Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA]
@neomfa.bsky.social
The nation’s only consortial MFA creative writing program. Three gateway campuses: The University of Akron, Cleveland State University, & Kent State University. Four genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, & playwriting. < neomfa.org >
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Our Program Director Mary Biddinger's piece, "Everyone Needs a Bit of Spiritual Devotion," (pub. @whaleroadreview.bsky.social) was chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!
Congratulations, @marybid.bsky.social 💫
@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
www.bestmicrofiction.com/index.html
Our Program Director Mary Biddinger's piece, "Everyone Needs a Bit of Spiritual Devotion," (pub. @whaleroadreview.bsky.social) was chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!
Congratulations, @marybid.bsky.social 💫
@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
www.bestmicrofiction.com/index.html
Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
www.bestmicrofiction.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Our Program Director Mary Biddinger's piece, "Everyone Needs a Bit of Spiritual Devotion," (pub. @whaleroadreview.bsky.social) was chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!
Congratulations, @marybid.bsky.social 💫
@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
www.bestmicrofiction.com/index.html
Our Program Director Mary Biddinger's piece, "Everyone Needs a Bit of Spiritual Devotion," (pub. @whaleroadreview.bsky.social) was chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!
Congratulations, @marybid.bsky.social 💫
@bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
www.bestmicrofiction.com/index.html
🚨Pub Alert🚨
Alum Zach Peckham (poetry, CSU '21) has published his full-length debut -- As If And -- with New Mundo Press 💫💫💫
Congratulations, Zach!
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Alum Zach Peckham (poetry, CSU '21) has published his full-length debut -- As If And -- with New Mundo Press 💫💫💫
Congratulations, Zach!
newmundo.bigcartel.com/product/as-i...
As If And by Zach Peckham (Pre-Order)
It’s factored Up in there The fabricatory Humming On all the time To move it out The order Whistle zone Floor world Kinetic ranch Nation state Size...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
🚨Pub Alert🚨
Alum Zach Peckham (poetry, CSU '21) has published his full-length debut -- As If And -- with New Mundo Press 💫💫💫
Congratulations, Zach!
newmundo.bigcartel.com/product/as-i...
Alum Zach Peckham (poetry, CSU '21) has published his full-length debut -- As If And -- with New Mundo Press 💫💫💫
Congratulations, Zach!
newmundo.bigcartel.com/product/as-i...
Congrats to CSU fiction candidate Mish Gajewski-Zambataro on her Pushcart Prize nomination from @weirdlitmag.bsky.social 💫💫💫
Read her nominated story here: www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/yell...
Read her nominated story here: www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/yell...
January 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Congrats to CSU fiction candidate Mish Gajewski-Zambataro on her Pushcart Prize nomination from @weirdlitmag.bsky.social 💫💫💫
Read her nominated story here: www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/yell...
Read her nominated story here: www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/yell...
Mark your calendars 🗓️
El Bentivegna (CSU, poetry) will read from their new chapbook “Confirm Humanity” next Wednesday, Jan 14, 7pm, at Mac’s Backs 🎙️💫
Joining El at the mic will be Julia Cilano (Kent, poetry) 💚
Don’t miss it!
El Bentivegna (CSU, poetry) will read from their new chapbook “Confirm Humanity” next Wednesday, Jan 14, 7pm, at Mac’s Backs 🎙️💫
Joining El at the mic will be Julia Cilano (Kent, poetry) 💚
Don’t miss it!
January 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Mark your calendars 🗓️
El Bentivegna (CSU, poetry) will read from their new chapbook “Confirm Humanity” next Wednesday, Jan 14, 7pm, at Mac’s Backs 🎙️💫
Joining El at the mic will be Julia Cilano (Kent, poetry) 💚
Don’t miss it!
El Bentivegna (CSU, poetry) will read from their new chapbook “Confirm Humanity” next Wednesday, Jan 14, 7pm, at Mac’s Backs 🎙️💫
Joining El at the mic will be Julia Cilano (Kent, poetry) 💚
Don’t miss it!
Just 🔟 days until our next application deadline!
