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...

#amreading A new annotated reading post #books #journalism #shortstories #humor @xwaldie.bsky.social @petulawrites.bsky.social @meganbaxter.bsky.social blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/02/some...