Hood College Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing

Congratulations to our first cohort of graduating MFA students!

Spring news from the MFA!

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MFA students at the Frederick Book Arts Center!

Hood MFA faculty at AWP!

Come visit us at AWP!

Congratulations to MFA student Shaylynn Marks, who has been selected as a 2026 Washington Writers’ Publishing House Fellow!

Pergola Literary Magazine is now open for it first annual visual poetry contest through May 15!

Submit | Pergola Literary Journal Submit your prose, poems, and visual art for our Spring 2026 issue.

Read about Maui’s experience in the MFA and the Prague Summer Program for Writers!

Graduate Student Spotlight | Maui Smith “Hood providing me the opportunity to learn from talented Black writers like Donna Hemans, Celeste Doaks and Steven Leyva meant the world to me because I got to receive feedback from the audience I write my poems for. Black students in creative writing spaces don’t always get that experience."

Kudos to our students, who've just launched the stunning inaugural issue of Pergola Literary Magazine, the official publication of the Hood College Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing! Link to issue in comments.

Updates from the MFA program. Come see us at AWP in Baltimore!

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