Wally Camp – Save the Date!

2026 Warren Wilson / Goddard MFA Program for Writers Alumni Conference

This year’s alumni conference (aka “Wally Camp”) will take place from Sunday, July 12 – Sunday, July 19 at Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA. Registration will open by the beginning of February, but for now please mark your calendars! 

If you would be interested in helping plan a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the MFA Program and/or a commemoration of Ellen Bryant Voigt, please contact David Ruekberg at [email protected]

If you’ve never been to a conference, check out our website, which will give you an idea of what it’s all about. (Note that the conference is for Godard/WWC MFA Program graduates & staff only.) 

We hope you can join us for what promises to be a productive, supportive, and lively week in the hills of western Massachusetts! 

— David Ruekberg

I wanted to salvage 

something from my life, to fix 

some truth beyond all change…

– Ellen Bryant Voigt

from “The Last Class”