StoryStudio Chicago
@storystudiochicago.bsky.social
We are a literary arts nonprofit focused on building a writing community. Classes and events online and in person. Come write with us!
https://www.storystudiochicago.org
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Novel In A Year applications are open! Make 2026 the year you dedicated to your book. All 2026 cohorts are online -- so apply from anywhere in the country.
Here are all the details on the five programs now open for application (deadline to apply is 11/14): buff.ly/LJufAYB
#writingcommunity
Here are all the details on the five programs now open for application (deadline to apply is 11/14): buff.ly/LJufAYB
#writingcommunity
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Writing is never as hard when there is a real deep love for your work 💘 I can’t wait to teach this four-week class in February on falling in love (or back in love) with your writing! @storystudiochicago.bsky.social
Fall In Love (or Back in Love) With Your Writing with Sarah Kokernot - StoryStudio Chicago
In this class, we’ll learn how to fall in love (or back in love) with our writing through a generative, expansive set of playful exercises.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Writing is never as hard when there is a real deep love for your work 💘 I can’t wait to teach this four-week class in February on falling in love (or back in love) with your writing! @storystudiochicago.bsky.social
This just in: Our instructor Ola Faleti is a tremendous poet! She wrote this poem at a Poems While You Wait event over the weekend.
Don't miss your chance to take a class with Ola: "Sincerely, Me: Prose & Poetry Letters" is November 18 in person!
Register now: buff.ly/Ul2LnkQ
#poetsofbluesky
Don't miss your chance to take a class with Ola: "Sincerely, Me: Prose & Poetry Letters" is November 18 in person!
Register now: buff.ly/Ul2LnkQ
#poetsofbluesky
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This just in: Our instructor Ola Faleti is a tremendous poet! She wrote this poem at a Poems While You Wait event over the weekend.
Don't miss your chance to take a class with Ola: "Sincerely, Me: Prose & Poetry Letters" is November 18 in person!
Register now: buff.ly/Ul2LnkQ
#poetsofbluesky
Don't miss your chance to take a class with Ola: "Sincerely, Me: Prose & Poetry Letters" is November 18 in person!
Register now: buff.ly/Ul2LnkQ
#poetsofbluesky
Short Story Collection In A Year applications are due this Friday! Cyn Vargas is the instructor for this incredible year-long ONLINE program that can help you turn those two or three short stories gathering dust in a desk drawer into a collection!
Apply now: buff.ly/rt2Zqxu
#writingcommunity
Apply now: buff.ly/rt2Zqxu
#writingcommunity
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Short Story Collection In A Year applications are due this Friday! Cyn Vargas is the instructor for this incredible year-long ONLINE program that can help you turn those two or three short stories gathering dust in a desk drawer into a collection!
Apply now: buff.ly/rt2Zqxu
#writingcommunity
Apply now: buff.ly/rt2Zqxu
#writingcommunity
In Developing Voice in Poems with Adrian Matejka, a single-session online Master Class on December 8, #writers will study the work of poets with clear poetic personae or voices in order to develop a more authentic voice.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Developing Voice in Poems with Adrian Matejka - StoryStudio Chicago
In this session we will study the work of poets with clear poetic personae or voices in order to develop a more authentic voice for ourselves.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In Developing Voice in Poems with Adrian Matejka, a single-session online Master Class on December 8, #writers will study the work of poets with clear poetic personae or voices in order to develop a more authentic voice.
The Actor’s Toolkit for Fiction and Memoir Writers with Robert Falls is a single-session IN-PERSON class happening December 18. Using method-acting and improvisation inspired techniques, this class will help writers explore character from a unique perspective.
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#chicagowriters
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#chicagowriters
The Actor’s Toolkit for Fiction and Memoir Writers with Robert Falls - StoryStudio Chicago
No acting experience is required, and no performance activities in class! Using method-acting and improvisation inspired techniques, this class will help writers explore character from a unique…
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November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Actor’s Toolkit for Fiction and Memoir Writers with Robert Falls is a single-session IN-PERSON class happening December 18. Using method-acting and improvisation inspired techniques, this class will help writers explore character from a unique perspective.
buff.ly/lwTzUPS
#chicagowriters
buff.ly/lwTzUPS
#chicagowriters
Applications for FIVE Book In A Year cohorts are due ONE WEEK FROM TODAY. All of these programs are online for 2026 -- so apply (no app fee!) from anywhere. Make next year the year you write your book!
Apply now: buff.ly/xVwR9Zz
#writingcommunity
Apply now: buff.ly/xVwR9Zz
#writingcommunity
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Applications for FIVE Book In A Year cohorts are due ONE WEEK FROM TODAY. All of these programs are online for 2026 -- so apply (no app fee!) from anywhere. Make next year the year you write your book!
Apply now: buff.ly/xVwR9Zz
#writingcommunity
Apply now: buff.ly/xVwR9Zz
#writingcommunity
Sincerely, Me: Prose & Poetry Letters is a single-session IN PERSON class that will examine the rich history, distinct features, and lasting influence of the epistolary/letter form in poetry and prose. November 18.
