PLNU MA in Writing
@plnuwritingma.bsky.social
Official Bluesky by the sea for all things related to the Masters of Arts in Writing program at Point Loma Nazarene University.
For more info: https://www.pointloma.edu/graduate-studies/programs/writing-ma
For more info: https://www.pointloma.edu/graduate-studies/programs/writing-ma
Join us for Poetry Day on November 20 with visiting writer Jessica Jacobs!
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Join us for Poetry Day on November 20 with visiting writer Jessica Jacobs!
Last week, we were thrilled to host author @lizcharlottegrant.bsky.social ! In her afternoon workshop, Liz shared insights into her robust research process, showing us how a single story from a podcast sparked a deep-dive down a Wikipedia rabbit hole, shaping an entire chapter!
November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Last week, we were thrilled to host author @lizcharlottegrant.bsky.social ! In her afternoon workshop, Liz shared insights into her robust research process, showing us how a single story from a podcast sparked a deep-dive down a Wikipedia rabbit hole, shaping an entire chapter!
@mitchalbom1.bsky.social led an amazing workshop yesterday afternoon as part of the Fall 2025 MAW Visiting Writers Series where he responded to student questions about craft, fear, routine, and growth!
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
@mitchalbom1.bsky.social led an amazing workshop yesterday afternoon as part of the Fall 2025 MAW Visiting Writers Series where he responded to student questions about craft, fear, routine, and growth!
Hear from some of our grad students about their excitement for tomorrow's guest @mitchalbom1.bsky.social who will lead a 3 PM Writing Workshop in Latter 101. Can't make the in-person event? No worries! You can purchase live-stream tickets here: plnu.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx...
October 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Hear from some of our grad students about their excitement for tomorrow's guest @mitchalbom1.bsky.social who will lead a 3 PM Writing Workshop in Latter 101. Can't make the in-person event? No worries! You can purchase live-stream tickets here: plnu.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx...
Virtually join @lizcharlottegrant.bsky.social and PLNU's Reuben Welch School of Theology and Christian Ministry as they creatively engage with the book of Genesis on Wednesday, Oct. 29th at 7:00 PM!
October 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Virtually join @lizcharlottegrant.bsky.social and PLNU's Reuben Welch School of Theology and Christian Ministry as they creatively engage with the book of Genesis on Wednesday, Oct. 29th at 7:00 PM!
We were thrilled to host Samuel Ashworth last Thursday for an afternoon workshop and evening reading & lecture! Samuel read a stunning excerpt from his novel "The Death & Life of August Sweeney" and gave a fantastic talk on the art of telling!
October 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We were thrilled to host Samuel Ashworth last Thursday for an afternoon workshop and evening reading & lecture! Samuel read a stunning excerpt from his novel "The Death & Life of August Sweeney" and gave a fantastic talk on the art of telling!
We're so excited to welcome @mitchalbom1.bsky.social back to PLNU on October 27th for an afternoon craft workshop and evening conversation with Dean Nelson about his newest novel Twice!
September 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We're so excited to welcome @mitchalbom1.bsky.social back to PLNU on October 27th for an afternoon craft workshop and evening conversation with Dean Nelson about his newest novel Twice!
Mark your calendars! 📚 Our second visiting writer this fall is award-winning novelist Sam Ashworth. Join us Oct. 2 for an afternoon craft workshop + an evening lecture & reading from his 2025 debut novel "The Death and Life of August Sweeney"!
September 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Mark your calendars! 📚 Our second visiting writer this fall is award-winning novelist Sam Ashworth. Join us Oct. 2 for an afternoon craft workshop + an evening lecture & reading from his 2025 debut novel "The Death and Life of August Sweeney"!
Here's some more photos from the afternoon Q+A we had with author R.F. Kuang, which was moderated by Dr. Breeann Kirby!
September 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Here's some more photos from the afternoon Q+A we had with author R.F. Kuang, which was moderated by Dr. Breeann Kirby!
We were thrilled to learn from bestselling author R.F. Kuang last week during an afternoon Q+A moderated by Dr. Breeann Kirby, and an evening conversation with Dean Nelson! She shared her insights on craft, the writing life, storytelling, and so much more. What an incredible day!
September 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We were thrilled to learn from bestselling author R.F. Kuang last week during an afternoon Q+A moderated by Dr. Breeann Kirby, and an evening conversation with Dean Nelson! She shared her insights on craft, the writing life, storytelling, and so much more. What an incredible day!
Join us this afternoon at 3:00 in Latter 101 on PLNU's Campus for a Q&A event with R.F. Kuang! Virtual tickets are also available for $5 for those who can't attend the event in person! plnu.universitytickets.com/w/default.as...
