We have another memorable #AWP on the books (so to speak), with fun, games, book signings, and so many friends—including THEE @janefriedman.com 🙌🏽 Here are a few candid highlights ✨

Because who doesn't love a giveaway? Our jumbo canvas tote can be yours if you're one of the first 20 people to visit us at #AWP26 booth 553, provide your email address, and follow us on social media! 💯

So excited to join #AWP26 with @unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social! Come see me and buy a ✨ signed & personalized ✨ copy of D.J. ROSENBLUM BECOMES THE G.O.A.T. from 4-5pm on Thursday!

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Issue #40 drops tomorrow once our managing editor wakes up. We go live after the cats have been fed. Thank you so much to all our contributors. We will be promoting full on here and at AWP.

Who’s going to #AWP26 in Baltimore next week? Come see us at booth #553, feat. me + Marie Myung-Ok Lee, @abbywhitewrites.bsky.social, @rebeccawrites33.bsky.social, @thepapayathief.bsky.social, @unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social Founding Director Brian Turner, and fresh new merch 😮‍💨

Coming March 1st

Want to learn more about how our low-residency creative writing MFA program at @unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social can help you prepare for a sustainable life of creation? Join us at our upcoming info session on Wed. 2/18 from 11 am—noon PT! Eventbrite link: www.eventbrite.com/e/unr-low-re...

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It’s DAY SIX of our January 2026 residency, and in addition to our usual courses, we joined Hayden Takahashi in exuberant celebration following a successful final manuscript defense. We also joined forces with the Interdisciplinary Arts program! Here are a few candid highlights ✨

It’s DAY FIVE of our January 2026 residency, conference day in our workshops and a chance to contemplate our urgent call as practitioners of the arts: to reflect the times in which we live, in the words of the great Nina Simone. Here are a few candid highlights ✨

I gotta tell you, this program is really something special. These last few days have been borderline magical, making me feel like I did when I was a @lambdaliterary.org fellow

DAY TWO of our January 2026 @unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social residency, with workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, writing for children and young adults, and more! And it’s the first evening of Writers in the Woods, featuring @wralpheubanks.bsky.social A few candid highlights from today:

This is where I am, y’all! And follow @unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social to learn everything you always wanted to know about low-residency creative writing MFA programs but were afraid to ask 🫣

Welcome to our January 2026 residency! Join us for an up-close look at what we do: DAY ONE. We’re kicking off ten days of intensive study, enriching events, and community-building with a welcome dinner and campus tour. Here are a few candid highlights ✨

Just doing a solid, competent job on a reasonably consistent basis makes you extraordinary. (In other words, don’t put so much pressure on yourself)

Join us this Friday—and I WILL be in costume for this 👀

⏰ LAST CALL! Want to learn more about how our low-residency creative writing MFA program can help you hone your craft as you prepare for a sustainable life of creation? Join us this Friday, Oct. 31 (HALLOWEEN 🎃) at 11 am PT for our last virtual info session of the year—sign up here: bit.ly/3WZouw6

Apply now—and drop a comment if you have any questions!

⏰ Two info sessions left—don't miss out! Join @unr_lowresmfacw and me to learn more about how our low-residency creative writing MFA program can help you hone your craft as you prepare for a sustainable life of creation 🙏🏽 Next up: TOMORROW, Oct. 21 at 11:30 am PT—sign up here: bit.ly/47AxNZu

For me, writing is not an end but a means—of HUMAN connection. Many thanks to Entrepreneurial Thinkers and @iamrobryan.bsky.social for this conversation 🙏🏽 (LINK to the full convo: youtu.be/othv4kma_WE)

TOMORROW 10/15 from 5–6 pm PT! Want to learn more about how our low-residency creative writing MFA program can help you hone your craft as you prepare for a sustainable life of creation? Join me and @unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social at an upcoming info session 🙏🏽 Sign up here: bit.ly/4n6nHEd

We’re so thrilled that @awpwriter.bsky.social has awarded alum John Bonanni the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry for his manuscript, retrovirology. Huge congratulations on this momentous achievement! 🎉

By the way, we’re accepting applications now for the spring 2026 term! In the words of Nina Simone, “An artist’s duty is to reflect the times in which we live.” We invite you to answer the call in community with us. The final application deadline is Nov. 1 🙏🏽 Apply here: www.unr.edu/liberal-arts...

NEXT UP: this Wed. 10/15 from 5–6 pm PT! Want to learn more about how our low-residency creative writing MFA program can help you hone your craft as you prepare for a sustainable life of creation? Join me and @unrlowresmfacw.bsky.social at an upcoming info session! Sign up here: bit.ly/4n6nHEd

We’re so extremely proud of faculty member @cathylinhche and the phenomenal news that her book Becoming Ghost is a finalist for the National Book Award in poetry—huge congratulations on this momentous achievement 🙏🏽

Thrilled to kick off Writers in the Woods with @letaseletzky.com, author of the critically-acclaimed memoir THE KNEELING MAN, a Library Journal Best Book of 2023, BookPage Best Book of 2023, Black Caucus of the Am. Library Assn. Honor Book for Nonfiction, and Hurston/Wright Legacy Award finalist 📚

It’s been a singular honor to lead this weekend’s Writers in the Woods workshop at UNR Lake Tahoe. Last night’s reading felt particularly momentous, not only because I began writing THE KNEELING MAN on this campus but also because current events are mirroring those in my book in a powerful way

TOMORROW NIGHT! Reno/Tahoe people (and beyond), hope to see you there! Friday, October 3 6 to 7:30 pm University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe Prim Library Mezzanine Free and open to all Link to register: www.eventbrite.com/e/writers-in...

RENO/TAHOE PEOPLE, I hope to see you there! Friday, October 3 6 to 7:30 pm University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe Prim Library Mezzanine University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe Free and open to all

Want to learn more about how our low-residency creative writing MFA program can help you hone your craft as you prepare for a sustainable life of creation? Join us at one of our upcoming info sessions! First up: Fri., Oct. 10 at 10 am PT—sign up here 🙏🏽: www.eventbrite.com/e/low-reside...

Join us for Writers in the Woods as we welcome @letaseletzky.com, author of the critically-acclaimed memoir THE KNEELING MAN, a Library Journal Best Book of 2023, BookPage Best Book of 2023, and Black Caucus of the American Library Association Honor Book for Nonfiction 🙏🏽

Are you a writer looking to hone your craft in community? Apply now for spring term—and drop a comment or send me a DM if you’d like to discuss! (I’m the director, by the way.) See below for more info and share with those you think might be interested 🙏🏽

This is our first post! 🎉 We’re accepting applications now for the spring term of our Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program!   We invite you to create in community with us. Drop a comment if you would like to know more, and more info is available here: bit.ly/48mSEAl