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Low-residency MFA program with degree tracks in poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction at Ashland University. Write from the Heartland!

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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    October Newsletter (opens the original)

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    Welcome to October! Many current Ashland MFA students have recently turned in their first writing packet of the semester, which makes everything feel just a little bit more intense and real. Writers write—it’s as simple as that. My family, meanwhile, is stockpiling candy in preparation for Halloween Trick-or-Treating in our neighborhood, right next to the university campus. Our first year in Ashland, we had 750 pieces of candy to hand out and realized we were… underprepared. Assuming it will not

  2. Issue · Aug 31, 2026

    September Newsletter (opens the original)

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    Welcome to Fall 2026 semester at Ashland MFA! Whether you number yourself among current students, alumni, faculty, or friends, we are so glad you are here. Please send us your news, publications, and various other announcements!We had a fantastic Summer Residency, although there is a sense of pressure in the countdown: the moment one residency ends, planning for the next one begins, and I look forward to telling you more about it, as the plans firm up in the next few months. But you can read abo

  3. Issue · Aug 4, 2026

    Ashland MFA: August 2026 Newsletter (opens the original)

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    As you are reading this, we are still catching up on rest and sleep after an amazing Summer Residency. We loved having new and returning students and faculty with us for two weeks this July! And we were so honored to see Taryn Mullins (Poetry) and Ryan Vandehei (Fiction) graduate on the concluding evening of this residency! But as soon as one residency ends, planning for the next one must begin. Some dates for your calendars, if you are the planning kind:MFA Summer Residency 2027: July 11-23, 20

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