MFA: Key to the Publishing World?
Probably not. I'm sure the skills one learns in an MFA program do make it easier to get published. However it is rather timely that I get another contract 2 days after graduating, and get a full MS request from an agent 4 days after. Said agent, btw, gets a prize for quickest request ever: sent query at 12:50, received reply at 1:08. Now I better quit basking and a) review the contract that just arrived and b) give my ms a quick once-over and send it off.