Erika Dreifus

Happy to announce the arrival of the latest, updated version of our Primer on Low-Residency MFA Programs. This excellent e-book includes:

1) a set of questions to ask yourself in assessing whether a low-residency program may be the right option for you in the first place;

2) a list of what I call “consideration categories”–issues that I recommend each prospective MFA candidate evaluate for him or herself when analyzing individual low-residency programs;

3) the names, websites, and other contact information for more than two dozen degree-granting programs administered through a low-residency model;

4) a directory of additional resources (in print and online) to consult.

Check it out for yourself right here.

flashquake, a web-based literary journal, has announced a “venue where people affected by [hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma] can share their stories and art. Fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, artwork and photographs are welcome from anyone directly affected by the storm. This includes those who endured or were evacuated from the affected areas, their family members, rescuers, volunteers, foster homes and so forth.” Submissions for this “Voices from the Storm” project will be read during three periods: October 21-November 15, 2005; November 16-December 15, 2005; December 16-January 15, 2006. Selected entries will be published in broadsheet form and will receive monetary awards of $25. For more information, read the Voices from the Storm Call for Submissions.

I just revisited the Bellevue Literary Review website and discovered something quite interesting: The Bellevue Literary Press.

According to the website, the Press, a collaboration of the journal and New York University School of Medicine is “a new trade book publishing house” that “intends to publish books of the greatest artistic and intellectual merit from the larger community, both medical and non-medical, while reflecting NYU’s excellence in scholarship, humanistic medicine, and science.” It “will feature original authoritative literary works–both fiction and nonfiction–in the sciences, social sciences and arts.”

For more information, click here.

NewPages.com has posted an interesting feature by Jessica Powers, on the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania. Sounds like a great place!

In other “house” news, the Rose O’Neill Literary House at Washington College (Maryland) is accepting applications for a Director. For more information, click here. Review of applications will begin October 24, 2005.

Check out this article (by yours truly) just posted over at the Institute of Children’s Literature, on “Contests for Children’s Writers: Another Path to Publication.” Every contest listed is a no-cost (that is to say, no-fee) contest. Enjoy!