MFA Fall Reading Series

UVA’s MFA Fall Reading Series starts this Tuesday, September 1st at 9:00 with readings by poet Mark Parlette and fiction writer Lee Johnson.

Join us at Bel Rio (407 D Monticello Rd in Charlottesville, www.belriocharlottesville.com) (almost) every Tuesday this fall at 9 pm. And keep an eye on the blog; we plan to post videos from [...]


One Day Poem Pavilion

Hey all!

I’m Jonterri, a first year student in UVA’s MFA program for poetry. I’m fascinated by different ways that poetry is able to reach a wider audience, so the One Day Poem Pavilion thrilled me.

photo courtesy of Experiential Typography website

Jiyeon Song constructed the One Day Poem Pavilion as a Master’s thesis project.  Over the course [...]


Welcome to the Meridian blog.

Welcome to the Meridian blog. If you’re here, you probably know that Meridian is a semiannual literary journal produced at the University of Virginia in conjunction with the university’s MFA Program. This blog, written by several of UVA’s current MFA students, will serve several functions:

It will keep you posted on upcoming contests, issues, events and [...]