MFA in Writing News
Louise Bokkenheuser Selected as Bennington Writing Seminars Residential Teaching FellowLouise Bokkenheuser, an MFA student in fiction, has been selected to be the eighth Residential Teaching Fellow at the Bennington Writing Seminars.
Ariél M. Martinez Selected as Bennington Writing Seminars Residential Teaching FellowAriél M. Martinez, an MFA student in nonfiction, has been selected to be the seventh Residential Teaching Fellow at the Bennington Writing Seminars.
Bennington Faculty and Former Visiting Faculty Awarded Guggenheim FellowshipsMark Wunderlich, Director of Bennington Writing Seminars, faculty member Craig Morgan Teicher, and past faculty Paul Yoon, Ephraim Asili, Kaitlyn Greenidge, and Alexander Chee are recipients of the prestigious 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships.
Abonado and Williams Receive NEA Creative Writing Fellowships The National Endowment for the Arts has announced that Bennington Writing Seminars alum Albert Abonado MFA '10 and faculty member Phillip B. Williams will receive Creative Writing Fellowships of $25,000.
The Quality of Self-BeliefPoet and author Paisley Rekdal delivered the 51st Bennington Writing Seminars Commencement address at the program's virtual winter residency.