The MFA Award

The Broken Tribe Press MFA Award is for MFA graduates who have graduated from a university with a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing in the past five years.

Rationale from the publisher:

The MFA Award is my way of giving back by giving selected MFA graduates an opportunity to share their polished thesis or post thesis work. No, we can't publish everyone, and not everyone will be ready, but a good number of grads will. Let’s see what you have!

All best,
Bill 

The 2026 Award opens on January 1.

Eligibility: MFA in creative writing, within 5 years (1 May 2021 & beyond), from any English creative writing program in the world, (sorry, no MAs or PhDs in creative writing)

Genre Policy: We are open to all genres, as long as it’s an unpublished work 70+ pages. This includes short story collections, poetry collections, novels, novellas, and creative nonfiction books.

Please read the full guidelines for submission here:

2024 MFA Award: Narya Deckard, Wolfcraft

2025 MFA Award: Joseph Levens, Unearthed Stories

We are committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and want to hear from underrepresented voices of all types.