University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections6133 (Accession No. 6133-001)Northwest Institute of Literary ArtsNorthwest Institute
of Literary Arts collection1998-20178.47 cubic feet (8 boxes plus 6 CDs, 1 DVD, 1 embosser )Collection materials are in
English.Graduation
theses, records, and documents from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts
The Northwest Institute of Literary Arts (NILA) was a non-profit
501(c)3 Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing low-residency program founded
by the Whidbey Island Writers Association, in operation for twelve years, from
2005 to 2016. Beginning with an enrollment of nine students, the NILA MFA
program grew to a peak enrollment of 62 students in 2014. The NILA MFA program
grew quickly, drawing students to Whidbey Island twice annually from across the
U.S. and Canada. Due to multiple contributing factors, however, including a
proliferation of low residency MFA programs, lower enrollment, and a lack of
core funding, the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts Board of Directors made
the decision to cease operations of the MFA program at the close of the
2015-2016 school year.
Sources: "Northwest Institute of Literary Arts serves up soup with a
side of support in Greenbank." South Whidbey Record: November 14, 2011, and
Wikipedia.
Materials related to the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts (NILA).
Includes bound MFA graduation theses, surveys, organizational records, meeting
minutes, reports, correspondence, programs, catalogs, handbooks, workshop
anthologies, a scrapbook of newsclippings and ephemera, photographs, CDs of
photographs, a DVD, and an embossing seal.
No restrictions on access.
Request at UW
Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington
Libraries Special Collections.
Claire Gebben (in 2011, she earned an MFA in Creative Writing through
the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, was a teaching assistant in 2012, and
was on the Board of Directors), 2017-07-07
Northwest Institute of Literary Arts--ArchivesNorthwest Institute of Literary Arts--DissertationsCreative writing (Higher education)--Washington (State)--Whidbey IslandDissertations, Academic--Washington (State)--Whidbey IslandPhotographsBusiness correspondenceCatalogsEphemeraHandbooks and manualsMinutes (Records)NewslettersRecords (Documents)Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Literature
Series 1MFA Graduation Theses 2007-20161Linde, Sue Anne: A Fuller Life:
Nonfiction/memoir20161Hake, Mare: Spectrum: Poetry20161Tobe, Lisa: Shadows of Me: Nonfiction/memoir20161Shepard, Sarah: Let The World Around Us Fade Away:
Nonfiction/memoir20161Wilson, Joseph: Religion of Weather Forecasts:
Poetry20161Wheeler, Mathilda Reading: Being Pavio: Young Adult
Fiction20161Hill, Leslie: If I Were God This Would Be Different:
Nonfiction Essays20161Hartung, Marie Heather: Apples Fallen Elsewhere:
Nonfiction/memoir20161Silvester, Reg: Lifetimes: Fiction short
stories20161Richards, Lynda: Impact: A Compilation of Short Stories:
Fiction short stories20161Seif, Noel: Life in the Key of Cee: Young Adult
Fiction20161Parsons, Clark: Mule Girl: Young Adult
Fiction20161Persun, Nicole: The Ingredients of Us: Fiction short
stories20161Kaufmann, Catherine "Kate" Twitchell: Other Than Mother:
Living Life Without Having Children: Nonfiction Essays20161Clark-McGlenn, Alex: The Way We Drown: Fiction short
stories20161Durham, Heather: Outside This Skin: Nonfiction
Essays20161Dunning, Lara: Aleutian Pearl: Young Adult
Fiction20161Dunning, Lara: Snakes, Snails and the Scientist's
Daughter: Nonfiction Essays20161Anderson, Heather: Building Foundations:
Fiction20161Anderson, Craig: The Kids of Sockland:
Fiction20161Updegrave, Samantha Claire: The You The Singer Sings To:
Nonfiction/memoir20162Carlson, Amy: Melt: Nonfiction Essays20152Beatty, Sharon: Morning Song: Fiction20152Hansen, Michelle A.: Alpha Campus: The Sanctuary:
Fiction20152Fogle, Leonie: Tempo Rubato/Stolen Time:
Poetry20152Flannery, Mel: Dark Nights, Soft Rain:
Poetry20152Carver, Brenda: The Grace of One Who Carries Water:
Young Adult Fiction20152Nine, Genevieve: To Kill A Kingdom: Young Adult
Fiction20152Parker, Cathy: Close Enough To Kill: Fiction20152Hoffman, Robert: My Side Of The Dumpster:
Fiction20152Heisserman, Amie: The Flames Of The Crematorium:
Fiction20152Shoemaker, Martha: Fight Like A Girl:
Fiction20152Testerman, Doyce: Adrift: Fiction20152Nedelman, Deborah: Endangered: Fiction20152Thomson, Linda: Griselda: Fiction20153Warren, Gina: Weightless in Salt: Nonfiction
Essays20143Hartung, Marie: Blood from a Folding Sky:
Poetry20143Graville, Iris: Hiking Naked: A Quaker Woman's Search
for Balance: Nonfiction/memoir20143Ray, Roz: Blackchapel Alley: Historical
Fiction20143Hoffman, Robert: Joining the Pantheon:
Fiction20143Knorr, Chels: How We Belong: Exporation into Connection
and Community: Nonfiction Essays20143Lundstrom, Kim: Iron, Earth and Cobalt Sky:
Fiction20143Haskins, Jacqueline: Eyes Open Underwater: Nonfiction
