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 >
🚨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 💫
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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?
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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?
TONIGHT! CSU poetry candidate Isabel Snyder will be reading 💫
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
TONIGHT! CSU poetry candidate Isabel Snyder will be reading 💫
New short story from fiction candidate Mish Gajewski-Zambataro out now in the second issue of Edge City from Noco Book 💫
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EDGE CITY #2 — Noco Books
Joining the likes of B’Day , Melodrama , and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed , EDGE CITY 2 matches and in some ways even surpasses its already outstanding predecessor. Exalting the number 2 in...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
New short story from fiction candidate Mish Gajewski-Zambataro out now in the second issue of Edge City from Noco Book 💫
www.nocobo.co/store/p/edge...
www.nocobo.co/store/p/edge...
Poetry alum Noor Hindi will take part in a panel discussion at this year’s NCTE Conference in Denver — wish we could be there for this important conversation!
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Poetry alum Noor Hindi will take part in a panel discussion at this year’s NCTE Conference in Denver — wish we could be there for this important conversation!
Wonderful evening at Mac’s last week celebrating the debut from local poet Mary Simmons 🐦⬛ Our very own Olivia Mirmohamed opened the night with a reading from her thesis 💫
Get “Mother, Daughter, Auger” at Mac’s or online here: www.juneroadpress.com/mother-daugh...
@juneroadpress.bsky.social
Get “Mother, Daughter, Auger” at Mac’s or online here: www.juneroadpress.com/mother-daugh...
@juneroadpress.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Wonderful evening at Mac’s last week celebrating the debut from local poet Mary Simmons 🐦⬛ Our very own Olivia Mirmohamed opened the night with a reading from her thesis 💫
Get “Mother, Daughter, Auger” at Mac’s or online here: www.juneroadpress.com/mother-daugh...
@juneroadpress.bsky.social
Get “Mother, Daughter, Auger” at Mac’s or online here: www.juneroadpress.com/mother-daugh...
@juneroadpress.bsky.social
Fall Student Reading in the books 📚
See you at the next one!
See you at the next one!
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Fall Student Reading in the books 📚
See you at the next one!
See you at the next one!
TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT
TONIGHT
Playwriting candidate Eric Mansfield is holding a staged reading for his new full-length drama, "Ride or Die," on Nov 14th, 7:30pm, at the Coach House Theatre in Akron.
Tix are FREE; register here: makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/...
Tix are FREE; register here: makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/...
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
TONIGHT
New essay from alum Jack Etzler (fiction, UA ‘25) in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
www.bloodhoneylit.com/cnf/i-really...
www.bloodhoneylit.com/cnf/i-really...
i really wish that i knew about midwest emo music back when it was cool to be sad about girls and sneak drinks from the liquor cabinet — Blood+Honey
by Jack Etzler “So, like, fuck man, if I knew about this Midwest Emo shit back in college I feel like I would’ve hit new levels of emotional depth…”
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November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New essay from alum Jack Etzler (fiction, UA ‘25) in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social
www.bloodhoneylit.com/cnf/i-really...
www.bloodhoneylit.com/cnf/i-really...
THIS SATURDAY!
Mark those calendars 🗓️
Mark your 🗓️
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
THIS SATURDAY!
Poetry alum Meg Johnson interviews multidisciplinary artist Tullio DeSantis — read it here: megjohnsonmegjohnson.blogspot.com/2025/11/inte...
Interview with Tullio DeSantis
Tullio DeSantis Tullio DeSantis (born November 7, 1948) is a n American multidisciplinary artist and writer whose work is informed by a...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Poetry alum Meg Johnson interviews multidisciplinary artist Tullio DeSantis — read it here: megjohnsonmegjohnson.blogspot.com/2025/11/inte...
Celebrating our veteran students today 💐
Pictured: Eric Mansfield, U.S. Army (playwriting), & Julianne Taylor, U.S. Navy (fiction)
Pictured: Eric Mansfield, U.S. Army (playwriting), & Julianne Taylor, U.S. Navy (fiction)
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Celebrating our veteran students today 💐
Pictured: Eric Mansfield, U.S. Army (playwriting), & Julianne Taylor, U.S. Navy (fiction)
Pictured: Eric Mansfield, U.S. Army (playwriting), & Julianne Taylor, U.S. Navy (fiction)
Deadline is this Saturday --- get those apps in 📝
ONE MONTH until our first application deadline!
Writers interested in spring 2026 matriculation: plan on hitting submit by 11/15 📝
Writers interested in spring 2026 matriculation: plan on hitting submit by 11/15 📝
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Deadline is this Saturday --- get those apps in 📝
TONIGHT
The next 2x2 is Nov 7th, featuring a reading from current student Ashton Leigh & musical stylings from alum Matt Dettmer 🎙️🎸📚
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
TONIGHT
Want to start your MFA experience next semester? Get your applications in by Saturday, 11/15, to be considered for spring admission 💐
Details at neomfa.org/apply 📝
Details at neomfa.org/apply 📝
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Want to start your MFA experience next semester? Get your applications in by Saturday, 11/15, to be considered for spring admission 💐
Details at neomfa.org/apply 📝
Details at neomfa.org/apply 📝
Next Friday!
Playwriting candidate Eric Mansfield is holding a staged reading for his new full-length drama, "Ride or Die," on Nov 14th, 7:30pm, at the Coach House Theatre in Akron.
Tix are FREE; register here: makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/...
Tix are FREE; register here: makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/...
November 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Next Friday!
