MFA Events
View the calendar for upcoming event details or learn more about our annual event programming below.
Fall Convergence
The MFA begins each academic year with a mini conference that enables graduate students to acquaint themselves with the MFA faculty as well as other writers invited to UW Bothell to participate in this event.
Fall Convergence event detailsSpring Festival
MFA degree candidates read, show, and perform work from their theses. Select guest writers will be invited in to provide commentary on UW Bothell creative writing and to share their own work.
Spring Festival event detailsfrom The Convergence Zone
from The Convergence Zone is a series of author readings and events sponsored by the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics at the University of Washington Bothell. The series brings to the Seattle metropolitan area writers and artists who “cross” and “trans” genres and media.
from The Convergence Zone event detailsGamut: A Literary Series
Gamut is a literary series featuring readings by current students, alumni, and faculty of the University of Washington Bothell’s MFA program in Creative Writing & Poetics.
Gamut event detailsAWP Conference
MFA students receive free membership in the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) and may receive partial funding support to attend the annual AWP Conference & Bookfair, the largest annual gathering of writers and writing programs in North America.
AWP conference details