The right feedback at the right time can help a writer take a piece to the next level. This two-hour in-person workshop will help writers both incorporate feedback to their work and learn how to provide useful feedback for others as well. May 27: buff.ly/TBKtiRB #chicagowriters

ICYMI, new creative writing workshops just dropped. Come and get your joy! www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/ #writersofbluesky

Research and Remembrance with Dionne Ford is TOMORROW night on Zoom. Grab your spot in this two-hour workshop and learn the best ways to incorporate research and memory into your CNF. www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas... #writingcommunity

Chicago! Join me in person this summer for Write Club @storystudiochicago.bsky.social. I so enjoyed leading this writing accountability club last summer and I'm excited to do it again. www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

Our summer term of classes is LIVE! Swing by and check out more than 30 new in-person and online creative writing workshops -- from cornerstones like Creative Writing Essentials to new classes like Writing Magic and Summer of Speculative Fiction. buff.ly/8GGWnzu #writingcommunity

StoryBall was a wild mysterious dream. Here are a few photos from a wonderful, inspiring evening.

Our next in-person Master Class is coming up next month! On June 25, writer Deb Olin Unferth will teach The First Page. In this two-hour generative workshop, students will study several first pages together before creating their own. Grab your spot now! buff.ly/eStV4ab #writingcommunity

Writing from the Archive: A Master Class on Narrative Nonfiction and Research with Sarah Weinman is an online workshop that will introduce students to outstanding narrative nonfiction works (books and shorter pieces) that rely on extensive research. June 8: buff.ly/Ifku5O3 #writingcommunity

Happiest of happy Pub Days to @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social's Managing Director @rachellayown.bsky.social. Go get your copy of Rachel's debut novel HOW WE SEE THE GRAY now!!!! chireviewofbooks.com/2026/05/15/c...

We are delighted to announce the 2026 winner of the Dana Wood Chaney Writers Fund: Nikole C. Grady! Read more about the Dana Wood Chaney Writers Fund and our other scholarships and grants here: buff.ly/2kBefbN

Still a few spots left to join us IN PERSON for this class on writing humor that happens tomorrow night! Register now! www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

Happy pub week to our 2026 StoryBoard Fellow, Mario Elías Grab your copy of Mario's debut novel BELOVED DISCIPLES now! bookshop.org/a/266/978161...

Planning to write about your trip this summer? This four-session online workshop will equip you with all the tools you need to be a travel writer extraordinaire. First class is June 9: buff.ly/6wGlNRM #writingcommunity

The aim of this in-person, 5-session class is to make connections and solidify bonds between queer Chicago writers that will last beyond the workshop – for writing groups, exchange of work, and ongoing support. First meeting is June 4: buff.ly/fhGODL7 #chicago

Time to revise! In this class, we’ll discuss an approach to revision that honors your work’s specific strangenesses and can give even the most unruly aspects a chance to steal the show. This two-hour workshop is in-person on June 8. buff.ly/fTlRViG #writingcommunity

Tell your truth! There are still spots available in Dionna Griffin-Irons super-popular six-week in-person seminar. This workshop allows writers to experiment with low stakes improvisation exercises and guided peer discussion. Starts 6/3: buff.ly/hiBfmwR #writingcommunity

If you're writing a memoir or other creative nonfiction, how can you best incorporate research into your piece so that it feels organic? Take this workshop with Dionne Ford -- online, May 20 -- and learn some tips for doing just that. Register now: buff.ly/QvZ5nsT #writingcommunity

In Critique 101, an in-person workshop on May 27, writers will walk away with a clear critique framework to put into action, a personal checklist for giving and receiving feedback, and tools for asking for the kind of responses their work needs. Register now! buff.ly/N5egQss #writingcommunity

Join us this Thurs. (5/14) in-person at the study for a two-hour workshop on how to write satire and humor (even in these dark times). We’ll read, write, and workshop and hopefully get some relief from doomscrolling. buff.ly/ENDdl5L #chicagowriters

Our first Chicago Writers Showcase reader is @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social reading from his new novel MAN OVERBOARD! (Gallery Books). Kathleen is a founding editor of Rose Metal Press, as well as a founding member of Poems While You Wait 🧵 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Still a few spots left in tonight's online Master Class with Isle McElroy: Where to Begin? A Master Class on the Art of Novel Openings. Register here: buff.ly/Nn4ojEP #writingcommunity

It's Monday. Just write.

