Rutgers-Newark MFA

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Congrats to RU-N MFA second year poet Huiying!

Now for the Kurt Brown Prize poetry winner and finalists! Congratulations to our winner, huiying b. chan! And a special congrats to Elline Lipkin and Arhm Wild, our finalists! Learn more about the winners and Kurt Brown Prizes here: https://www.awpwriter.org/contests/kurt_brown_prizes_overview

📢 ATTENTION APPLICANTS: The RU-N MFA Program is extending our application deadline to Jan. 8th, 2021. Looking forward to yours!
*All materials should be submitted online; GREs not required for the 2021 cycle*
https://admissionservices.rutgers.edu/graduate/newApplicant.app

Rutgers-Newark and NJPAC invite you to make your voice heard through a new partnership: City Verses. This unique, multifaceted program includes several intergenerational educational programs that will celebrate and expand upon jazz’s rich, historical interaction with poetry.

For students 13-18, NJPAC & Rutgers-Newark will be offering a FREE City Verses Virtual Summer Camp called, "Breathe: Expressing Life through Poetry and Jazz."

This camp will offer high school students the opportunity to explore jazz poetry and learn how to compose new work in a collaborative process.

Follow the link to learn more and register.

City Verses: Amplifying New Voices Through Jazz and Poetry - NJPAC The New Jersey Performing Arts Center, by celebrating diversity, shall be America’s foremost urban presenter of arts and entertainment, a creative and effective leader in arts education for children, a convener of useful and enlightening civic engagement events, and a catalyst for economic develop...

REMINDER! Please join us for our official reception at AWP this year! No matter who you are--alumnus, current student, or possible applicant--we'd love to meet you! Come say hello and have a drink on Saturday, March 7, 2020, from 6:00 to 7:30 at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio!

We still have some AWP spots available! Please let Melissa know at [email protected] if you'll need a registration, ASAP!
Also - Join us for our RU-N reception!
Date: Saturday, March 7, 2020
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Presidio AB, Grand Hyatt San Antonio, Third Floor

Congratulations to recent alum Emily Luan, who has three poems on the homepage of The Offing today!

Because I dare not be in awe | The Offing Poetry - The Offing Magazine

RU-N MFA will be hosting a table at AWP in San Antonio this year! We have a limited number of comp registrations that we have opened to students, and would like to extend the invite to any alumni who plan to attend AWP. Please email Melissa at [email protected] to request one. First come, first served. No guarantees. All we ask of you is your time. Please plan to spend an couple hours at the table.

Congratulations recent alumni, Emily Luan and Tracy Fuad, whose poems were selected for the 2019 Best New Poets Anthology!

Best New Poets Best New Poets is an annual anthology of 50 poems from emerging writers. Each spring, we accept program and magazine nominations and then hold an open competition. The book is featured in the University of Virginia Press calalogue.