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The MFA program at Mason is pleased to announce the hiring of poet Peter Streckfus to join its faculty, effective Fall 2014. Peter’s book, The Cuckoo, won the Yale Series of Younger Poets award in 2004. His subsequent work has been recognized with awards and grants from the Peter S. Reed Foundation and the Breadloaf Writer’s Conference. At the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, where he has been working as an assistant professor, Peter won the Barnwell-Sellers Award for Creative Writing and two research grants. Peter is a 2000 graduate of the Mason MFA program. Samples of his work and more information about him can be found at http://english.ua.edu/user/118.

 

a community of writers in DC...

• Three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
• Half of full-time students are funded with teaching assistantships, research assistantships, or fellowships
• Five third-year fellowships recognize and support strong writers
• Teaching assistants receive specialized training for tutoring and teaching plus paid health insurance.
• Active listserv promotes part-time and full-time writing and editing opportunities for students and enhances a sense of community.
• Students and alumni publish in small and major presses, attracting critical acclaim
• Widely published faculty energize program into its 32nd year
• Mason is home to the Fall for the Book festival, bringing over 150 writers to campus and the northern VA/DC area each year; the program invites even more writers for master classes, craft talks, readings, and dinners

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