Spalding MFA Alumni Association

Alumni Opportunities 2023 Calendar

Alumni Opportunities: A 2023 Calendar

Links to our weekly “Write With Me” sessions and monthly “Submit Your Work” and “Spalding Water Cooler” sessions are posted on the Spalding MFA in Writing Alumni Association closed Facebook group.

January

• Proposals open for Homecoming sessions
• Applications open for Alumni Celebration of New Works
• Course registration is open for alumni who want to take a Spring or Summer semester of study

February

• Feb. 1: Proposal submission deadline for in-person Homecoming session
• Feb. 1: PGRA application deadline for Spring or Summer residency
• Feb. 1: Registration deadline for Post-master’s Certificate in Writing Enrichment for Spring or Summer semesters
• Feb. 8: Application deadline for Alumni Celebration of New Works
• Feb. 15: Life of a Writer deadline. Send your news to mfanewsletter [at] spalding [dot] edu!
• Feb. 18: Proposal deadline for Distinguished MFA Alumni Lecture at the Spring residency

March

• This month: Registration opens Writing at the Brown writers’ retreat, May 27 – June 2
• March 1: Deadline to submit proposal for virtual Homecoming session
• March 8 – 11: AWP in Seattle. Spalding will have a booth in the Bookfair.
• March 9: Spalding MFA Happy Hour, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m., Sheraton Grand Seattle
• March 21 – April 4: Travel registration window for summer residency in Quebec City
• March 23: Deadline to register for virtual Business of Writing Seminars
• March 25: Virtual Business of Writing Seminars take place

April

• April 4: Deadline to enroll with WorldStrides for travel to Quebec City
• April 15: Life of a Writer deadline. Send your news to mfanewsletter [at] spalding [dot] edu!
• April 15: Writing at the Brown registration deadline

May

• May 27 – June 3: Spring residency
• May 27 – June 3: Writing at the Brown writers’ retreat
• May 30 – June 2: Virtual Homecoming (see June for in-person Homecoming)
• During Virtual Homecoming: Virtual Alumni Celebration of New Works (exact date TBA)

June

• June 1 – 2: Homecoming takes place in person
• June 15: Life of a Writer deadline. Send your news to mfanewsletter [at] spalding [dot] edu!
• June 25 – July 3: Summer residency in Quebec City

July

• June 25 – July 3: Summer residency in Quebec City
• Course registration is open for alumni who want to take a Fall semester of study

August

• Aug. 1: Deadline to register for Post-master’s Certificate in Writing Enrichment for Fall semester
• Aug. 1: Deadline to apply for PGRA position for Fall residency
• Mid-August: SpaldingCon registration opens
• Aug. 15: Life of a Writer deadline. Send your news to mfanewsletter [at] spalding [dot] edu!
• Aug. 28: Distinguished MFA Alumni Lecture proposal due for Fall residency
• AWP registration waivers are usually available in August

September

• Registration opens this month for Writing at the Brown writers’ retreat, Nov. 11 – 17
• Sept. 7: Business of Writing Seminars registration deadline
• Sept. 9: Business of Writing Seminars take place
• Sept. 11: SpaldingCon registration deadline

October

• Oct. 1: Deadline to register for Writing at the Brown, Nov. 11 – 17
• Oct. 15: Life of a Writer deadline. Send your news to mfanewsletter [at] spalding [dot] edu!

November

• Nov. 11 – 18: Fall residency
• Nov. 11 – 17: Writing at the Brown writers’ retreat
• Nov. 15 – 17: SpaldingCon

December

• Happy holidays, everyone!