MFAW News
Rector Featured on "The Writer's Almanac"A poem by Liam Rector, the late founding director of Bennington's MFA in Writing program, was featured today on The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor, a radio program aired daily on public broadcasting stations around the country.
Kim MFA '01 Earns Rave Reviews for Debut NovelEugenia Kim MFA '01's recently published debut novel, The Calligrapher's Daughter, has been recommended by critics in The Washington Post, Vogue, The Christian Science Monitor, and elsewhere.
Handal MFA '02 Finalist for $50,000 Writer's GrantAward-winning poet, playwright, and writer Nathalie Handal MFA '02 was named a finalist for the 2009 Gift of Freedom Award by A Room of Her Own, a foundation for female artists.
Hempel Earns 2009 PEN/Malamud AwardMFA faculty member Amy Hempel has been selected to receive the 22nd annual PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the art of short fiction. Given in honor of the late Bernard Malamud, who himself taught at Bennington from 1961 to 1984, the award includes participation in the 2009-10 PEN/Faulkner reading series at the Folger Shakespeare Library and a prize of $2,500.