Sharing here a new Word Cafe from recent MFA alumnus, Alexandria Haynes! sps.northwestern.edu/masters/word... #amwriting #writingcommunity #traumawriting #writing #mfaincreativewriting #creativewriting #nonfiction #memoir #personalessay #essay

There's still time to apply for classes starting in late March 2026! Our next admissions deadline for the MA in Writing & the MFA in Prose & Poetry is Jan. 15. #poetry #nonfiction #fiction #publishing #creativewriting More information available here: sps.northwestern.edu/masters/prose-and-poetry

New post on our program's Word Cafe blog by current MFA student Nathaniel Foster, former LAPD officer and forensics teacher to middle school children this past summer at Northwestern University! "Should Goldilocks Be Arrested?" sps.northwestern.edu/masters/word...

Spooky season reads to keep you awake at night, at prices that you can't find anywhere but at The Strand. Hit the link for our full collection of cheap thrills 💀📚🎃 buff.ly/18WAxBn

Great talk w Amber Sparks coming up tomorrow. She returns to the show for the first time in 13 years, celebrating the publication of her debut novel, HAPPY PEOPLE DON'T LIVE HERE (Liveright). Stay tuned...

MFA fiction alumnus Patricia Crisafulli shares her thoughts on the experience of writing her recently published novel, THE SECRETS OF THE OLD POST CEMETERY, the third in a series. Her post is up now on our program blog, WORD CAFE ✒️ @northwesternsps.bsky.social sps.northwestern.edu/masters/word...

Congratulations to MFA alumnus Tricia Crisafulli on the release of her third Ohnita Harbor mystery, The Secrets of the Old Post Cemetery, which is out today from Woodhall Press! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

There's still time to apply for classes starting in January 2026! Our next admissions deadline for the MA in Writing & the MFA in Prose & Poetry is October 15. #poetry #nonfiction #fiction #publishing #creativewriting More information available here: sps.northwestern.edu/masters/prose-and-poetry

New post up on our Word Cafe site by Northwestern School of Professional Studies MFA student Kevin McEvoy about his favorite indie bookstore - the @strandbookstore.bsky.social in NYC! sps.northwestern.edu/masters/word...

Congratulations to fiction alumnus Jeremy T. Wilson, whose new short story, "Where Are You From?", was published in the Spring/Summer 2025 Issue of SWING! www.porchtn.org/swing #shortstories #story #fiction #shortstory #literaryjournal #litmag #amreading #amwriting

There's still time to apply for classes starting in January 2026! Our next admissions deadline for the MA in Writing & the MFA in Prose & Poetry is October 15. #poetry #nonfiction #fiction #publishing #creativewriting More information available here: sps.northwestern.edu/masters/prose-and-poetry

If you're in Chicago this Thursday, Sept. 11, join @michaelzapata.bsky.social & @zakmucha.bsky.social at After-Words Books, 23 E. Illinois St., 6:30 PM for a discussion on trauma and fascism. Eventbrite link ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/trauma-and...

📢 JOB ALERT: Block Club is hiring a full-time reporter to cover Beverly, Morgan Park + Mount Greenwood on Chicago's South Side! Deadline to apply is 9/15: blockclubchi.co/417MIqG

Looking for a new book to add to your reading list? Current MA student Brett Brown shares a book recommendation/summer reading pick: Taiye Selasi's "The Sex Lives of African Girls." sps.northwestern.edu/masters/word... #amreading #amwriting #novels #fiction #taiyeselasi

Join us tomorrow, Tu, 8/19, 6 PM, (doors: 5:30 PM), 500 Main St., Evanston, IL for a faculty & graduate reading, cohosted by @bookedevanston.bsky.social & Brothers K Coffee! Readers: Betsy Haberl, Alexandria Haynes, Jared Spitz, Ryan Rivera, Faisal Mohyuddin billy lombardo @loriraderday.bsky.social

I will be reading with a group of writers from @nugradwriting.bsky.social tomorrow in Evanston at Brothers K Coffeeshop. Going to be a good time!

Join us for an online Summer Writers Conference (@nusummerwriters.bsky.social) on Sat, Aug. 2! Faculty incl: @fulmerford.com, @loriraderday.bsky.social, billy lombardo, Gioia Diliberto, Donna Seaman, Paula Carter, & Christine Sneed More info & registration here: sps.northwestern.edu/professional...

Sharing a new Word Cafe post from MFA fiction alumnus TJ Jaffe, "Jail Is a Four Letter Word." sps.northwestern.edu/masters/word... #writing #nonfiction #teaching #creativewriting #mfainwriting #fiction #amwriting #activism #poetry #poems #volunteer #write #writers #writingcommunity

Join us for an online Summer Writers Conference (@nusummerwriters.bsky.social) on Sat, Aug. 2! Faculty incl: @fulmerford.com, @loriraderday.bsky.social, billy lombardo, Gioia Diliberto, Donna Seaman, Paula Carter, & Christine Sneed More info & registration here: sps.northwestern.edu/professional...

From "So Many Promises And So Many Lies" by S. Afzal Haider, CQR 30th Anniversary Edition: "After four days and three nights in Paris, Joyce and Ved headed toward the sun-drenched south of France for four nights and three days. From the Gare de Lyon they boarded an afternoon train for Avignon."

From "Chicken Man" by Elizabeth McKenzie, @elizabethmck.bsky.social CQR 30th Anniversary Edition: "The chicken man cleans like no one else. Got his beak in everything, a tornado of order, a machine with feathers, but mostly a friend."

