Carlow University MFA in Creative Writing

Carlow University MFA in Creative Writing We are a unique, international, low-residency MFA in Creative Writing Program with concentrations in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Carlow's MFA program has rolling admissions and we'd love to hear from you! Questions and application materials can be sent to Stephanie Wytovich, MFA Assistant/Graduate Admissions Counselor at [email protected].

Current MFA fiction student Theresa Doerfler will complete her final defense and give a defense reading in Ireland on Fr...
05/20/2026

Current MFA fiction student Theresa Doerfler will complete her final defense and give a defense reading in Ireland on Friday, June 12, 2026, at Trinity College, Dublin.

We expect Theresa's defense reading to begin approximately at 2 p.m. in Ireland/9 am in the U.S. Theresa's reading will be in person and live-streamed via zoom. Below is an eventbrite link if you want to RSVP to attend the reading:
https://bit.ly/3Qwwnco

Theresa's manuscript mentor is our longtime and much-loved mentor Niall Williams. She will be reading from her manuscript of linked short stories titled Visitation.

Congratulations Theresa as you prepare to finish the program.

We are delighted Geeta Kothari will be joining us in Dublin as the visiting American mentor in June.As part of our June ...
05/20/2026

We are delighted Geeta Kothari will be joining us in Dublin as the visiting American mentor in June.

As part of our June residency, Geeta will be reading on Monday, June 8 at 6pm at Books Upstairs (Dublin's oldest independent bookstore) with Evelyn Conlon and our new mentor in Ireland Sarah Moss. The reading is free and open to the public.

Our longtime mentor Niall Williams bestselling novel This is Happiness makes a cameo in the sequel to The Devil Wears Pr...
05/07/2026

Our longtime mentor Niall Williams bestselling novel This is Happiness makes a cameo in the sequel to The Devil Wears Prada. Kenneth Branagh (who plays Miranda Priestley's husband in the film) is seen reading the book!

British Vogue was the first to notice this
https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/the-devil-wears-prada-2-questions

This is Happiness is a great novel if you have not read it you must!

Longtime mentor in our program Evelyn Conlon's novel, Not the Same Sky, has been translated into Irish and the Irish tra...
05/04/2026

Longtime mentor in our program Evelyn Conlon's novel, Not the Same Sky, has been translated into Irish and the Irish translation will launch on May 13.

As part of celebrating 80 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Australian Embassy Ireland will host the launch of the translation into Irish of Evelyn Conlon's Not the Same Sky, Ní hIonnan Spéir on Weds, May 13th. This novel, first launched at NSW Houses of Parliament in 2013, was the subject of the author's series of lectures, Corridors of Truth, What Fiction adds to History.

Many Congratulations Evelyn! We look forward to seeing you in June.

The The Madwomen in the Attic Digital Storytelling Premiere will take place Sunday, May 17th from 3:00-5:00 p.m. EDT at ...
04/30/2026

The The Madwomen in the Attic Digital Storytelling Premiere will take place Sunday, May 17th from 3:00-5:00 p.m. EDT at COhatch (and on Zoom)!

Madwomen from Christina Fisanick’s digital storytelling workshops will present a premiere of their created digital stories: 2-4-minute videos that combine voiceover, still and moving images, and a soundtrack. Think Ken Burns but much shorter! The program will run for about an hour. Following the program, the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions and socialize. Light refreshments provided.

This event is free and open to the public.

Pitt's MFA program has included a small folio of work from our Carlow MFA community as a sister institution. Congratulat...
04/27/2026

Pitt's MFA program has included a small folio of work from our Carlow MFA community as a sister institution. Congratulations to our longtime and much-loved mentor Diane Glancy, and fabulous MFA alums Kara Knickerbocker and Pennie Bisbee Walters, who have work included in this issue.

3 Sisters will celebrate its launch issue tonight at 5 pm at White Whale Books. All are welcome.

Thanks to all who submitted - Diana told me they had many wonderful submissions from the Carlow community.

Madwomen instructor Emily Mohn-Slate's interviewed MFA director, Tess Barry, about her poetry collection, The Marvelous ...
04/24/2026

Madwomen instructor Emily Mohn-Slate's interviewed MFA director, Tess Barry, about her poetry collection, The Marvelous Real, and her reading and writing life.

You can find the interview on Emily's substack here: https://emilymohnslate.substack.com/p/opening-doors-to-the-unexpected-and

Emily Mohn-Slate's series is available on Substack (for free). Subscribe to Be Where You Are for interviews with writers and artists about their creative practices, writing prompts, discussion threads, essays, and virtual writing workshops & weekly meet-ups of The Ass in Chair Collective.

MFA Alum Rachel Walton's gorgeous essay "Thirst" was just published in the spring print issue of Allium: A Journal of Po...
04/23/2026

MFA Alum Rachel Walton's gorgeous essay "Thirst" was just published in the spring print issue of Allium: A Journal of Poetry and Prose. Congratulations Rachel!

The International Poetry Forum, whose archives are housed at Carlow University and with whom our MFA program has partner...
04/21/2026

The International Poetry Forum, whose archives are housed at Carlow University and with whom our MFA program has partnered with for readings (including Kimiko Hahn's in January 2025), will be hosting UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage for a reading and commentary on his forthcoming verse translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh next Tuesday April 28, 2026 at 7:30 p.m at the Heinz Memorial Chapel.

Books will be available via City of Asylum Bookstore for sale and signing.

Details below and here's a link to the International Poetry Forum's website.
https://www.internationalpoetryforum.org/events

Carlow's undergraduate reading series Red Dog will have the final reading of the year tomorrow, April 21 at 12:30 p.m in...
04/20/2026

Carlow's undergraduate reading series Red Dog will have the final reading of the year tomorrow, April 21 at 12:30 p.m in Aquinas Hall, 108. Featured readers from the undergrad journal The Critical Point include Carlow students Danika Chapman, Sean Flaherty, Amber Frye, Ava Pollak, and Claire Stevens! Pizza (including gluten-free) will be provided! We hope to see you there 🙂

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