Ashland University MFA Program

The 2018 AWP Conference & Bookfair will be in Tampa, Florida, March 7-10. According to their website, the conference features over 2,000 presenters and 550 readings, panels, and craft lectures. The bookfair has more than 800 presses, journals, and literary organizations from around the world.  If you're heading to this year's AWP conference be sure to stop by  booth # 1416  and say hello. And please join us for a social event on Friday evening in the Marriott. Stop in for a drink and appetizers before heading out for off-site readings and after-hours fun.  Many of our MFA instructors will be presenting at this year's panels. Here's a listing below!  For more information on the conference and a full schedule of events, visit the AWP website . Thursday, March 8, 2018 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm Florida Salon 5, Marriott Waterside, Second Floor R174. In Search of Our Essays’ Mother(s): Women and the History of the Essay. (Jenny Spinner, Kyoko Mori, 

Each month, the Ashland MFA Program receives calls for submissions and contest deadlines, which it publicizes in its monthly newsletter. Listed below are this month's calls for submissions.  Journal Submission The Woven Tale Press   welcomes unsolicited submissions. Since their mission is to grow traffic to noteworthy artists and writers on the World Wide Web, they want to be able to link back your work; you must have a blog or website address. Rolling submissions accepted. https://thewoventalepress.submittable.com/submit The Southern Review’s  submission period is open, with submissions for prose remaining open until December 1, 2017. They accept mail submissions in all genres and online submissions in fiction and nonfiction.  http://thesouthernreview.org/submissions/?utm_content=a51e37b2f4a940eca52d362f075dc7fa&utm_campaign=TSR09-2016&utm_source=Robly.com&utm_medium=email The Southeast Review  is currently accepting poetry, fiction, non-fiction,

Watch or re-watch these craft seminars and readings from the 2016 Ashland MFA Summer Residency. Visit our website for more information on the faculty members and visiting writers involved. Previous year's visiting writer presentations are available on our website as well. Sunday, July 17 "Revising the Storm" / "Toward a Final Draft" Ruth Schwartz / William Haywood Henderson Monday, July 18 Faculty Reading: Alex Lemon, Tom Larson, Bonnie J. Rough Tuesday, July 19 "Ekphrasis: The Art of Writing from Art" Tuesday, July 19 Faculty Reading: Mark, Irwin, William Haywood Henderson, Robert Root Wednesday, July 20 "The Value of Vignettes and Other Variations" Erika Krouse, Robert Root Wednesday, July 20 Reading: J. Allyn Rosser, Visiting Writer Thursday, July 21 "The Voltage of the Volta: Taking the Turn Beyond the Sonnet" Visiting Writer, J. Allyn Rosser Thursday, July 21 Faculty Reading: Erika Krouse, Ruth Schwa