Courses offered under the heading MFAW Practicum build skills in the practical aspects of areas such as literary production and teaching while providing students with key theoretical tools as well as exposure to their academic, social, and artistic applications.So you’re finally doing it – you’re getting your MFA! But what can you do with it? How do writers find opportunities, get work out into the world, pay the rent, and still find time to write? This fun, hands-on practicum will teach you everything you need to know about the business of writing and literary citizenship. Each week you will practice – with support and feedback from your peers – a new skill, such as submitting to literary journals and contests; mastering PR for poets; applying for artists’ residencies and Fulbright grants; creating websites/online portfolios; finding markets and querying magazines; doing live pitches and readings; joining literary communities or starting your own; turning a thesis into a book proposal; putting together workshops and conference proposals; networking through social media or IRL; learning how to analyze academic job listings and apply to PhD programs. Readings, guest speakers, field trips and a possible weekend writing retreat will be determined by class interest.

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