Applicants who want to be considered for an assistantship MUST apply by the 1/15 deadline. Head to neomfa.org/apply for more info 💡
Applicants who want to be considered for an assistantship MUST apply by the 1/15 deadline. Head to neomfa.org/apply for more info 💡
January 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Just 🔟 days until our next application deadline!
Applicants who want to be considered for an assistantship MUST apply by the 1/15 deadline. Head to neomfa.org/apply for more info 💡
Applicants who want to be considered for an assistantship MUST apply by the 1/15 deadline. Head to neomfa.org/apply for more info 💡
Congrats to KSU poetry candidate Julia Cilano on her placement as co-editor for @crayfishmag.bsky.social 💫🦞✍️
www.crayfishmag.com/about
www.crayfishmag.com/about
January 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Congrats to KSU poetry candidate Julia Cilano on her placement as co-editor for @crayfishmag.bsky.social 💫🦞✍️
www.crayfishmag.com/about
www.crayfishmag.com/about
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New flash from UA fiction candidate Lindsey Maple up on @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
Go read it!
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
New flash from UA fiction candidate Lindsey Maple up on @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
Go read it!
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
the time i smoked my first cigarette — Blood+Honey
by Lindsey Maple “…in 2014 everyone obsessed over the girls on Tumblr who smoked Marlboro Reds, and listened to Lana Del Rey…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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New flash from UA fiction candidate Lindsey Maple up on @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
Go read it!
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
New flash from UA fiction candidate Lindsey Maple up on @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
Go read it!
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...
Congrats to our Program Director @marybid.bsky.social on her 2025 Best Microfiction nomination from @whaleroadreview.bsky.social 💫
December 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Congrats to our Program Director @marybid.bsky.social on her 2025 Best Microfiction nomination from @whaleroadreview.bsky.social 💫
Check out the latest from CSU fiction candidate Willow Campbell: a review in Cleaver Mag of "Gendertrash from Hell" (@littlepuss.net) 📄✂️🌹
www.cleavermagazine.com/gendertrash-...
www.cleavermagazine.com/gendertrash-...
Gendertrash From Hell, edited by Mirha-Soleil Ross • Book Reviews
From 1993 to 1995, four issues of the zine Gendertrash From Hell were assembled and distributed by genderpress.
www.cleavermagazine.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Check out the latest from CSU fiction candidate Willow Campbell: a review in Cleaver Mag of "Gendertrash from Hell" (@littlepuss.net) 📄✂️🌹
www.cleavermagazine.com/gendertrash-...
www.cleavermagazine.com/gendertrash-...
Faculty Hilary Plum's latest novel, "State Champ," out from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social, was named in the @parisreview.bsky.social's "Our Favorite Books of 2025" list (selected by @markleidner.bsky.social) 🏆🏃♀️🩸
Full list: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/12...
Full list: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/12...
December 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Faculty Hilary Plum's latest novel, "State Champ," out from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social, was named in the @parisreview.bsky.social's "Our Favorite Books of 2025" list (selected by @markleidner.bsky.social) 🏆🏃♀️🩸
Full list: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/12...
Full list: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/12...
Mark your calendars 🗓️
Past faculty Emily Mitchell is coming to Loganberry Books for a reading & conversation with author Dan Chaon Jan 14, 7pm 🎙️
Mitchell will be reading from her new collection of speculative fiction, "The Church of Divine Electricity" 🔌⚡
www.loganberrybooks.com/emily-mitche...
Past faculty Emily Mitchell is coming to Loganberry Books for a reading & conversation with author Dan Chaon Jan 14, 7pm 🎙️
Mitchell will be reading from her new collection of speculative fiction, "The Church of Divine Electricity" 🔌⚡
www.loganberrybooks.com/emily-mitche...
December 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Mark your calendars 🗓️
Past faculty Emily Mitchell is coming to Loganberry Books for a reading & conversation with author Dan Chaon Jan 14, 7pm 🎙️
Mitchell will be reading from her new collection of speculative fiction, "The Church of Divine Electricity" 🔌⚡
www.loganberrybooks.com/emily-mitche...
Past faculty Emily Mitchell is coming to Loganberry Books for a reading & conversation with author Dan Chaon Jan 14, 7pm 🎙️
Mitchell will be reading from her new collection of speculative fiction, "The Church of Divine Electricity" 🔌⚡
www.loganberrybooks.com/emily-mitche...
