UNCG Creative Writing
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A 2-Year, fully-funded, residency program, The MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro is one of the oldest such programs in the country.
For our writing community: UNCG Creative Writing alum Matt Fiander’s new short story collection, Gizzards & Hearts, is available for pre-order from ELJ Editions. It’s a vivid, unsettling, deeply human collection about people facing fracture—and searching for something like grace. buff.ly/ai10FJr
I just spent some time with the latest print work from Puerto del Sol, and Tara Bray’s “Birds: A Catalog” is still hovering around in my head. The best literary journals make room for that kind of afterimage. Read the latest issue: buff.ly/3CBoddt
Mark your reading list: Wounded Boarders by UNCG Creative Writing alum George Singleton is forthcoming from Dzanc Books and available now for pre-order. Kirkus praises Singleton as “a Southern comic master in top form.” Pre-order: buff.ly/4tEJTwC #UNCGCreativeWriting #UNCGAlumni
Part reckoning with a father’s chronic illness, part meditation on family, care, and inheritance, Jim Whiteside’s Another Man is available for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press. Pre-order: buff.ly/6jHiyPB #AnotherMan #JimWhiteside #Poetry #UWPress
Happy Publication Day to UNCG Creative Writing alum Jen Julian! Jen’s novel The Winter Folk is out now from Hachette Book Group. Read more / order here: buff.ly/DKym75e #TheWinterFolk #JenJulien #PublicationDay #BookLaunch
In case you missed it: "Another Man," the award-winning collection by UNCG Creative Writing alum Jim Whiteside, is now available for pre-order from the University of Wisconsin Press buff.ly/6GFGcPP
Happy Pub Day to UNCG Creative Writing alum Mark Caskie! Field Notes for Extinction launches today from Grayson Books. buff.ly/s9NeZi5
Introducing our Keynote Speaker for the 2026 Spring Conference: Crystal Simone Smith! Crystal Simone Smith is an award-winning poet and brilliant writer—we are so excited to welcome her to our Spring Conference faculty! buff.ly/K5cokOb
Join us TONIGHT, Thursday, April 2nd, at 6PM in the UNCG Alumni House for a poetry and fiction reading by Diamond Forde and Stephanie Powell Watts. The reading is free and open to the public and will be preceded by a reception and book signing. buff.ly/ZsQBbir
Join us in welcoming Travis Mulhauser to our Spring Conference 2026 faculty! An award winning author who received his MFA in Fiction from UNC-Greensboro, Travis Mulhauser has written multiple novels, his most notable being THE TROUBLE UP NORTH and SWEETGIRL. buff.ly/K5cokOb
Join us in welcoming Sarah Rose Nordgren to our Spring Conference 2026 faculty! An award winning poet that has collections of her own (FEATHERS and DARWIN'S MOTHER) and has published poems and essays in the American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, and more. buff.ly/K5cokOb
Need some help getting to our Spring Conference? Consider applying for a scholarship! A limited amount of aid is available to deserving writers who would not be able to attend our Spring Conference otherwise. The deadline for application is Friday, March 27th. buff.ly/K5cokOb
Join us in welcoming Drew Perry to our Spring Conference 2026 faculty! Author of the novels THIS IS JUST EXACTLY LIKE US and KIDS THESE DAYS, and a professor at Elon University, Drew Perry will be teaching our fiction class "The Shape of Story." buff.ly/K5cokOb
Join us in welcoming Ashley Lumpkin to our Spring 2026 faculty! A Georgia-raised, Carolina-based writer, editor, performance artist, and educator, Ashley Lumpkin is the author of five poetry collections including AT FIRST SIGHT. buff.ly/K5cokOb
Join us today, Sunday, March 22nd, at 4:00 PM at Scuppernong Books for a special poetry reading, The Sounds of the Body, featuring UNCG alumnus Petra Salazar and St. Louis poet Clayton Adam Clark. Petra will be reading from her forthcoming debut poetry collection, Harsh Terrain.
Join us next Thursday, March 19th at 6 PM at Scuppernong Books, 304 S. Elm Street for a poetry reading by Gabrielle Calvocoressi . The event is free and open to the public and will by a community potluck dinner. buff.ly/O8eQw2V
Join us for a full day of classes, workshops, conversations, Lunch with an Author, Slush Pile Live!, and more. This year’s Spring Conference will again be in UNCG, offering classes and discussions on the craft and business of writing. For more information or to register, visit: buff.ly/6iCnljf
Join us for a full day of classes, workshops, conversations, Lunch with an Author, Slush Pile Live!, and more. This year’s Spring Conference will again be in UNCG, offering classes and discussions on the craft and business of writing. For more information or to register, visit: buff.ly/6iCnljf
Join us for a full day of classes, workshops, conversations, Lunch with an Author, Slush Pile Live!, and more. This year’s Spring Conference will again be in UNCG, offering classes and discussions on the craft and business of writing. For more information or to register, visit: buff.ly/6iCnljf
Join us TONIGHT, Friday, February 13th at 6:00 PM at Scuppernong Books, 304 South Elm Street, for a fiction and poetry reading by Catherine Sawyers and Sage Short. A part of the MFA Writing Program’s 2026 Thesis Reading Series, the event is free and open to the public. buff.ly/jPwVGxA
Join us for a full day of classes, workshops, conversations, Lunch with an Author, Slush Pile Live!, and more. This year’s Spring Conference will again be in UNCG, offering classes and discussions on the craft and business of writing. For more information or to register, visit: buff.ly/6iCnljf
Join us for a full day of classes, workshops, conversations, Lunch with an Author, Slush Pile Live!, and more. This year’s Spring Conference will again be in UNCG, offering classes and discussions on the craft and business of writing. For more information or to register, visit: buff.ly/6iCnljf
Join us for a full day of classes, workshops, conversations, Lunch with an Author, Slush Pile Live!, and more. This year’s Spring Conference will again be in UNCG, offering classes and discussions on the craft and business of writing. For more information or to register, visit: buff.ly/6iCnljf
REMINDER: Reading by UNCG alum and Greensboro Poet Laureate James Daniels | TONIGHT, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 6PM | Bluford Library, NCA&T buff.ly/dWJMqih
Join us for a full day of classes, workshops, conversations, Lunch with an Author, Slush Pile Live!, and more. This year’s Spring Conference will again be at UNCG, offering classes and discussions on the craft and business of writing. For more information or to register, visit: buff.ly/6iCnljf
Reading by UNCG alum and Greensboro Poet Laureate James Daniels | Tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 6PM | Bluford Library, NCA&T buff.ly/dWJMqih
Join us TONIGHT, Friday, February 6th at 6:00 PM at Scuppernong Books, 304 South Elm Street, for a poetry and fiction reading by Hailie Cohran & Esther Hung. A part of the MFA Writing Program’s 2026 Thesis Reading Series, the event is free and open to the public. buff.ly/EtOiBSe
Join us tomorrow night, Wednesday, February 4th, at Borough Coffee, 204 N. Mendenhall St., for the first Wednesday Words Open Night for Spring Semester. Open sign up starts at 5:30, with a 6PM start. buff.ly/sRMr5lT
Join us TONIGHT, Friday, January 30th, at 6PM at Scuppernong Books for a fiction & poetry reading by Delaney Phelps and Shanley Poole buff.ly/hVqAhWU