Matthew Bettencourt

(he/him) fmr UW-Madison//current Cornell MFA, editor at Epoch Literary Magazine

[Hana Widerman @HanaWiderman]

So excited to have two new poems in @PoetryShore! Definitely check out the rest of Issue 24 and all the other poets
https://t.co/xICwn0SAip

[em setzer🏺 @EmSetzer]

My new translation of an Andreas Embirikos poem for Epoch - check out the rest of the article, too!! https://t.co/b8uJ28eOrA

[em setzer🏺 @EmSetzer]

“Inflame the heart, the liver, the spirit of Gorgonia with love and desire for Sophia”

My translation of an Ancient Greek lesbian love spell (SM 1.42) is live! Shoutout Lesbiantiquity, the anthology I am so lucky to be a part of. Read it here:

https://t.co/imqh7OOunY

[Matthew Bettencourt @mattb9_matt]

you can also get your hands on a copy of Tomb Sweeping right here right now (like, seriously. Right now): https://t.co/osNphb4rB9

[Matthew Bettencourt @mattb9_matt]

I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with @alexandra_chang to talk making stories, modes of being, and her new collection, Tomb Sweeping. You can check out the whole interview right now over at the Epoch Lit Mag website (like, right now): https://t.co/osNphb4rB9

[BULLSHIT LIT @bullshitlit]

"Man, I'm like Jackie O. / Man, my body's like a wet blade. / Man, I can make it quick."

from 'Siren Song,' one of four awesome poems by Em Setzer [@EmSetzer], up now on the Bullshit site.

read 'em all!

https://t.co/BUQXB6YV45

[Joyland Publishing @JoylandPub]

"If she sliced her thumb off cutting mutton, she would wear gloves and fake it until she had to shake hands." —from 'The Night Prairie' by Sean Sam (@sean_sam_)

https://t.co/SnWYPx3WJ0

[Matthew Bettencourt @mattb9_matt]

@helloHazelton here's a link to the google spreadsheet of schools: https://t.co/WYcJbPn7Lo
Green means they're fully funded, red means they aren't. If you have any more questions my DMs are open! I picked up a lot of useful tricks this app season so feel free to reach out

[Matthew Bettencourt @mattb9_matt]

@helloHazelton As for putting together a list, I was lucky enough to talk to current MFAs and some professors who had some insight. They gave me a list of 30 or so and I narrowed it down from there. I can send this list your way if you want. It’s not exhaustive but it’s a good starting point

[Matthew Bettencourt @mattb9_matt]

@helloHazelton There are big catch all websites that will tell you which programs are fully funded and how much their stipend is, if they require a teaching assistantship to receive funding, etc.. This is one I used: https://t.co/m05A8tATsV. it’s mostly US based, but there are Canada lists too

[Matthew Bettencourt @mattb9_matt]

@helloHazelton Funding! I applied this year but if a program offered full (non-competitive) funding it was a lot easier to get excited about 2-3 years of graduate coursework

[The Madison Review @madisonrevw]

our fall issue is now live!!

read it here: https://t.co/G0rB7meWJ3

[The Madison Review @madisonrevw]

hey y’all! we are accepting submissions for the Phyllis Smart-Young prize for poetry and the Chris O’Malley prize in fiction! winners will be awarded $1000 and will be published in our spring issue of the Madison Review! accepting submissions until january 17 :))

[aidan @aidanaragon]

very excited to share the fall issue of @madisonrevw !!!

read it here: https://t.co/ES8lKUX2dR

[Matthew Bettencourt @mattb9_matt]

@aidanaragon it wasn’t that bad (forgot a the in front of program name in statement of purpose) but will it still be the only thing I think about until March? Yes

[Matthew Bettencourt @mattb9_matt]

@aureleos “Our Lady of the Quarry” by Mariana Enríquez !

[alexa! @alexalaurie]

thinking about crab rangoon

[Nana K. @NK_Adjei]

Incredible 5 under 35 event yesterday. Left feeling inspired.