of Moriel Rothman-Zecher Rothman-Zecher Receives Donald Hall Scholarship for Poets

The Bennington Writing Seminars is pleased to announce that Moriel Rothman-Zecher is the recipient of the Donald Hall Scholarship for Poets. He will begin his studies in January 2021.