I’m happy to announce that I have been awarded a fellowship to stay at Porches Writing Retreat to work on my nonfiction! I’m looking forward to getting back to Virginia for a little bit in 2026!

What are some great historical short stories you'd recommend? (Meaning that they are in the subgenre of historical fiction, not old). I'm hoping to bring some recent pieces into a new class I'm building, and they need to be stories not novels. Particularly interest in any fun craft elements.

In “In Search of Delight at the Art Museum: A Writing Exercise with Pen in Hand” Manzella invites students to claim space, both mental and physical, by exploring “delight” through a hands-on exercise in a campus art museum using pen and paper. Read it here: buff.ly/fz5OjQP #Pedagogy#SchoolResource

NBCC member Abby Manzella wrote an essay with an interview of Karen Babine's "The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo" at CRAFT:

Thrilled that my conversation with the amazing Abby Manzella about The Allure of Elsewhere for CRAFT is out now! www.craftliterary.com/2025/07/30/h...

It was gratifying to talk to @karenbabine.bsky.social about her new memoir THE ALLURE OF ELSEWHERE. Check it out! shorturl.at/0rvdX For this book she thought about "history, and stories, and landscape and at what point the California Babines just stopped telling stories of who they were..."

It was gratifying to talk to @karenbabine.bsky.social about her new memoir THE ALLURE OF ELSEWHERE. Check it out! shorturl.at/0rvdX For this book she thought about "history, and stories, and landscape and at what point the California Babines just stopped telling stories of who they were..."

What current book publishers seem to like essays that are paired with a photo? Big or small publishers welcome.

What current book publishers seem to like essays that are paired with a photo? Big or small publishers welcome.

And we're live! Our first reader is @abbymanzella.bsky.social

I'll be reading here in less than an hour!

It's the perfect day for homemade strawberry jam on scones made for the pairing!

During World War II, the U.S. government disappeared more than a quarter-million Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans under the Alien Enemies Act. Now, Trump is reviving the law. @brandonshimoda.bsky.social reflects on the horror of history repeating.

I'm happy to announce that my short story collection, RIPPLES INTO THE WILD, will be published by Cornerstone Press (2/27)! These stories engage with realism, surrealism, and cli-fi. If you're an author with a nearby pub date or a pressmate, be in touch so we can plan events. The fun begins!!!

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@mooncitypress.bsky.social '24 Short Fiction finalists @sudhab.bsky.social @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social Famous Chukwuemeka @elissafield.bsky.social Carrie Grinstead @joelhans.bsky.social @abbymanzella.bsky.social @magicmikewrites.bsky.social Matthew Purdy @jenn-rossmann.bsky.social Zachary Vickers

It's back! 🎤 📣🎤 Bookings now open for our next online salon hosted by @kiklodge.bsky.social 🎙 Excellent readings ❓️ Highly serious quiz 🤝 Friendly community Get in touch quickly if you want to read. Spots v limited. Theme = Road Signs. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-w...

Aisha Abdel Gawad, Crystal Hana Kim, Alice Driver, and Jenny Molberg at the Unbound Book Festival. Literature and commentary rule this weekend in Missouri!

Aisha Abdel Gawad, Crystal Hana Kim, Alice Driver, and Jenny Molberg at the Unbound Book Festival. Literature and commentary rule this weekend in Missouri!

The Lion Rock Visiting Writers Series is excited to host Jesse Lee Kercheval virtually at CWU on Thursday, April 10th, which will take place on Zoom. Craft Talk about how she started drawing then, she'll read from her fantastic graphic novel, French Girl. Thursday, April 10th, 2025 5-6:00pm PST

The winner of the John Leonard Prize, given to an outstanding first book in any genre, is “Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir” by Tessa Hulls! #NBCCAwards @fsgbooks.bsky.social

The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history. Archive is here: web.archive.org/web/20250304... Page was here: www.army.mil/asianpacific... Disgusting.

What are your favorite contemporary outward-facing creative essays? Those nonfiction pieces that take on creative craft, research, and may acknowledge the "I" but are interested in issues beyond the self. Elena Passarello's work is a great example, but what else would you add? Links appreciated!