New short story from fiction candidate Mish Gajewski-Zambataro up on After the Storm Magazine 🔥🔥🔥
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Wildfire: A Journey Through Memory and Regeneration
Explore the powerful narrative of Wildfire in 2353, a journey of remembrance, resilience, and the transformative power of nature.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New short story from fiction candidate Mish Gajewski-Zambataro up on After the Storm Magazine 🔥🔥🔥
afterthestormmagazine.com/2025/10/19/o...
afterthestormmagazine.com/2025/10/19/o...
🎃 Happy Halloween 👻
In honor of the spookiest day of the year, we're flashing-back (flashbacking?) to this bone-chiller, "I Never Saw the Knife," by current Kent fiction candidate @cheyenneshaffer.bsky.social, published recently in Cosmic Horror Monthly 🔪🩸🫣
In honor of the spookiest day of the year, we're flashing-back (flashbacking?) to this bone-chiller, "I Never Saw the Knife," by current Kent fiction candidate @cheyenneshaffer.bsky.social, published recently in Cosmic Horror Monthly 🔪🩸🫣
🚨Pub Alert!🚨 Be terrified by the latest from Kent-based fiction candidate @cheyenneshaffer.bsky.social, "I Never Saw the Knife," out in the August issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly Magazine 🐙🗡️
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Keep up with Cheyenne at her site: www.cheyenneshaffer.com
cosmichorrormonthly.com/store/issue-...
Keep up with Cheyenne at her site: www.cheyenneshaffer.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🎃 Happy Halloween 👻
In honor of the spookiest day of the year, we're flashing-back (flashbacking?) to this bone-chiller, "I Never Saw the Knife," by current Kent fiction candidate @cheyenneshaffer.bsky.social, published recently in Cosmic Horror Monthly 🔪🩸🫣
In honor of the spookiest day of the year, we're flashing-back (flashbacking?) to this bone-chiller, "I Never Saw the Knife," by current Kent fiction candidate @cheyenneshaffer.bsky.social, published recently in Cosmic Horror Monthly 🔪🩸🫣
The next 2x2 is Nov 7th, featuring a reading from current student Ashton Leigh & musical stylings from alum Matt Dettmer 🎙️🎸📚
October 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The next 2x2 is Nov 7th, featuring a reading from current student Ashton Leigh & musical stylings from alum Matt Dettmer 🎙️🎸📚
Mark your calendars 🗓️
This Saturday (11am-1pm, 11/1) our Prog. Dir. @marybid.bsky.social will be at The Learned Owl Bookshop in Hudson OH for a book signing of her new novella-in-flash, "The Girl with the Black Lipstick" 🖤💛
Come say hi 👋 & pick up a signed copy ✍️
learnedowl.com/event/2025-1...
This Saturday (11am-1pm, 11/1) our Prog. Dir. @marybid.bsky.social will be at The Learned Owl Bookshop in Hudson OH for a book signing of her new novella-in-flash, "The Girl with the Black Lipstick" 🖤💛
Come say hi 👋 & pick up a signed copy ✍️
learnedowl.com/event/2025-1...
October 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Mark your calendars 🗓️
This Saturday (11am-1pm, 11/1) our Prog. Dir. @marybid.bsky.social will be at The Learned Owl Bookshop in Hudson OH for a book signing of her new novella-in-flash, "The Girl with the Black Lipstick" 🖤💛
Come say hi 👋 & pick up a signed copy ✍️
learnedowl.com/event/2025-1...
This Saturday (11am-1pm, 11/1) our Prog. Dir. @marybid.bsky.social will be at The Learned Owl Bookshop in Hudson OH for a book signing of her new novella-in-flash, "The Girl with the Black Lipstick" 🖤💛
Come say hi 👋 & pick up a signed copy ✍️
learnedowl.com/event/2025-1...
Mark your calendars 🗓️
The @midamericanreview.bsky.social Winter Wheat Festival of Writing is NEXT WEEKEND! Featuring workshops from current fiction candidate Mish Gajewski-Zambataro & alum Anastasios Mihalopoulos (Poetry, YSU '23).
casit.bgsu.edu/winterwheat/
See you there!
The @midamericanreview.bsky.social Winter Wheat Festival of Writing is NEXT WEEKEND! Featuring workshops from current fiction candidate Mish Gajewski-Zambataro & alum Anastasios Mihalopoulos (Poetry, YSU '23).
casit.bgsu.edu/winterwheat/
See you there!
Winter Wheat – The Mid-American Review Festival of Writing
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October 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Mark your calendars 🗓️
The @midamericanreview.bsky.social Winter Wheat Festival of Writing is NEXT WEEKEND! Featuring workshops from current fiction candidate Mish Gajewski-Zambataro & alum Anastasios Mihalopoulos (Poetry, YSU '23).
casit.bgsu.edu/winterwheat/
See you there!
The @midamericanreview.bsky.social Winter Wheat Festival of Writing is NEXT WEEKEND! Featuring workshops from current fiction candidate Mish Gajewski-Zambataro & alum Anastasios Mihalopoulos (Poetry, YSU '23).
casit.bgsu.edu/winterwheat/
See you there!
Congratulations to two NEOMFA alums, Carrie George & Benjamin Rhodes, on their Best of the Net nominations from @crayfishmag.bsky.social 🏆
October 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Congratulations to two NEOMFA alums, Carrie George & Benjamin Rhodes, on their Best of the Net nominations from @crayfishmag.bsky.social 🏆
Mark those calendars 🗓️
October 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Mark those calendars 🗓️