The Longleaf Writers Conference
The Longleaf UM Scholar Program
Since 2015, the UM MFA program and English Department have enjoyed a partnership with The Longleaf Writers Conference that allows two UM MFA students (one poet and one prose writer) to attend Longleaf with free tuition and housing.
Longleaf is a week-long writing conference held in the town of Seaside, Florida, during the second week of May. The conference features workshops, seminars, agent consultations, readings, receptions, beach bonfire parties, and more. Longleaf brings in headlining writers such as Andre Dubus III, Antonya Nelson, Rebecca Makkai, Adam Johnson, Maggie Smith, Major Jackson, and Maurice Carlos Ruffin, along with award-winning writing faculty from across the nation. Longleaf also supports more than fifteen Fellowship & Scholarship opportunities for writers, including scholarships for veterans, teachers, students, and underrepresented groups.
The Longleaf UM Scholars are selected each year through a competitive process. As participants in the conference, Scholars work with Longleaf’s writers, editors, and agents in a small, casual setting. They also take part in Longleaf’s outreach program, “Writers in the Classroom,” which brings creative writing to underserved schools in the Florida panhandle and provides Scholars valuable hands-on classroom experience. Since 2012, the “Writers in the Classroom” program has worked with more than a thousand young students, fostering creative practices and supporting writing in Florida communities.
More information can be found at www.longleafwritersconference.com
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