Celebrating Irmi Willcockson's First Chapbook, Attention Comes First
“Pay attention.” In Irmi Willcockson’s poems, that’s not only the plea of a parent or a teacher but an invitation...
Blog — Alumni Spotlight
From the Workshop Room to the L.A. Times: A Personal Essay Debut
Creative Writing Workshop Success Stories: Our Alumni's Recent Wins
Rachel Spies Finds Her Book's Shape in a Grief Writing Workshop
Whitney Vale's Sermon of Swallows Takes Flight
Jerry Portwood and the Short Story Twenty Years in the Making
Michelle Boyer: From Workshop Prompt to Anthology Publication
Some stories arrive fully formed. Others begin as a single prompt—and then refuse to let go. For Michelle Boyer, a...
Celebrating The Best American Essays 2026
Dan Robert's Debut Novel The Monster's Wife Sells to Dutton in a Pre-empt
Alum Named a 2026 Poets & Writers Get the Word Out Poetry Fellow
From the French Riviera to 1960s Casablanca: Laila Ouarrachy's Debut Novel Arrives
