Randall Brown, Editor of SmokeLong Quarterly, recently won the Flume Press Chapbook Award. He sat down with Stefanie Freele to discuss the award, the writing process and the literary life. READ MORE

In October, alumna Stefanie Freele interviewed MFA faculty member Bruce Holland Rogers, Pushcart Prize and World Fantasy Award winner, for Kelly Spitzer’s “Writers in Profile.”

Read the interview here.

In the month of October, our judge and editor elected not to choose a piece as Student Choice Award winner. This decision is not intended to reflect poorly on the quality of submissions received; as our contest judge changes every month, differences in aesthetics and tastes are inevitable.

Instead of naming a contest winner, we have named a Promising Poet.  We would like to direct your attention to one Sandile Rocco Tshemese, a writer we feel has promise, and whose work our readers can expect to see in journals in the future. READ MORE

This past August, visiting faculty member Marvin Bell gave the commencement address at the second Northwest Institute of Literary Arts (Whidbey Writers’ Workshop) Commencement. Bell, author of numerous books of poetry, most recently Mars Being Red, discussed “Lifetime Writing.” Click here to read a transcript of the address

Marc Acito, award-winning author of How I Paid for College and Attack of the Theater People, will be among the visiting faculty at the Whidbey Writers Workshop August Residency. Earlier this year, he sat with Whidbey alum Nancy Boutin and talked about platform, blogging, his new play, and a recurring gig on NPR. Below is the small snippet of the conversation that covers preparing for success and platform-building. Watch this space for future mini-interviews with Marc and other authors. LISTEN

to the new online home of the Whidbey Writers’ Workshop MFA candidates. In these pages, you will find reviews, interviews and articles by our students, our ever-popular Student Choice short-forms contest, information about recent student, alumni and faculty publications and honors, links to our individual blogs, and much more.