MFA in Writing News
Nico Amador Selected as Residential Teaching Fellow at Bennington Writing SeminarsNico 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.
Rothman-Zecher Receives Donald Hall Scholarship for PoetsThe 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.
Giménez Smith Awarded Academy of American Poets FellowshipBennington Writing Seminars faculty member Carmen Giménez Smith has been awarded the Academy of American Poets Fellowship for “distinguished poetic achievement,”
A Long BecomingAuthor Eula Biss delivered the 50th Bennington Writing Seminars Commencement address at the program's first-ever virtual residency.
Bennington Faculty and Alumni Awarded Guggenheim FellowshipsFaculty member J Blackwell ’95, Bennington Writing Seminars faculty member Jenny Boully, past BWS commencement speaker Garth Greenwell, and Helen Mirra '91 are recipients of the prestigious 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship.