https://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3mtfbxtmf7c23One of our favorite things to do on the first day of class is to update our map of where our MFA students, alumni, and faculty live. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=15Z1TMWOFqn6JllEqiWoqAQlQJj4&usp=sharing https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fd%2Fu%2F1%2Fedit%3Fmid%3D15Z1TMWOFqn6JllEqiWoqAQlQJj4%26usp%3Dsharing%26fbclid%3DIwcGRvZgVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeBt9x0-QnoVbLpT35FTWlaEMLlO9YlKY7x6DWrErAI4-L7abvyXgIk832siQ_aem_InZ3oQaTcRmfHsWGjbAo4w&h=AUBrHTFW3LE517LZLDXelHcv_5FYnYMG_j9QFg4T0Ku6_L5ZAsnaTQjDyx4ngo8etyGvmlS-oQ8ii7hd6SWFaJ7HQfu9_ACWf68JDX-ybV-bOZLGe_t9F3JB4-Y-rNzclFKgr-6W-k3LsxVPB0j1OUc&__tn__=%2CmH-R&c[0]=AUB-Tt7XcPPCjqFJLo0MjCGRKhmMnkNeMZ1w3DGFGEXVm5H7gGIlIWbgfoRLD5BjxXfOHkq0i_Ka38_kCWb-fP9M__Vlr8bsJNDcUd-3y_H2ow_zB7wBNWw-Sw-bwKzZ88F31_oYzIf_QCPu1w8jn8xp8C_3-GVFziuTWlUwLOijbg18 Aug 2026 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfbxtmf7c23https://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3msdnbw7pds23Congratulations to Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Artist Fellowship awardees Kendall Dunkelberg and Julie Whitehead and Artist Minigrant recipients Ellen Ann Fentress and Katrina Byrd! https://arts.ms.gov/grant-recipients/05 Aug 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdnbw7pds23https://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3mp25b3n2hs2wHuge congratulations to Salaam Green, whose poem "A New American South: Impressions from the Front Porch on Juneteenth" was reprinted on the Academy of American Poets website and included in their newsletter of June 18, celebrating Juneteenth with nine poets. https://poets.org/poem/new-american-south-impressions-front-porch-juneteenth https://poets.org/poem/new-american-south-impressions-front-porch-juneteenth?utm_source=The+Academy+of+American+Poets&utm_campaign=2f2723702a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_07_09_02_15_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-ec32cf876d-367712307&mc_cid=2f2723702a&mc_eid=b814158bf324 Jun 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp25b3n2hs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3mongj5qgn22wCongratulations to Nancy Bell on two recent publications. "Tendrils" in Terrain https://www.terrain.org/2026/nonfiction/tendrils/19 Jun 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mongj5qgn22whttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3mong4t5f7c2wIt was great to see Dena Pruett at our MFA Full Residency Readings. She sent me a lit of her recent accomplishments. She's been so busy, I'll have to reply multiple times below to list them. Congratulations, Dena!!19 Jun 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mong4t5f7c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3monfviyxfc2wGrace Gibbons has signed a contract with Panhandle Creek Press to publish her thesis memoir, Illegitimate, in September 2027. She is also about to start working for AmeriCorps in September, doing literacy with preschoolers. Congratulations, Grace!!19 Jun 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3monfviyxfc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3mnhygp43ds2vWhat a fantastic group of writers gathered for our 2026 Full Writing Residency. 17 students, 4 faculty (and 2 students who came in just to defend their theses, not pictured). We're almost through an amazing 9 days of workshops, seminars, and readings.04 Jun 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhygp43ds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3miwvm3xznc2tCongratulations to Faith Thiebaud, one of our new MFA students starting this summer, who published a chapbook, I'm Not Hungry, with Bottlecap Press in February. She told me some of these poems were in her writing sample, so I know you'll want to read them! https://bottlecap.press/products/imnoft?keyword=thieba07 Apr 2026 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwvm3xznc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3mgv5huvmws2hWe're so proud of our alumni who presented at #AWP26 Beth Kander-Dauphin, Sea Creatures, Space & Words Karol Lagodzki, Writing Beyond the Mother Tongue C. T. Salazar, More than the Sum of Its Parts Celeste Schueler, Divergent Writers12 Mar 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgv5huvmws2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3mfq4ru5ljk2mNext week, we'll be heading to #AWP26 in Baltimore. Come talk with us at T984 in the #BookFair. We'll be tabling with @ponderreview.bsky.social and @poetrysouth.bsky.social26 Feb 2026 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfq4ru5ljk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3me2gijnh722lDon't miss today's talk by Kris Lee at 4pm Central. If you can't join in person, it will be live streamed on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@LLPatTheW/live04 Feb 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2gijnh722lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3mbpkhrcmnc2eAs the Spring 2026 semester begins, I've added four new students to our map of where we live. Welcome Gina Elia, Salaam Green, Anne Gunter, and Amy Wilson! I'm also thrilled to move Erin Matson and Alexis Jemal to the Alumni group. Congratulations Erin and Alexis! https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=15Z1TMWOFqn6JllEqiWoqAQlQJj4&usp=sharing05 Jan 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbpkhrcmnc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3mbeu2c5pi22xEudora Welty and Tennessee Williams were featured with other creatives on this year’s float. #writers #mississippi [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jan 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbeu2c5pi22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3m7zymifwhk2qHard to believe we've been publishing Ponder Review for 10 years. Be part of our second decade! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Dec 2025 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7zymifwhk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3m7iqjc4chc2wCongratulations to Erin Matson, who successfully defended her thesis today! Her reading will be on Wednesday at 6pm CDT on Zoom or our YouTube channel. @brandytwilson.bsky.social08 Dec 2025 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7iqjc4chc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3m3zkbyntks2mDon't miss our last Welty Symposium session at 9:30 this morning — in person in Poindexter auditorium or live online (if the live stream starts a few minutes late, just wait for us — it's Saturday, y'all!) https://youtube.com/live/WfOtHW8thLA?feature=share25 Oct 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3zkbyntks2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3m3v45caia223Don't miss tonight's Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium keynote with poet laureate of Alabama, Ashley M. Jones! 7:30pm in Poindexter Auditorium, Mississippi University for Women. If you can't join us in person, you can till watch live https://youtube.com/live/0MthPTm8bLM?feature=share23 Oct 2025 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3v45caia223https://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3m3phh4onms23Mississippi Today has a feature on the Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium. The symposium starts this Thursday and is free and open to the public. @mississippitoday.org https://mississippitoday.org/2025/10/21/alabama-poet-laureate-eudora-welty-writers-conference-mississippi/21 Oct 2025 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3phh4onms23https://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3m2rg7a76jk2eFor a closer look, here is each panel of the 37th Annual Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium with 12 Southern writers and 5 Ephemera Prize Winners. Each session is free to attend and will be live-streamed on our WeltySymposium Youtube channel. #readings #writerscommunity #mississippi #southernwriters09 Oct 2025 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rg7a76jk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thewmfacw.bsky.social/post/3m2rg2i44gk2eTwo weeks from today, we begin the 37th annual Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium at Mississippi University for Women. Here's our complete schedule! #writers #southernauthors #readings #bookfestival #TheW09 Oct 2025 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:sivm7pp3wi7mnnrht2nubjvs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rg2i44gk2e