USF MFA

University of South Florida’s MFA in Creative Writing • tracks in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, & hybrid • home of @sawpalm

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Another first by MFA Andrea Figueroa-Irizarry. "A How-To Guide on Decorating Our Christmas Tree" in the Bluebird Word

https://t.co/V9B4xKA1NV

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Beautiful work by our MFA, Jeevitha Kannan. We have some amazing first publications lately!

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Undergraduate magazine 'Thread' is hosting a poetry open-mic tomorrow in the Centre Gallery in MSC. "Reflections of Society" is free and open to the public x

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The panel is THIS Friday! Please tell your friends and come out to support our writers

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Friday, November 8th from 2:30-4:30, we'll be hosting a panel featuring TEN alumni of USF’s MFA program. We're excited to get together to celebrate our program’s writers from over the years. This event is free and open to the public, so please feel free to share!

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We love MFA Daniel Dykiel's "Dog Motif" in the most recent issue of @MuzzleMagazine

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@fracturescope , and @hannahvwarren. We also have reviews of And Not Yet Held by T. De Los Reyes (@noelpquinones), Masculinity Parable by Myles Taylor (@nancesfran ), and Autobiomythography Of by @mrAFalomo (@livelifedeep ).

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10pm this Friday on @radiofreebkur—our own Heather Sellers will be interviewed on 'Troubadours and Raconteurs' with E.W. Conundrum Demure. Tune in! https://t.co/GXrEmiavwL

[USF MFA @USF_MFA]

Friday, November 8th from 2:30-4:30, we'll be hosting a panel featuring TEN alumni of USF’s MFA program. We're excited to get together to celebrate our program’s writers from over the years. This event is free and open to the public, so please feel free to share!

[John Henry Fleming @FearsomeTweeter]

Many thanks to @HeadlightReview for running my craft essay, “I Didn’t Write This,” as part of their new series, “The Process”!

https://t.co/2T18m6Ut7Z

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Camilo (MFA '25) will be hosting this free poetry workshop on Monday night from 6-7pm in St. Pete

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We hope everyone is safe after these back-to-back hurricanes and recognize the toll they've taken on our community. Many of this semester's events have been pushed or cancelled, so we'll be posting updates as we receive them. More resources will be posted on our Instagram page x

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Join the MFA club! Our first meeting is tomorrow at 2pm inside the Honors college Buddy Brew. We'll be discussing events and forming writing groups for the year <3

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THIS FRIDAY AT 7!! It's our first Spoonbill reading of the semester. Come hang out in the courtyard and listen to some excellent new work!

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Happy pub day to Ajibola Tolase and his debut collection, 2000 Blacks, winner of the 2024 Cave Canem Prize, judged by Lynne Thompson @poetess151 and published through @UPittPress 🎉

https://t.co/WpAoXMCD9i

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Tonight is our first Nonfiction Salon of the semester! We will be discussing the genre of memoir—boundaries and self-disclosure, where to begin, and where to go when you've been writing it for years.

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Congratulations to Prof. Natalie Scenters-Zapico on the inclusion of her poem "Sentimental Evening" in The Best American Poetry 2024!

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We will be at @TomboloBooks tonight celebrating the release of Time's Agent!

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"At once an incredibly human story about family and sacrifice as well as a staggering work of anti-capitalist eco fiction, Time’s Agent [by @BrendaPeynado] is heartbreaking, inspiring, genius." — @reactormag

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Daniel Dykiel ('26) with an excellent hybrid piece in Bruiser

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In deep dreams sink the crater-lake that doesn’t drown. The us that sinks is Gregor Valentine.

"An Unspooling of Glass Selvage" by @fracturescope: https://t.co/I4CTG3lDuf

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Not to mention an official DEAL REPORT for our fearless leader! A lot of exciting things lately...

[John Henry Fleming @FearsomeTweeter]

Good morning! Here’s the deal.

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Pub day!!! Brenda is a new addition to our USF faculty and we're so excited about her latest book

[Brenda Peynado @BrendaPeynado]

TIme’s Agent is out today!!! Welcome to Universe One, little book.

https://t.co/BSVFaZdnKG

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Congratulations to the USF MFA Class of 2024!