Grab your place now: buff.ly/Ul2LnkQ
#writingcommunity
Grab your place now: buff.ly/Ul2LnkQ
#writingcommunity
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Sincerely, Me: Prose & Poetry Letters is a single-session IN PERSON class that will examine the rich history, distinct features, and lasting influence of the epistolary/letter form in poetry and prose. November 18.
Grab your place now: buff.ly/Ul2LnkQ
#writingcommunity
Grab your place now: buff.ly/Ul2LnkQ
#writingcommunity
We've had a pretty big week over here -- catch up on everything with our newsletter:
✍️ Our MacArthur Grant
✍️ Winter Term Launch
✍️ One week left now for Book In A Year applications
Read here: buff.ly/g2a5pel
#writingcommunity
✍️ Our MacArthur Grant
✍️ Winter Term Launch
✍️ One week left now for Book In A Year applications
Read here: buff.ly/g2a5pel
#writingcommunity
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We've had a pretty big week over here -- catch up on everything with our newsletter:
✍️ Our MacArthur Grant
✍️ Winter Term Launch
✍️ One week left now for Book In A Year applications
Read here: buff.ly/g2a5pel
#writingcommunity
✍️ Our MacArthur Grant
✍️ Winter Term Launch
✍️ One week left now for Book In A Year applications
Read here: buff.ly/g2a5pel
#writingcommunity
Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who reached out with kind words regarding our MacArthur Grant announcement. Our hearts are full and we're motivated as hell to make good on this huge privilege.
LET'S GO!!!!
LET'S GO!!!!
HUGE ANNOUCEMENT: We are beside ourselves with excitement to share with you that we've been awarded a $100,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who reached out with kind words regarding our MacArthur Grant announcement. Our hearts are full and we're motivated as hell to make good on this huge privilege.
LET'S GO!!!!
LET'S GO!!!!
HUGE ANNOUCEMENT: We are beside ourselves with excitement to share with you that we've been awarded a $100,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
HUGE ANNOUCEMENT: We are beside ourselves with excitement to share with you that we've been awarded a $100,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Please read this wonderful interview with @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social managing director, @rachellayown.bsky.social -- the editor of a new book titled The Rockford Anthology.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/06/t...
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/06/t...
The Rockford Files: An Interview with Rachel León on "The Rockford Anthology" - Chicago Review of Books
A conversation with Rachel León, editor of "The Rockford Anthology"
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November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Please read this wonderful interview with @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social managing director, @rachellayown.bsky.social -- the editor of a new book titled The Rockford Anthology.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/06/t...
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/06/t...
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This winter I’m teaching Creative Writing Essentials at StoryStudio Chicago!
Please join me! We’ll talk about all things writing 😊
Please join me! We’ll talk about all things writing 😊
Sure, it gets dark at 4:30 pm now, and normally that would make us morose, but it also means cozy season has officially arrived. And cozy season is for writing! Today, we're excited to announce the launch of our winter term of classes.
buff.ly/hBb12OZ
#writingcommunity
buff.ly/hBb12OZ
#writingcommunity
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This winter I’m teaching Creative Writing Essentials at StoryStudio Chicago!
Please join me! We’ll talk about all things writing 😊
Please join me! We’ll talk about all things writing 😊
Applications for 2026 Book In A Year programs -- all online -- are due in just 9 days (Nov. 14). Apply now for one of these five programs -- and make 2026 the year you WRITE YOUR BOOK!
buff.ly/xVwR9Zz
#writingcommunity
buff.ly/xVwR9Zz
#writingcommunity
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Applications for 2026 Book In A Year programs -- all online -- are due in just 9 days (Nov. 14). Apply now for one of these five programs -- and make 2026 the year you WRITE YOUR BOOK!
buff.ly/xVwR9Zz
#writingcommunity
buff.ly/xVwR9Zz
#writingcommunity
Looking for something great to read this month?! Of course you are! @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social has your 12 must-reads of November: chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/03/1...
#booksky
#booksky
12 Must-Read Books of November 2025 - Chicago Review of Books
The November time change is a classic “good news, bad news” situation. The bad news: The sun begins setting way too early. The good news: An extra hour to read! We wanted to bring you some extra good ...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Looking for something great to read this month?! Of course you are! @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social has your 12 must-reads of November: chireviewofbooks.com/2025/11/03/1...
#booksky
#booksky
ICYMI this happened yesterday. Fresh, new creative writing classes. Go grab your spot!
#writersofbluesky
#writersofbluesky
Sure, it gets dark at 4:30 pm now, and normally that would make us morose, but it also means cozy season has officially arrived. And cozy season is for writing! Today, we're excited to announce the launch of our winter term of classes.
buff.ly/hBb12OZ
#writingcommunity
buff.ly/hBb12OZ
#writingcommunity
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
ICYMI this happened yesterday. Fresh, new creative writing classes. Go grab your spot!