Essays20143Beach, Cynthia: The Seduction of Pastor Goodman:
Fiction20143Hebert, Mureall: Dream Leap: Young Adult
Fiction20133White, Steven W.: Read No Evil: Fiction20133Sarr, Sandra: The Road to Indigo: Fiction20133Lai, YiShun: Lies My Mother Told Me: Fiction20133Callor, Sara: When Things Used To Be Perfect:
Fiction20133Dahlke, Jodi Reid: An Unkindness of Ravens: Young Adult
Fiction20134Meador, Jo: There Is Love: Fiction20124Hammer, Stephanie: The Puppet Turners Of Narrow
Interior: Fiction20124Brumett, Erika: A River At Rest: Fiction20124Boswell, Delphine: Unholy Secrets: Fiction20124O'Hagan, Jeremiah: High School: Why I Taught, How I
Left: Nonfiction Essays20124Pinede, Nadine: The Half-Known Heart:
Fiction20124Manning, Mandy: Connective Tissue: Fiction Short
Stories20124Buttenwieser, Janet: Guts: A Love Story:
Nonfiction/memoir20124Mears, Stefon: Magician's Choice: Fiction20124Lane, Ashia Huff: The Lady Wears Boots:
Poetry20124Hines, Katie: The Band: Fiction Short
Stories20114Gebben, Claire: Harm's Way: Historical
Fiction20114Morganti, Charlotte: The Next Play: Fiction /
Mystery20114Linden, Kaye : The  Watering Hole: Tales of City
Dreaming: Fiction Short Stories20114Lile, Stephanie: The Tailgunner: Young Adult
Fiction20114Jewell, Grier: Flash Frights: Children's short
stories20114Boochever, Annie: Bristol Bay Summer: Young Adult
Fiction20114Waldman, Cindy: The Butterfly Basket: Children's /
Middle Grade20115Wood, Frances: Becoming Beatrice: Young Adult
Fiction20105Frischmann, Carol: In Black Water Woods:
Fiction20105Alamo, Kobbie: Tracking Time: Fiction20105Mentyka, Sharon: Breathe To Both Sides: Young Adult
Fiction20095Davio, Kelly: Burn This House: Poetry20095Ponepinto, Joe: The Ballo Brothers: Fiction20095Barber, Caleb: Beasts and Violins: Poetry20095Myers, Christine: Floating Island:
Nonfiction/memoir20095Beman, Ann: The Thumb Of All Parts: Nonfiction
Essays20095Boutin, Nancy S.: This Corner of the Universe:
Fiction20095Freele, Stefanie: Feeding Strays: Fiction Short
Stories20085Junkins, Laurie: Uncertain Balance: Poetry20085Chernov, Tanya: The Other Side: Poetry20085Sears, Helen: Bones and Curtain Rods: Fiction Short
Stories20075Cooper, Loren W.: Crosstown: Fiction20075Cluts, Nancy: Murder By The Book: Fiction /
Mystery20075Brandt, Lois: Wearing Vietnam: Yound Adult
Fiction20075Bayer, Nina Elizabeth: The Other Side Of Blue: Fiction
Short Stories20075Gonzalez, Ann: Ssh Ssh Ssh: Young Adult
Fiction2007Series 2Whidbey Island Writers Association
2003-20156Steering Committee2004-20056Conference notebook of winners2008-20096 Policies2005-20066Celebrate Writing contest1999, 2014, 20156Write-O-Rama20146Spirit of Writing anthologies2008, 2012, 20136What Members Want survey2013-20146Correspondence, board rosters, policies, proposals,
bylaws, job descriptions1998-20136Newsletters20096Planning20156Reports2012-20156Classes20076Ephemera/marketing materials2013-20156Five-Year Plan for Local Programs20056Mission, values, history2009-20136Grant-writing correspondence20086Minutes2003-20076Agendas2003-20086Writers Conference2011-20146Strategic plan2005-20116Fundraising2007-2010Series 3Northwest Institute of Literary
Arts administrative records 2003-20166Soundings Review magazine ephemera/marketing
materialsundated6Soundings Review magazine proposal20046Advertising2004-20156Marketing archive2013-2015613 issues of Soundings Review magazine2008-20167MFA Program: 1st year20057History of the organizationundated7Agendas2003-20167Board minutes2003-20087Educational/operations MFA board2005-20087MFA five-year plan20087Board mintues2009-20167Program Director's Report2005-20167Executive Director's Report2012-20147Infotech report20137Financials2003-20167Board budget and finance2012-20167Appeal letters2015-20167Elizabeth Guss: NILA retreat 201520157Elizabeth Guss: NILA retreat 2015
fundraising20157CEO reports2015-20167Board grants2011-20167Employee succession plan20157Bank signatory resolutions2007-20117Closing documents/news20167Contracts/letters of authority2011-20177Correspondence2003-20167Email correspondence20167Board rosters2007/20127Board dutiesundated7Bylaws 2011/20137Organization chartscirca 2005-20077Board member survey20097Strategic planning: "Vision Voyage"20097Board retreat20137Faculty handbooks2009, 2014, 20167Student handbooks2012-20167Residency schedule20117Residency records20077Residency forms and information20107Whidbey Writers Workshop2014-20167MFA graduation programs2009-20167MFA graduation announcements2009-20157MFA ephemera/marketing materialsundated7Alumni board2009-20147Catalogues2005-20167Workshop anthologies2007-20097Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual
conference program20147Photographs2005-20098Scrapbook: newsclippings, correspondence, and
ephemera2004-20148Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual
conference planner20148Embossing sealundatedCD 332-337Photographs and program files2006-20086 CDs (5 CDs of photographs, 1 CD of program
files)CD 338DVD skit for "The View" television program2003