Our 3-year MFA program is consistently ranked among the top MFA programs in the country. We offer tracks in poetry and fiction, encourage cross-genre writing, and fully fund all students with stipends of $20,000+.


Mark Your Calendars for giovanni singleton!
The next installment of the Visiting Writers series presents giovanni singleton: “What’s in a Word: A Poetry Workshop.” Click here on the evening of the event––Thursday March 18th, 7pm EST––to […]

Mark Your Calendar for Mark Wunderlich’s “Terrible Angels: Reading the Duino Elegies”
Join us on March 4th at 7pm to hear poet Mark Wunderlich’s presentation on Rilke’s Duino Elegies, as well as a reading from Wunderlich’s latest collection, God of Nothingness. Click […]


John Darcy’s “Burn the Ships” at X-R-A-Y
Head over to X-R-A-Y and read “Burn the Ships” by John Darcy, a 2nd-year student at VT’s MFA Program. (And don’t forget to grab the latest issue of Conjunctions — […]

Bessie Flores Zaldívar Wins a Best of the Net Award
Bessie Flores Zaldívar, a 2nd-year student at VT’s MFA Program, has won a Best of the Net award for “Lluvia Sin Agua.” Congrats, Bessie!

Rescheduled! Join us this Thursday with Jenny Boully
On March 25th, 7pm EST, writer Jenny Boully will present “Thinking in Fragments: Approaching the Lyric Essay.” This lecture will be followed by a short Q&A. Click here at the […]


Welcome to the Faculty, Dr. Khadijah Queen!
To watch the Discussion with Sybrina Fulton, click here. And for more information on Khadijah Queen, visit her website.

Mark Your Calendar for Matthew Salesses
As part of VT’s Visiting Writers Series, Matthew Salesses presents “What is Craft?” on February 4th at 7pm EST.