Alma College
MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Alma, MI
Application Deadline:
Sun, 11/30/2025
Application Fee:
$0
Genre: Poetry
Saba Keramati on Writing and Publishing
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In this episode of Tightwires with host Hiba Tahir, poet Saba Keramati talks about the submission process and publication of her debut collection, Self-Mythology (University of Arkansas Press, 2024), and offers advice on giving and receiving feedback, and a writing prompt. Keramati is featured in Literary MagNet in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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MASS MoCA Writing Through Art Poetry Retreat
MASS MoCA Writing Through Art offered a fall retreat for poets from October 31 to November 6 in North Adams, Massachusetts. The retreat included morning generative workshops with prompts, exercises, discussions, and readings; afternoon visits to art galleries, studios, and the Berkshires; and a one-on-one manuscript consultation with poet, editor, and retreat director Jan Freeman. Residents had access to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Clark Art Institute, and the Williams College Museum of Art.
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RESIDENCY
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Event Date:
December 2, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
December 2, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
December 2, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
MASS MoCA Writing Through Art Poetry Retreat, c/o Jan Freeman, 1117 West Road, Ashfield, MA 01330. Jan Freeman, Retreat Director.
Jan Freeman
Retreat Director
Contact City:
North Adams
Contact State:
MA
Country:
US
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Ragdale
The Ragdale Foundation offered residencies of 18 days year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on 38 acres of prairie in Lake Forest, Illinois, 30 miles north of Chicago. Residents were provided with a private room and bathroom, a shared kitchen, and meals. The cost of the residency ranged from $630 to $4,500 on an income-based sliding scale. A limited number of fully funded fellowships with stipends of $1,000 or more were available.
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RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
yes
Event Date:
December 2, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
December 2, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
December 2, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Ragdale, 1260 North Green Bay Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045. (847) 234-1063, ext. 23. Deanna Miera, Residency Manager.
Deanna Miera
Residency Manager
Contact City:
Lake Forest
Contact State:
IL
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
60045
Country:
US
Q&A: Maldonado Leads the Academy
The first Latinx president and executive director of the Academy of American Poets reflects on his start at the nonprofit and his vision for the organization’s future.
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The Anthologist: A Compendium of Uncommon Collections
An introduction to three new anthologies, including Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire and A Mouth Holds Many Things: A De-Canon Hybrid-Literary Collection.
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Literary MagNet: Saba Keramati
The author of Self-Mythology, a debut poetry collection, introduces some of the journals that offered a home for her work, including AGNI and Poet Lore.
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Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Budapest and Prague Writing Retreat
The Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Budapest and Prague Writing Retreat was held from July 19 to July 27 in the historic city centers of Budapest and Prague. The retreat featured writing and publishing workshops, craft seminars, and generative writing sessions for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The faculty included poets and prose writers Rita Banerjee and Diana Norma Szokolyai. The cost of the retreat was $4,800, which included tuition, lodging at Hotel Oktogon in Budapest and Falkensteiner Hotel in Prague, daily breakfast, and special meals.
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RESIDENCY
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yes
Event Date:
December 2, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
December 2, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
December 2, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Budapest and Prague Writing Retreat, Cambridge Writers’ Workshop, Inc., Artist’s Row, 24 New Derby Street, Salem, MA 01970. (617) 401-8950. Diana Norma Szokolyai, Executive Artistic Director.
Diana Norma Szokolyai
Executive Artistic Director
Contact City:
Budapest
Country:
HU
Renaissance House Residency Program
The Renaissance House Residency Program offered residencies of one to two weeks in July to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the former writing barn of Dorothy West in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The residencies included workshops, lectures, and time to write. Visiting writers included fiction and nonfiction writer Jill Nelson; nonfiction writers Nancy Slonim Aronie, Cole Brown, Jessica B. Harris, and Susan Klein; and scholar Salem Mekuria.
Type:
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
yes
Event Date:
December 2, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
yes
Application Deadline:
December 2, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
December 2, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Renaissance House Residency Program, Helene Johnson and Dorothy West Foundation for Artists in Need, 484 West 43rd Street, Suite 37E, New York, NY 10036. (917) 747-0367. Abigail McGrath, Founder.
Abigail McGrath
Founder
Contact City:
Martha’s Vineyard
Contact State:
MA
Country:
US
Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Good Monster by Diannely Antigua.
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