I’m excited to officially announce that I’ve signed a publishing contract for my short story collection, The Off-Season. Thank you to @jadedibispress.bsky.social for giving this book a home! Bowie and I celebrated with some ice creams on a cold, rainy, late spring day. Book drops spring 2027!

The weather might have been chilly, but this was a warm workshop group! Thank you, Interlochen Center for the Arts, for asking me out to lead this Spring Writing Workshop! Headed home inspired!

Check out this podcast from one of my wonderful young writing students: rss.com/podcasts/the...

Want to come write with me? I'll be heading out to Interlochen Arts Academy this spring to teach two intensive, three-day workshops, one in fiction and the other in memoir. To learn more, visit: www.interlochen.org/college-crea...

I adore this piece and am so glad it found a home in the Indiana Review! And was the runner-up in the 2025 Indiana Review Fiction Award! A big thanks to the editors and to Ananda Lima for selecting the story!

I'm thrilled to share my piece on garlic, writing, and the language of the land in today's @short-reads.org. www.short-reads.org/garlic-days/

Dates have been saved! ✅ I'll be heading to Ireland this summer to read at the @wcorklitfest.bsky.social and celebrate the launch of the 2026 Fish Anthology. Thank you to the editors and to @seanluskauthor.bsky.social for selecting my short story, 'The Missing,' as an honorable mention!

I am so excited to get my hands on a copy of this book! My short piece - 'All Made-Up', originally published in Diagram, is included in the 'Best Small Fictions 2025'! A huge thank you to the editors, both at Best Small Fictions and at Diagram! @altcurrent.bsky.social @eldiagram.bsky.social

Today, the National Endowment for the Arts cancelled the Creative Writing Fellowships program. I wanted to share what the loss of this kind of award means to me. Please share, repost etc. if you'd like.

So thrilled to open up my contributor copy of River Teeth this morning! Thank you to the editors at River Teeth for picking up this rough little gem of an essay! @riverteeth.bsky.social

I've been sitting on the good news for a while, and now I finally get to announce that my story 'The Pool' was the overall winner of the 2025 Hemingway Shorts Competition! Congratulations to all of the finalists! Press release here: mailchi.mp/82fd061eb094...

Thank you to Brendan O'Meara of the Creative Nonfiction Podcast for inviting me on the show! You can listen wherever you get your podcasts! Main show notes: brendanomeara.com/episode-470-... @brendanomeara.bsky.social

From camper to student to teacher! I've always loved being a part of the Interlochen community. I was excited to share my story, which you can read here online: www.interlochen.org/stories/meet...

Grow your writing this summer! I'm excited to be offering classes in multiple genres, including fiction, nonfiction, and memoir. For those interested in a one-on-one approach, I'm also taking on new private lesson students and manuscripts for review. www.meganbaxterwriting.com

I'm excited to share that my short piece 'All Made-Up' has been selected for the 2025 Best Small Fictions Anthology! And thank you to The Diagram for originally publishing the piece! altcurrentpress.com/best-small-f... @altcurrent.bsky.social @eldiagram.bsky.social

Last night I was honored to attend the @penamerica.bsky.social Literary Awards Ceremony in NYC. My book, ‘Twenty Square Feet of Skin’ from @ohiostatepress.bsky.social, was longlisted for the 2024 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.

📖 Do you have a true story to tell that doesn't fit into traditional narrative structures? I'll be offering 'The Memoir in Collage' through Muse Writing. This asynchronous online class included readings, discussions, and weekly writing assignments. Learn here: www.musewriting.com/current-offe...

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