The MFA at EWU

Congratulations to our own Catherine Davenport for her essay publication! She has written a beautiful nonfiction piece featured on O:JA&L’s online journal. Click the link in our bio to check it out.

Congratulations to 2022 EWU MFA graduate, Tori Thurmond, for publishing her first chapbook! Her book of poetry is available for preorder now📚

We’re thrilled to highlight the talented, multi-published Rook Burdick! Rook is a first year poetry candidate in the MFA at EWU. Check out some of their latest work in Fifthwheel press✍🏻

We had a wonderful time ushering in our new Voice Over hosts this past weekend! A huge thank you to all of our readers and to Alex, Ryan, and Calven for your year of service✨

Join us this Saturday at Meeting House for the last Voice Over of the school year! Starting at 4pm, our talented MFA students will read their work🎙️

Write a story with an immediate plot reversal, in honor of National Flip Flop Day!

Write a plot reversal on National Flip Flop Day!

Congratulations to Grace Anne Richardson, first-year poetry candidate, who was awarded a fellowship to the Port Townsend Writers’ conference!

With our second year candidates facing thesis defense deadlines, we found this prompt timely.

With our 2nd year candidates facing thesis defense deadlines, we find this prompt timely.

We had a full house at our Visiting Writers event this past weekend✨ Thank you to Keenan Norris and Melissa Kwasny for a wonderful night of fiction and poetry!

Celebrate National Barbecue Day with a story about family drama!

May 16 is National Barbecue Day!

Congratulations to EWU MFA fiction candidate, Shraya Singh, for publishing her first nonfiction essay! Click the link to read in our bio.

Our MFA students enjoyed a rare northern lights display right here in Spokane this past weekend🌌

A week from today, our Visiting Writers Series has one special night with two amazing writers. Keenan Norris, the winner of the 2022 Northern California Book Award whose most recent novel is The Confession of Copeland Cane, and Melissa Kwasny, an author of seven books of poetry including The Cloud Path, will both be on stage! Join us!

We’re thrilled to highlight Miranda Manzano, recent recipient of the Port Townsend fellowship. Swipe over to read about Miranda!

Check out this interview with my current student Shraya Singh! Pretty smart! And the story is great.

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Keenan Norris is coming to our Visiting Writers Series! His latest novel, The Confessions of Copeland Cane, won the 2022 Northern California Book Award, while his debut novel, Brother and the Dancer, won the 2012 James D. Houston Award. Please join us on May 3rd for a night with Keenan!

You can always work backwards! Start at the end.

Why choose Spokane for your MFA?
Great coffee to fuel your writing! Seattle isn’t the only city in Washington known for its coffee. We have hundreds of coffee shops in the city, ranging from major chains to local specialties. There’s no better place to write than a great coffee shop.
If you’re already here, what’s your favorite spot?

Happy National Haiku Poetry Day!

A huge thanks from the MFA to the undaunted and fearless leaders of the 26th year of the Get Lit! Festival, Kate Peterson and Liz Graves! Kate is our esteemed Director and Liz the Assistant Coordinator. They put in countless hours to produce one of the best festivals yet!

Spotlighting the talented Daniel Reiss this week! Daniel is a first year fiction candidate who just recieved a scholarship to attend the Community of Writers conference✍🏻

Get Lit! starts tomorrow!!

This month's Visiting Writer Series event takes place during the Get Lit! Festival! Robert Lopez will be reading as part of the VoiceOver event featuring two alums of the MFA program! This cross-genre event will also include Q&A with our visiting writer, so come down to the Magic Lantern Theater for an extra special Visiting Writer event, Get Lit! Festival style!

Tonight’s the night! Join us at Spark Central at 7:30 PM for an evening with bestselling author Edan Lepucki🌟

There is still time if you haven't submitted your application to Eastern Washington's MFA. Many fully funded opportunities exist and Spokane is beautiful in the fall!

✨This week’s student spotlight is the recently published, Shraya Singh✨ Slide over to get to know Shraya.