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Writing at PLUOur MFA is an innovative three-year, four-residency program in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Mentorships with our faculty last for a full year, ensuring a high-quality experience at a more leisurely pace – ideal for busy professionals and those who wish to take time to develop their work’s fullest potential. Combining rigor and support, each mentorship year is tailored to the participant’s goals. Our faculty are nationally known writers who are also outstanding teachers. Read

told him he made my day. I got off the call, and then there was screaming – I think I frightened my daughter.” It was the first writing contest Andrews had ever entered. She is currently in her final year of PLU’s master of fine arts in creative writing degree program, the Rainier Writing Workshop, working hard to complete her final manuscript. Andrews was only notified of the contest one week prior to the submittal deadline. Realizing this was the only year she was eligible – it was only open to

in nerdy things started when she became hooked on the Sailor Moon series and began madly writing fan fiction around the series. “I always knew that I wanted to be a writer,” she said. “This was pretty much my dream, to be an author. It was on my horizon.” At Pacific Lutheran University, she received her degree in Creative Writing and Publishing, then promptly took a job at Marquand Books Inc., where she had worked as an intern. The firm hired her right after graduation, and she worked as an

courage to everyone…except the villains they once overthrew. Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice — and in Nova. But Nova’s allegiance is to a villain who has the power to end them both.” Meet Courtney Gould Courtney is a 2016 PLU Creative Writing, Publishing, and Marketing graduate and accomplished author of queer horror fiction.“28 New LGBTQ+ Young Adult Novels

focusing on poetry, fiction, or nonfiction, the mentorship is tailored to the student’s work, which ranges from fantasy novels to journalistic reportage. Despite the virtual and individual set-up, students still connect and support each other’s writing throughout the three-year program and after graduation. Professor Barot believes this sense of community and long mentorships, which allow time to develop significant relationships, makes the PLU MFA program stand out from others. When Professor Barot

have come to campus. Skipper and Barot sit down each spring to choose visiting writers. Barot said they try to get writers from different genres—those who write fiction, nonfiction and poetry. And this year, the Office of the Provost gave the VWS a dedicated budget to continue the series for the foreseeable future.“The series is now on solid financial footing,” said Barot. “Jason and I are very excited to be celebrating the anniversary of the series.” The celebration continues on Nov. 20, when

Student. A Q&A session and book signing will follow her lecture.“Erin’s lecture speaks to the fundamental need of being seen, a necessary topic at a critical time,” said Wendy Gardiner, Ph.D., PLU’s Jollita Hyland Benson Endowed Chair in Elementary Education. “Less than 7 percent of children’s books published in recent years were written by authors of color. This is another area of invisibility that Erin’s work addresses–creating vivid characters, writing about  friendship, family, adventure, bravery

across to a much larger audience. I understand the two of you came together to put on a musical called “Normalcy: The Climate Fiction Musical,” which Kenzie wrote. What is it about? Knapp: I was initially inspired by the wildfires happening more frequently now in late summer/early fall, referred to as “fire season.” I wondered, if “fire” was an actual season like summer, what would come after that? So, the musical is set in “New Seattle” in 2040. There are four seasons: smog season, acid rain season

, theater, visual and music can help get information across to a much larger audience. I understand the two of you came together to put on a musical called “Normalcy: The Climate Fiction Musical,” which Kenzie wrote. What is it about? Knapp: I was initially inspired by the wildfires happening more frequently now in late summer/early fall, referred to as “fire season.” I wondered, if “fire” was an actual season like summer, what would come after that? So, the musical is set in “New Seattle” in 2040

across to a much larger audience. I understand the two of you came together to put on a musical called “Normalcy: The Climate Fiction Musical,” which Kenzie wrote. What is it about? Knapp: I was initially inspired by the wildfires happening more frequently now in late summer/early fall, referred to as “fire season.” I wondered, if “fire” was an actual season like summer, what would come after that? So, the musical is set in “New Seattle” in 2040. There are four seasons: smog season, acid rain season