Love this piece from @ironbrewer.bsky.social
Watch what stays and what gets made as language disappears in "Burning Plastic Factories." Read Corey Miller's electric poem here:
www.mudroommag.com/corey-miller
www.mudroommag.com/corey-miller
December 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Love this piece from @ironbrewer.bsky.social
We're a little over one month away from our next application deadline 🗓️
Applicants who'd like to be considered for a Graduate Assistantship must apply by this next deadline, 1/15/26 (Fall '26 start).
Learn more at neomfa.org/apply 📜
Applicants who'd like to be considered for a Graduate Assistantship must apply by this next deadline, 1/15/26 (Fall '26 start).
Learn more at neomfa.org/apply 📜
December 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
MARK YOUR CALENDARS 🗓️
Fiction candidate Willow Campbell will be reading at the Cleveland launch party of @clereviewbooks.bsky.social’s latest issue 🎙️📓
12/14 @ 6:30 @ Dunlap’s Corner Bar
See you there 🧐
Fiction candidate Willow Campbell will be reading at the Cleveland launch party of @clereviewbooks.bsky.social’s latest issue 🎙️📓
12/14 @ 6:30 @ Dunlap’s Corner Bar
See you there 🧐
December 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Student-led reading series 2x2 put on another great night of music & lit last weekend 🎸📚🎙️
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Student-led reading series 2x2 put on another great night of music & lit last weekend 🎸📚🎙️
Books from faculty Hilary Plum ("State Champ," @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social) AND alum Ali Black ("We Look Better Alive," @burnsidereview.bsky.social) featured in this list of favs from @clevelandmag.bsky.social 💫💫💫
clevelandmagazine.com/articles/50-...
clevelandmagazine.com/articles/50-...
50 Cleveland Book Releases We Loved in 2025
Find new releases in fiction, nonfiction, art, poetry and more from authors affiliated with Northeast Ohio's literary scene.
clevelandmagazine.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Books from faculty Hilary Plum ("State Champ," @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social) AND alum Ali Black ("We Look Better Alive," @burnsidereview.bsky.social) featured in this list of favs from @clevelandmag.bsky.social 💫💫💫
clevelandmagazine.com/articles/50-...
clevelandmagazine.com/articles/50-...
Program Director @marybid.bsky.social's new novella - The Girl with the Black Lipstick - featured in @clmporg.bsky.social's 2025 Fiction Round-Up📚💫
Check out the full list: www.clmp.org/news/fiction...
Check out the full list: www.clmp.org/news/fiction...
Fiction of 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
We’re excited to share this year-end roundup of novels, novellas, short story collections, and fiction anthologies published in 2025 by independent literary publishers! Read our year-end roundups of n...
www.clmp.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Program Director @marybid.bsky.social's new novella - The Girl with the Black Lipstick - featured in @clmporg.bsky.social's 2025 Fiction Round-Up📚💫
Check out the full list: www.clmp.org/news/fiction...
Check out the full list: www.clmp.org/news/fiction...
🚨Pub Alert🚨
CSU poetry candidate El Bentivegna has published their debut chapbook — Confirm Humanity — with Rockwood Press
www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/...
CSU poetry candidate El Bentivegna has published their debut chapbook — Confirm Humanity — with Rockwood Press
www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/...
Confirm Humanity: Poems by El Bentivegna — Rockwood Press
Bentivegna’s Confirm Humanity captures the meandering no-where-to-go-ness of Trump’s post-pandemic America; they do so with a modern poetic flair, a barrage of the pain of thinking, “making it about /...
www.rockwoodpress.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🚨Pub Alert🚨
CSU poetry candidate El Bentivegna has published their debut chapbook — Confirm Humanity — with Rockwood Press
www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/...
CSU poetry candidate El Bentivegna has published their debut chapbook — Confirm Humanity — with Rockwood Press
www.rockwoodpress.com/bookstore/p/...
