My mission with this blog series was to provide a platform for considering the MFA and its role in the writing community at large.

I write this note from a position of managing multiple responsibilities: to the students, to the program, to my colleagues.

This essay is a part of our Insider/Outsider blog series. Once a month, we publish two works of nonfiction on the subject of the MFA...

This essay is a part of our Insider/Outsider blog series. Once a month, we publish two works of nonfiction on the subject of the MFA culture, one from a writer in an MFA program, and one writer outside it. Pieces labelled "Outsider/In" refer to a story written by the latter, while those labelled "Insider/Out" refer to the former. Both pieces are published simultaneously each month on the Breakwater Review blog. We Regret to Inform You: Writing as Rejection By L.A. Montana Th

We're thrilled to announce our guest judge for the 2021 Breakwater Fiction Contest...