#writersofbluesky
#writersofbluesky
Happy Pub Day to our wonderful instructor @finejuli.bsky.social! Writing as Margaux Eliot, her novel HONEYMOON STAGE is out today. Smash that order button!
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Honeymoon Stage
Check out Honeymoon Stage - <p><b>Brimming with wit and romance, this twisty trip back to the early 2000s follows as a former production assistant's upcoming marriage descends into the confusion,…
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November 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Happy Pub Day to our wonderful instructor @finejuli.bsky.social! Writing as Margaux Eliot, her novel HONEYMOON STAGE is out today. Smash that order button!
buff.ly/zNsDAFY
buff.ly/zNsDAFY
Sure, it gets dark at 4:30 pm now, and normally that would make us morose, but it also means cozy season has officially arrived. And cozy season is for writing! Today, we're excited to announce the launch of our winter term of classes.
buff.ly/hBb12OZ
#writingcommunity
buff.ly/hBb12OZ
#writingcommunity
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Sure, it gets dark at 4:30 pm now, and normally that would make us morose, but it also means cozy season has officially arrived. And cozy season is for writing! Today, we're excited to announce the launch of our winter term of classes.
buff.ly/hBb12OZ
#writingcommunity
buff.ly/hBb12OZ
#writingcommunity
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This is our statement on the steps we're taking to protect our students and our community. We love and value all our writers and we need everyone to be able to tell their stories, especially now.
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is our statement on the steps we're taking to protect our students and our community. We love and value all our writers and we need everyone to be able to tell their stories, especially now.
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#Writers! What advice do you have for other writers for achieving that ever-elusive "flow state"?
We want to know -- give us your best tips!
We want to know -- give us your best tips!
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#Writers! What advice do you have for other writers for achieving that ever-elusive "flow state"?
We want to know -- give us your best tips!
We want to know -- give us your best tips!
How to Experiment with Time in Prose with Kyle Beachy is a one-night online class on Nov. 12. You'll explore traditional and more adventurous uses of time in fiction and creative nonfiction.
Register now! buff.ly/FdUC3Al
#writers
Register now! buff.ly/FdUC3Al
#writers
How to Experiment with Time in Prose with Kyle Beachy - StoryStudio Chicago
In this class, we’ll explore traditional and more adventurous uses of time in fiction and creative nonfiction, giving us the confidence to work with time just as we work with voice, POV, and other…
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October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
How to Experiment with Time in Prose with Kyle Beachy is a one-night online class on Nov. 12. You'll explore traditional and more adventurous uses of time in fiction and creative nonfiction.
Register now! buff.ly/FdUC3Al
#writers
Register now! buff.ly/FdUC3Al
#writers
We're so lucky to have poet Adrian Matejka teaching this PJ Seminar for us, online Dec 8. In "A Master Class on Developing Voice in Poems," writers will study the work of poets with clear poetic personae or voices in order to develop a more authentic voice for ourselves.
buff.ly/AQsp688
#poetry
buff.ly/AQsp688
#poetry
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Developing Voice in Poems with Adrian Matejka - StoryStudio Chicago
In this session we will study the work of poets with clear poetic personae or voices in order to develop a more authentic voice for ourselves.
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We're so lucky to have poet Adrian Matejka teaching this PJ Seminar for us, online Dec 8. In "A Master Class on Developing Voice in Poems," writers will study the work of poets with clear poetic personae or voices in order to develop a more authentic voice for ourselves.
buff.ly/AQsp688
#poetry
buff.ly/AQsp688
#poetry
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Beyond proud to be a part of this amazing team and community! Chicago will never bend to fascists.
October 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Beyond proud to be a part of this amazing team and community! Chicago will never bend to fascists.
November Write Club is IN PERSON at StoryStudio, and there are just a few spots left. Starting Nov. 3, this four-session accountability club can help you get motivated and stay goal-oriented with your writing.
Register here: buff.ly/MUPoJTW
#writingcommunity
Register here: buff.ly/MUPoJTW
#writingcommunity
November Write Club with Tom Houseman - StoryStudio Chicago
This month-long in-person class will focus on accountability and goal setting for writers of all levels. Writers will meet once a week on Monday nights for a check-in and writing session led by your…
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October 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
November Write Club is IN PERSON at StoryStudio, and there are just a few spots left. Starting Nov. 3, this four-session accountability club can help you get motivated and stay goal-oriented with your writing.
Register here: buff.ly/MUPoJTW
#writingcommunity
Register here: buff.ly/MUPoJTW
#writingcommunity
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We can write about it.
The new year will be here before you know it. Give yourself a little treat to look forward to -- this incredible online class with @meganstielstra.bsky.social , "Urgency and the Personal Essay." Four sessions start January 8.
Urgency and the Personal Essay: Four Lessons on What to Say, How to Say it, Revision, and Submitting with Megan Stielstra - StoryStudio Chicago
"I’ve written a hundred course descriptions in my career, but over the past few months these paragraphs feel new and charged and vital. What does it mean to write in this time? To write of this time?…
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October 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We can write about it.