TONIGHT
🚨2x2 Alert🚨
The next installment of everyone’s favorite night of words & music will be Dec 6 at Rhizome House in Cleveland Heights 🎙️🎸
Featuring faculty Hilary Plum & alum Matt Breit 📝✍️
The next installment of everyone’s favorite night of words & music will be Dec 6 at Rhizome House in Cleveland Heights 🎙️🎸
Featuring faculty Hilary Plum & alum Matt Breit 📝✍️
December 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
TONIGHT
We're a little over one month away from our next application deadline 🗓️
Applicants who'd like to be considered for a Graduate Assistantship must apply by this next deadline, 1/15/26 (Fall '26 start).
Learn more at neomfa.org/apply 📜
Applicants who'd like to be considered for a Graduate Assistantship must apply by this next deadline, 1/15/26 (Fall '26 start).
Learn more at neomfa.org/apply 📜
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We're a little over one month away from our next application deadline 🗓️
Applicants who'd like to be considered for a Graduate Assistantship must apply by this next deadline, 1/15/26 (Fall '26 start).
Learn more at neomfa.org/apply 📜
Applicants who'd like to be considered for a Graduate Assistantship must apply by this next deadline, 1/15/26 (Fall '26 start).
Learn more at neomfa.org/apply 📜
TONIGHT!
Our very own @ironbrewer.bsky.social will be reading next week at the Valley Art Center for Ekphrastacy ‘25 🎨✍️🎙️
See you there?
See you there?
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
TONIGHT!
“No One Knows Their Blood Type” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, trans. by Hazem Jamjoum, published by the CSU Poetry Center, is the winner of the 2025 Palestine Book Award in Translation 💫
Just in time for #readpalestineweek 🇵🇸
Just in time for #readpalestineweek 🇵🇸
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“No One Knows Their Blood Type” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, trans. by Hazem Jamjoum, published by the CSU Poetry Center, is the winner of the 2025 Palestine Book Award in Translation 💫
Just in time for #readpalestineweek 🇵🇸
Just in time for #readpalestineweek 🇵🇸
MARK YOUR CALENDARS 🗓️
Fiction candidate Willow Campbell will be reading at the Cleveland launch party of @clereviewbooks.bsky.social’s latest issue 🎙️📓
12/14 @ 6:30 @ Dunlap’s Corner Bar
See you there 🧐
Fiction candidate Willow Campbell will be reading at the Cleveland launch party of @clereviewbooks.bsky.social’s latest issue 🎙️📓
12/14 @ 6:30 @ Dunlap’s Corner Bar
See you there 🧐
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
MARK YOUR CALENDARS 🗓️
Fiction candidate Willow Campbell will be reading at the Cleveland launch party of @clereviewbooks.bsky.social’s latest issue 🎙️📓
12/14 @ 6:30 @ Dunlap’s Corner Bar
See you there 🧐
Fiction candidate Willow Campbell will be reading at the Cleveland launch party of @clereviewbooks.bsky.social’s latest issue 🎙️📓
12/14 @ 6:30 @ Dunlap’s Corner Bar
See you there 🧐
🚨2x2 Alert🚨
The next installment of everyone’s favorite night of words & music will be Dec 6 at Rhizome House in Cleveland Heights 🎙️🎸
Featuring faculty Hilary Plum & alum Matt Breit 📝✍️
The next installment of everyone’s favorite night of words & music will be Dec 6 at Rhizome House in Cleveland Heights 🎙️🎸
Featuring faculty Hilary Plum & alum Matt Breit 📝✍️
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🚨2x2 Alert🚨
The next installment of everyone’s favorite night of words & music will be Dec 6 at Rhizome House in Cleveland Heights 🎙️🎸
Featuring faculty Hilary Plum & alum Matt Breit 📝✍️
The next installment of everyone’s favorite night of words & music will be Dec 6 at Rhizome House in Cleveland Heights 🎙️🎸
Featuring faculty Hilary Plum & alum Matt Breit 📝✍️
Program Director @marybid.bsky.social ‘s prose poetry can be found in the latest print issue of @thimblelitmag.bsky.social 💫
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November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Program Director @marybid.bsky.social ‘s prose poetry can be found in the latest print issue of @thimblelitmag.bsky.social 💫
thimblelitmag.square.site/product/8-2-...
thimblelitmag.square.site/product/8-2-...