Teaching #CNF next year? The Allure of Elsewhere (Milkweed Editions, May 2025) blends family history, natural history, and a solo camping journey to Nova Scotia. With cats. Request a desk copy at [email protected]. #creativenonfiction #memoir #travelwriting #familyhistory #childlesscatladies

The Pushcart Prize editors honor Adia Muhammad, Abby Manzella, Brenda Miller, Christien Gholson, Rafia Zakaria, Yael V. Aldana for work in PPXLIX (2025 edition) from The Pinch, Threepenny Review, The Sun, Flyway, Orion, and Torch now at your indie bookstore, Bookshop, or WW Norton Co.

Proof of book. bookshop.org/p/books/a-lo...

What are your favorite publications for flash NONfiction?

Today is the paperback pub day for THE DISAPPEARED! Thrilled that this beautiful new edition from Vintage Books is out in the world! See the replies for more details!

New England friends! Join me for a personal essay writing workshop at the Concord Free Public Library on March 9 at 2 p.m.--we'll be writing, sharing, telling stories. Hope to see you there! Free & open to the public.

This fragmented [perhaps prismatic] essay means a lot to me. Thanks to @theforge.bsky.social & @saracrowley.bsky.social for selecting it as a finalist for their flash cnf competition. "I turn my head like I’m missing something. I feel that I am always missing something." shorturl.at/QlCau

"Do you want to get away from the wildly fluctuating weather in your area (and who doesn’t)? Do you lack the funds to hop into a phallic spaceship heading up to the stratosphere?" Wonderful piece of satire from @abbymanzella.bsky.social Love the tone of voice in this. So brilliantly cutting.

"There is a philosophical theory about sight that my blue is not your blue, that it’s all personal and inside our heads. I’ve been blue a lot lately. And also, my shadows are not yours." Really pleased to publish this excellent nonfiction flash by @abbymanzella.bsky.social

This fragmented [perhaps prismatic] essay means a lot to me. Thanks to @theforge.bsky.social & @saracrowley.bsky.social for selecting it as a finalist for their flash cnf competition. "I turn my head like I’m missing something. I feel that I am always missing something." shorturl.at/QlCau

I am glad to have this satiric environmental piece out in the world. I hope it speaks to our mood in the moment. Thanks @brettpribble.bsky.social and to @damicandrea.bsky.social for the very fitting art! tinyurl.com/4d734esk

Read "Welcome to Death Valley and Other Eco-Crisis Tours" written by @abbymanzella.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social. "Do you lack the funds to hop into a phallic spaceship heading up to the stratosphere?" tinyurl.com/4d734esk

We're excited to announce the shortlist for the 2024 John Leonard Prize, given to an outstanding first book in any genre! Congratulations to all of the finalists.

Congratulations to all of our finalists and winners! www.bookcritics.org/2025/01/23/n...

Here's an excerpt from my book Box 25: Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal, at History News Network. www.hnn.us/article/who-... @uncpress.bsky.social

A poem from GOOD BONES offered without comment, for no reason whatsoever. 👀 Happy Sunday from here. x M

I'm looking for short profiles on anyone. I'm searching for good writing of turning an interview into a fuller narrative. Do you have any examples?

If you're a librarian or bookstore employee or owner acquiring new books, I hope you'll consider my debut collection, SAD GROWNUPS (avail through Ingram). For those who've been sad and tried not to be: 17 stories about the search for joy in a dying world. #libsky #booksky www.amystuber.com/book

I am finally watching Schmigadoon, and as a musical person, I am all about this! 🎶

What's up nerds, it's day 1 of the #mini1000 mini1000.substack.com/p/day-1-wint...

I have been experimenting with pickle sandwiches. Here is my take on a BLT club!

I am thankful to be nominated for this flash fiction piece about what happens when we don't think of our universities as a public good!

Who doesn't need a little delight today? Throwing a spotlight today on Abby Manzella's "In Search of Delight" from our Fall 2024 issue--go check it out and then tell us what delights you're finding today!

We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Nonfiction! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/18/2...

We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Criticism! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/16/2...

Brandon Shimoda has another important book out today. The writing is superb and our knowledge of the ongoing history is necessary!