September 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Join us this afternoon at 3:00 in Latter 101 on PLNU's Campus for a Q&A event with R.F. Kuang! Virtual tickets are also available for $5 for those who can't attend the event in person! plnu.universitytickets.com/w/default.as...
CONGRATULATIONS to our first Masters of Arts in Writing cohort!! 🎉
@jessietaylor2896.bsky.social
@megcoley.bsky.social
@sacornwell.bsky.social
@poetrybyemma.bsky.social
@itmebugail.bsky.social
@josiahroberts.bsky.social
@nocturnalxlight.bsky.social
Denise Magloire
Tony Le Calvez
Jaden Goldfain
@jessietaylor2896.bsky.social
@megcoley.bsky.social
@sacornwell.bsky.social
@poetrybyemma.bsky.social
@itmebugail.bsky.social
@josiahroberts.bsky.social
@nocturnalxlight.bsky.social
Denise Magloire
Tony Le Calvez
Jaden Goldfain
May 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
CONGRATULATIONS to our first Masters of Arts in Writing cohort!! 🎉
@jessietaylor2896.bsky.social
@megcoley.bsky.social
@sacornwell.bsky.social
@poetrybyemma.bsky.social
@itmebugail.bsky.social
@josiahroberts.bsky.social
@nocturnalxlight.bsky.social
Denise Magloire
Tony Le Calvez
Jaden Goldfain
@jessietaylor2896.bsky.social
@megcoley.bsky.social
@sacornwell.bsky.social
@poetrybyemma.bsky.social
@itmebugail.bsky.social
@josiahroberts.bsky.social
@nocturnalxlight.bsky.social
Denise Magloire
Tony Le Calvez
Jaden Goldfain
New FROM THE MAW reading!
Join us April 12 @ 3pm at OB Beans to hear readings from @kevinmkearney.bsky.social and @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social, as well as MA in Writing students @poetrybyemma.bsky.social, @ellahachee.bsky.social, @alan-fox-parmeter.bsky.social, and @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social!
Join us April 12 @ 3pm at OB Beans to hear readings from @kevinmkearney.bsky.social and @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social, as well as MA in Writing students @poetrybyemma.bsky.social, @ellahachee.bsky.social, @alan-fox-parmeter.bsky.social, and @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social!
April 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New FROM THE MAW reading!
Join us April 12 @ 3pm at OB Beans to hear readings from @kevinmkearney.bsky.social and @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social, as well as MA in Writing students @poetrybyemma.bsky.social, @ellahachee.bsky.social, @alan-fox-parmeter.bsky.social, and @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social!
Join us April 12 @ 3pm at OB Beans to hear readings from @kevinmkearney.bsky.social and @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social, as well as MA in Writing students @poetrybyemma.bsky.social, @ellahachee.bsky.social, @alan-fox-parmeter.bsky.social, and @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social!
Last day of #AWP25 already?? Submit to us (in the fall) and stop by the @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social booth at #946 (right now!)
March 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Last day of #AWP25 already?? Submit to us (in the fall) and stop by the @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social booth at #946 (right now!)
Our amazing team with the honor of hosting this year’s #SoCalWCA2025 just last weekend! 🔥 What a fantastically run and inspiring event!
March 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Our amazing team with the honor of hosting this year’s #SoCalWCA2025 just last weekend! 🔥 What a fantastically run and inspiring event!
Recap from last weekend when our professor @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social read his fiction piece on Bill Murray and Bigfoot to a full house at The Book Catapult! #SmallPressNite 📚 👣 🎤
March 26, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Recap from last weekend when our professor @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social read his fiction piece on Bill Murray and Bigfoot to a full house at The Book Catapult! #SmallPressNite 📚 👣 🎤
Closing us out are @jess1et.bsky.social & @sacornwell.bsky.social in their fantastic collaboration in “From WC to Classroom: Tutors’ Experience as First-Time Teachers,” speaking on the transfer/transition from tutor to teacher, to a roomful of potential future educators. 👩🏫 🏫 🙌🏽
#SoCalWCA2025
#SoCalWCA2025
March 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Closing us out are @jess1et.bsky.social & @sacornwell.bsky.social in their fantastic collaboration in “From WC to Classroom: Tutors’ Experience as First-Time Teachers,” speaking on the transfer/transition from tutor to teacher, to a roomful of potential future educators. 👩🏫 🏫 🙌🏽
#SoCalWCA2025
