Johnnie Bernhard, author of A Good Girl, gave a presentation June 1 on the submission process and practice pitches for MFA students at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi.

Bernhard is pictured with Kendall Dunkelberg, director of the low-residency MFA in Creative Writing at MS University for Women, where he also directs the Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium.  Professor Dunkelberg’s collection of poetry, Barrier Island Suite was published by Texas Review Press in spring 2016.