MFA/MFYou is a new online journal with a mission, to figure out if there really is a difference between the writing coming out of MFA programs and the writing coming from the hardworking folks who chose a different route. Every six months, we will publish the best examples of writing from both MFA and non-MFA writers. Each issue will include two examples each of fiction and poetry, one by someone who is currently or has been enrolled in a Creative Writing program, one by someone who hasn’t.

While the focus of the journal is to lay the work of MFA writers next to the work of non-MFA writers, the quality of everything we publish will be exceptionally good. Certainly, a majority of the writing out there, by Creative Writing and non-Creative Writing students alike, is truly first-rate. Part of what the editors of MFA/MFYou hope to demonstrate is that, regardless of how individual writers learned their craft, there are many new writers out there who are putting out excellent work.

We hope you enjoy the journal. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the website, too, where you can look at the process two different amateur writers (one an MFA student and one not) are taking to hone their craft and work towards successful writing careers.

Editor: Ashley Cowger

Poetry Editor: Damien Cowger