From "Henriette's Trick" by Signe Ratcliff, ‪CQR 30th Anniversary Issue: "Mason sometimes pretended that Mom drove to the Hardee’s and spent the day eating hamburgers, instead of driving into Germantown, where she cut hair at the Klassy Kut..." #fiction @signeratcliff.bsky.social‬

✨Join us June 24th to celebrate the launch of our Summer 2025 Issue! 🎤Readings by John Briscoe, @williamwardbutler.bsky.social, @susanmgaines.bsky.social, Charles Hood, Annie Holdren, @elizabethmck.bsky.social, @davidrompf.bsky.social, Patrice Vecchione. catamaranliteraryreader.com/events-2025/...

I need this right now

Join us on Aug 19 in Evanston, IL for a faculty & alumni reading, cohosted by @bookedevanston.bsky.social (venue is Brothers K cafe, 500 Main St.) Alumni: @betsyhaberl.bsky.social, Alexandria Haynes, Jared Spitz, Ryan Rivera, & faculty: Faisal Mohyuddin, Billy Lombardo, @loriraderday.bsky.social! ✒️

Congratulations to MFA fiction alumnus @ankurthakkar.com who will publish his debut novel, Blow Yourself Up, in 2026!

Fiction faculty @loriraderday.bsky.social will be participating in Thrillerfest in New York City from June 19 – 21. Her new novel, WRECK YOUR HEART (for cover reveal - click on link), will be out on January 6, 2026 from Minotaur/St. Martin’s Press! chireviewofbooks.com/2025/05/02/e...

“By middle age some doors have closed for everyone, but others have opened and there’s a lot going on inside those rooms.” Super pleased by this careful & generous attention—

Our most recent Word Cafe post offers a poetry collection recommendation: @amorak.bsky.social's DAD JOKES FROM LATE IN THE PATRIARCHY - the post was penned by current MFA student Emily Updegraff! #poetry #mfainwriting #poems #creativewriting #amwriting #poets sps.northwestern.edu/masters/word...

Congratulations to MFA fiction alumnus @ignatius2u.bsky.social who was named one of Newcity's LIT 50! The list isn't yet online, but it's in a Newcity print version if you're in the Chicago area. (Print subscriptions are also available for mailing). lit.newcity.com

Congrats to MFA alumnus @arammrjoian.bsky.social whose debut novel WATERLINE will be published Tue 6/3! He & fellow MFA alumnus @jbohnsack.bsky.social will be in conversation on Th. 6/5 at the Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago 7 PM! More info here: www.bookcellarinc.com/aram-mrjoian...

For our inaugural issue we will award a prize to one fiction piece and one nonfiction piece. Submissions are free. All regular reading period submissions received by 7/31 will be considered. www.broadripplereview.com Please consider sharing this opportunity with your fellow writers.

Congratulations to MFA fiction alumnus @ankurthakkar.com who will publish his debut novel, Blow Yourself Up, in 2026!

I can’t wait

Six ridiculous questions with MFA fiction alumnus Jeremy T. Wilson, published by Vol. 1 Brooklyn.

Congratulations to fiction MFA student Jared Spitz who recently received @storystudiochicago.bsky.social Stories Matter Foundation Award! Photos here from the awards ceremony on Thursday, May 1! #writers #amwriting #stories #writingcommunity #creativewriting #MFAinwriting #storiesmatter

Last night, we presented our Emerging Writers Awards to the following recipients: Maggie Veach (DePaul University) Jared Spitz (Northwestern University) N.C. Happe (Northwestern University & Luminarts Fellow) Chidera Nwume (Columbia College) Stefania Gomez (Luminarts Fellow)

📣 Great news, writers! 🎉 TriQ is launching an open call for submissions! We're on the lookout for craft essays, book reviews, and insightful interviews for our column, The Latest Word! 👉 Submit your work at triquarterly.submittable.com/submit/48157...

Chicago is a veritable playground for cocktail enthusiasts. “Chicago Cocktails” by Nicole Schnitzler features recipes for 100 Chicago-inspired cocktails. The new title is packed with research, interviews and recipes organized by neighborhood. www.wbez.org/food-drink/2...

Congratulations to MFA fiction alumni @rapscallison.bsky.social & @alexhigley.bsky.social and to current MFA nonfiction student Nicole Schnitzler, who each have new books in the world!

“I don’t think making art is, or should be, a political act. But I do think it’s a moral act. Our mission is to entertain, but also to enlarge the moral imagination of our readers, to awaken their empathy.” — Steve Almond talks to Christine Sneed www.zyzzyva.org/2024/04/17/t...

Christine Sneed interviewed me here for The Brooklyn Rail. Thanks to Joseph Salvatore for running this and the excerpt that follows. @jamesreich.bsky.social brooklynrail.org/2025/04/book...

#writingcommunity please read this post by Christine Sneed before you pay good money for ANY unaccredited #writingworkshop open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Huge thanks to Christine Sneed for posting these kind words about COOLEST 2025 in her Substack! #books #Substack #shortstories #Reading #booknews #readingcommunity #Reading #book #readingcommunity #BooksWorthReading Laugh, Cry, Repeat: Very Cool Short Fiction open.substack.com/pub/christin...

I am excited to be on this Los Angeles Times Festival of Books panel: A Slice of Life: A Closer Look at the Short Story. Christine Sneed, Robin Romm, Lena Valencia, Daniel A. Olivas & Ben Shattuck. Apr 27, 3:30 PM. Details: events.latimes.com/festivalofbo... #LATFOB

THE GOLDEN HOUR is out in the world today! If you're in LA, I hope you'll come see Tom Bissell and I chop it up at Diesel Books at 6:30

❤️ @anandalima.bsky.social

This is our first post to Bluesky and we're so happy to be here! Our next admissions deadline for the MA in Writing and the MFA in Prose & Poetry is July 15. More information is available here: sps.northwestern.edu/masters/prose-and-poetry