#SoCalWCA2025
Next up: Jaden Goldfain gives us invaluable insight on intentional metacognition in directive vs. nondirective tutoring in “To Direct, or Not to Direct: That’s Not the Question.” 🔥📚🧠
#SoCalWCA2025
#SoCalWCA2025
March 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Next up: Jaden Goldfain gives us invaluable insight on intentional metacognition in directive vs. nondirective tutoring in “To Direct, or Not to Direct: That’s Not the Question.” 🔥📚🧠
#SoCalWCA2025
#SoCalWCA2025
🧵 of our amazing MA in Writing students presenting on their research at #SoCalWCA2025! ✨
Starting with @itmebugail.bsky.social and @poetrybyemma.bsky.social’s incredible work representing on “Preserving Writing Center History: Building a Multimodal Archive from Scratch”! ✍🏼 📑 🐝
Starting with @itmebugail.bsky.social and @poetrybyemma.bsky.social’s incredible work representing on “Preserving Writing Center History: Building a Multimodal Archive from Scratch”! ✍🏼 📑 🐝
March 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
🧵 of our amazing MA in Writing students presenting on their research at #SoCalWCA2025! ✨
Starting with @itmebugail.bsky.social and @poetrybyemma.bsky.social’s incredible work representing on “Preserving Writing Center History: Building a Multimodal Archive from Scratch”! ✍🏼 📑 🐝
Starting with @itmebugail.bsky.social and @poetrybyemma.bsky.social’s incredible work representing on “Preserving Writing Center History: Building a Multimodal Archive from Scratch”! ✍🏼 📑 🐝
Last but not least, here is @jess1et.bsky.social’s poster of the writing instructor practice and possibilities: “Writing Tutor or Teacher? Why Not Both?” 📚🍏🍎
#SoCalWCA2025
#SoCalWCA2025
March 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Last but not least, here is @jess1et.bsky.social’s poster of the writing instructor practice and possibilities: “Writing Tutor or Teacher? Why Not Both?” 📚🍏🍎
#SoCalWCA2025
#SoCalWCA2025
Meeting a need incredibly felt today, here is @alexisbullock.bsky.social’s “Transfer of Empathy from the Writing Center to the Classroom”! ❤️ 🫱🏻🫲🏼 📝
#SoCalWCA2025
#SoCalWCA2025
March 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Meeting a need incredibly felt today, here is @alexisbullock.bsky.social’s “Transfer of Empathy from the Writing Center to the Classroom”! ❤️ 🫱🏻🫲🏼 📝
#SoCalWCA2025
#SoCalWCA2025
Next up and just as lit, check out Denise Magloire’s “Multilingual Students in the Writing Center: Addressing Individual Needs” 🌎 ✨ ✍🏼
#SoCalWCA2025
#SoCalWCA2025
March 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Next up and just as lit, check out Denise Magloire’s “Multilingual Students in the Writing Center: Addressing Individual Needs” 🌎 ✨ ✍🏼
#SoCalWCA2025
#SoCalWCA2025
🧵 of amazing posters by our MA in Writing students @annawangyuan.bsky.social, Denise Magloire, @alexisbullock.bsky.social, and @jess1et.bsky.social, as presented at #SoCalWCA2025!
Starting with Anna Wang’s “Calling for ESL Students to Become Writing Tutors”! 💪🏼 🔥 📚
Starting with Anna Wang’s “Calling for ESL Students to Become Writing Tutors”! 💪🏼 🔥 📚
March 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
🧵 of amazing posters by our MA in Writing students @annawangyuan.bsky.social, Denise Magloire, @alexisbullock.bsky.social, and @jess1et.bsky.social, as presented at #SoCalWCA2025!
Starting with Anna Wang’s “Calling for ESL Students to Become Writing Tutors”! 💪🏼 🔥 📚
Starting with Anna Wang’s “Calling for ESL Students to Become Writing Tutors”! 💪🏼 🔥 📚
Excited to hear from Point Loma professor Dr. Paul Minifee at the SoCal Writing Centers Association Annual Conference!
Here he is presenting “Praxis of Pathos: A Writing Center Tutor’s Calling to Counsel,” an all the more essential conversation on empathy & emotional intelligence.
#SoCalWCA2025
Here he is presenting “Praxis of Pathos: A Writing Center Tutor’s Calling to Counsel,” an all the more essential conversation on empathy & emotional intelligence.
#SoCalWCA2025
March 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Excited to hear from Point Loma professor Dr. Paul Minifee at the SoCal Writing Centers Association Annual Conference!
Here he is presenting “Praxis of Pathos: A Writing Center Tutor’s Calling to Counsel,” an all the more essential conversation on empathy & emotional intelligence.
#SoCalWCA2025
Here he is presenting “Praxis of Pathos: A Writing Center Tutor’s Calling to Counsel,” an all the more essential conversation on empathy & emotional intelligence.
#SoCalWCA2025
Come along for a day in the life of M.A. in Writing student Rebecca Li! ☀️ 🌊
March 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Come along for a day in the life of M.A. in Writing student Rebecca Li! ☀️ 🌊