Ashland University MFA Program

05/14/2026

If you follow the MFA substack, you have seen this already, but otherwise, we're delighted to announce the Inaugural MFA Alumni Book Award! This year, the award was for poetry. More details about the judge and the winners here! Congratulations to the winner and the two runners-up!!!

I am delighted to report the results from the inaugural Ashland MFA Alumni Book Award.

05/03/2026

Check out the most recent MFA newsletter, including the faculty and visiting writers and editors list for this summer's residency!

Ashland University was represented well at the Calvin Festival of Faith and Writing in April.

04/21/2026

This event is coming THIS Sunday! Join us at the Ashland Public Library to hear Ashland MFA alumna and CNF faculty member, Sarah Wells, read from her newest book.

04/15/2026

Are you going to the Calvin Festival of Faith and Writing this week? If so, stop by the Ashland MFA table in the exhibit hall to meet new friends and reconnect with old ones!

04/06/2026

Local friends, do you need great plans for THIS Friday night? Come to campus for a poetry reading at 7pm by a living legend of a poet!

ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University will welcome award-winning poet David Mason, Ph.D.,

03/28/2026

A fuzzy picture of the very packed room of excited community members who turned up at Ashland Public Library this afternoon to hear Ashland Theological Seminary professor John Byron read from his historical novel and answer questions about writing historical fiction in general and this book in particular.

03/26/2026

If you're local(ish) to Ashland, we have a fun event this weekend, as we kick off this local authors series in collaboration with Ashland Public Library! And mark your calendars for the other events in this series, coming later this spring.

03/24/2026

Congratulations to Ashland MFA alumna and CNF faculty member Sarah Wells, whose latest book is out today. You can find out more about the book and the process of writing it here:

03/13/2026

Posting an updated version of this flyer. If you're local-ish, come hear one of the best living American poets right now read in person (as described by another award-winning poet).

03/06/2026

Are you at ? Be sure to stop by the Ashland MFA table in the exhibit hall! Here's what MFA alumna and new faculty member Sarah Wells has written about the beginning of the conference:

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