We're proud to celebrate 10 years uplifting writers and editors, large and independent presses, and connecting readers with their incredible work.

MASSIVE thank you to everyone who came to StoryBall last night, bid on a silent auction item, donated, or sent us good vibes. You, beautiful writing community, are so very much appreciated!

"Cloud Watching" a typewriter haiku by Jessica Kurkowski from @storystudiochicago.bsky.social StoryBall! poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com/post/8160515...

Poeming While People Wait at @storystudiochicago.bsky.social Story Ball!

Just over three hours left to bid!

Storyball is tonight! And the auction ends tonight! It's at $75--a lot, for a Post-it! But could we get it to go... over $100? It's for a good cause, and I promise you I will draw you with so many eyeballs (and/or a beak and a hat). new.biddingowl.com/item/persona...

Huge thank you to all of our incredible StoryBall sponsors! Still time to get your tickets for the festivities this evening. Doors open at 6 pm. buff.ly/tfUGexK #chicago

11 hours to go in the auction of the century, in support of those grand folks at @storystudiochicago.bsky.social!

Bidding ends in 13 hours -- now's the time to deploy your crafty strategy! buff.ly/gmECt1C #writingcommunity

Bidding ends in 13 hours -- now's the time to deploy your crafty strategy! buff.ly/gmECt1C #writingcommunity

Win this auction for you and a guest to attend our August StoryBoard author dinner -- five incredible authors plus our Artistic Director (and author!) Rebecca Makkai. Exact time and place TBD. Bid now: buff.ly/LaAJlWN #chicago

Tempted, tbh. I love her work.

Have you been watching the incredible show Margo's Got Money Troubles? (The book is even better!) Bid on this auction and win a keepsake handwritten quote from the one and only Rufi Thorpe. Bid now: buff.ly/hjPMFv2 #writingcommunity

Youth creative writing summer camps are filling quickly -- our June camp is full, and the several that begin in July have limited spots left. Register the young writer in your life now! buff.ly/Ff68elz #youthsummercamps

Carmen Maria Machado is a wellspring of writing knowledge and inspiration! Win this auction and tap into some of the best writing advice you'll ever get. You don't need to be present to win -- so bid from anywhere in the country! buff.ly/X2cjGpR #writingcommunity

Our Instructor of the Year, everyone! 😂

Get a tarot card reading with our resident expert, Ines Bellina, and find out what your future holds. This is a virtual reading, so you can bid on and collect your prize from anywhere in the world. Bid now! buff.ly/zPjpIEQ #writersofbluesky

Carmen Maria Machado is a wellspring of writing knowledge and inspiration! Win this auction and tap into some of the best writing advice you'll ever get. You don't need to be present to win -- so bid from anywhere in the country! buff.ly/X2cjGpR #writingcommunity

Cynthia is one of this year's fearless contestants in Battle of the Genres ... Get your tickets now to watch Cynthia represent the horror genre and duke it out with three other genres for genre supremacy! 😆

About 36 hours still to bid -- get in there! #chicago

We assure you, Mr. Dreyer's editorial assistance is indeed "spiffy." 😁 Bid now! 👇👇👇

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Chicago! Join instructor Denise Santomauro for this special one-night in-person workshop, Critique 101: Giving and Receiving Feedback. This is an invaluable class for writers at any stage of the writing journey. Wednesday, May 27 at 6:30 pm buff.ly/N5egQss #writingcommunity

I've had so much fun doing these in the past. Will meet you and your friends at fun bar, or your home, or wherever*! *Not literally wherever, let's not get carried away

There are just a few spots left in next Monday's (5/11) online PJ Seminar, Where to Begin? A Master Class on the Art of Novel Openings with Isle McElroy. The workshop focuses on the different types of detail that appear in the early pages of a novel. buff.ly/Nn4ojEP #Writingcommunity

Our 2026 Instructor of the Year @fulmerford.com is also an AMAZING artist. Win this auction for a personalized Post-It note from Juan - a bird, monster, or dealer's choice! Bid here:

Starts tonight! Register now!

Quite literally priceless! Win this auction and you and three friends can join Pulitzer finalist, and this year's Pulitzer fiction jury chair (!!!!), @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social for a cocktail party at a time and venue to be arranged. Bid now! new.biddingowl.com/item/cocktai...