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@jencoffeen.bsky.social
Events Director (StoryStudio Chicago) Writer (Pushcart Nominated flash fiction/ short stories, romance novels with Wild Rose Press), Co-host of the Creepy History Podcast. https://creepyhistory.buzzsprout.com/
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Wanna get published? This is the best way to learn how!
ANNOUNCING! Pub Crawl 2026 is open for Early Bird registration! Come learn, pitch, publish with us in February 2026 at our month-long ONLINE publishing intensive designed to hone your craft, learn about world of publishing, and get you published!
Reg and more info here: buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writers
Reg and more info here: buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writers
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Wanna get published? This is the best way to learn how!
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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.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Stories Matter Foundation, through StoryStudio Chicago, The Chicago Stories Project, and the Chicago Review of Books, stands in solidarity with immigrant communities in Chicago and beyond. Please read the statement written by @storystudiochicago.bsky.social.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/30/s...
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/30/s...
Stories Matter Foundation Statement on Social Justice - Chicago Review of Books
Stories Matter Foundation, through StoryStudio Chicago, The Chicago Stories Project, and the Chicago Review of Books, stands in solidarity with immigrant communities in Chicago and beyond. We condemn ...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Stories Matter Foundation, through StoryStudio Chicago, The Chicago Stories Project, and the Chicago Review of Books, stands in solidarity with immigrant communities in Chicago and beyond. Please read the statement written by @storystudiochicago.bsky.social.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/30/s...
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/30/s...
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Two live classes down, two to go (and number 3 is tonight), and you can stream them all like I'm a Netflix series!
A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago
Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round b...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Two live classes down, two to go (and number 3 is tonight), and you can stream them all like I'm a Netflix series!
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Woooohoooo! We love hanging out with you all at Begyle Brewing so much, we just scheduled our next FREE Write-Out. This one happens Monday Oct. 27 and registration is now open.
Come write with us!
www.storystudiochicago.org/write-ins-wi...
Come write with us!
www.storystudiochicago.org/write-ins-wi...
October 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Woooohoooo! We love hanging out with you all at Begyle Brewing so much, we just scheduled our next FREE Write-Out. This one happens Monday Oct. 27 and registration is now open.
Come write with us!
www.storystudiochicago.org/write-ins-wi...
Come write with us!
www.storystudiochicago.org/write-ins-wi...
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HUGE CONGRATS!
This is so well-deserved!
This is so well-deserved!
We are absolutely THRILLED to announce the 2025 winner of the Adam Morgan Literary Leadership Award is @samiraahmed.bsky.social!!! As a national leader of Authors Against Book Bans, Samira uses activism to combat censorship, and we are so grateful for the work she does.
October 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
HUGE CONGRATS!
This is so well-deserved!
This is so well-deserved!
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We know it's Sunday, but make tomorrow a "Monday Funday!" 😎
Sign up for @bcdreyer.social's four-session, online class and learn about "America's Copy Editor's" capacious bag of copyediting tricks (like why "copy editor" is two words, but "copyediting" is one word 😅).
buff.ly/NySnNMS
#writers
Sign up for @bcdreyer.social's four-session, online class and learn about "America's Copy Editor's" capacious bag of copyediting tricks (like why "copy editor" is two words, but "copyediting" is one word 😅).
buff.ly/NySnNMS
#writers
A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago
Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round…
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October 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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We are so thrilled to announce the shortlist for 2025 CHIRBys!!! Congratulations to all of our finalists 🥳🥳🥳
October 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We are so thrilled to announce the shortlist for 2025 CHIRBys!!! Congratulations to all of our finalists 🥳🥳🥳
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
We are so thrilled to announce the shortlist for 2025 CHIRBys!!! Congratulations to all of our finalists 🥳🥳🥳
October 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
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If you’re not a procrastinator, are you even a writer? 😂
But maybe now is the time!
👇👇👇
But maybe now is the time!
👇👇👇
I know that people sign up for these things at the last minute, and the last minute is nearly upon us, so...
A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago
Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round b...
www.storystudiochicago.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If you’re not a procrastinator, are you even a writer? 😂
But maybe now is the time!
👇👇👇
But maybe now is the time!
👇👇👇
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Oh, hey, opening night is a week from today!
A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago
Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round b...
www.storystudiochicago.org
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Oh, hey, opening night is a week from today!
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Plans tonight? Check out this awesome book event -- writer Peter Mountford, author of the new short story collection DETONATOR, will be in conversation with our Artistic Director @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social at Book Cellar at 7pm.
More info and RSVP here: www.bookcellarinc.com/peter-mountf...
More info and RSVP here: www.bookcellarinc.com/peter-mountf...
Peter Mountford, "Detonator" in conversation with Rebecca Makkai | The Book Cellar
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September 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Plans tonight? Check out this awesome book event -- writer Peter Mountford, author of the new short story collection DETONATOR, will be in conversation with our Artistic Director @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social at Book Cellar at 7pm.
More info and RSVP here: www.bookcellarinc.com/peter-mountf...
More info and RSVP here: www.bookcellarinc.com/peter-mountf...
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There are still a few spots (but only A FEW) in @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social's class on choosing the best POV for your fiction.
This class is TONIGHT!
It's two hours, online, beginning at 7 pm CT. Don't miss it.
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
#writingcommunity
This class is TONIGHT!
It's two hours, online, beginning at 7 pm CT. Don't miss it.
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
#writingcommunity
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Deciding the Best Point of View for Our Fiction with Chris Bohjalian - StoryStudio Chicago
Choosing our perspective—or choosing to have multiple perspectives—is, perhaps, the first decision we make when we start a novel or short story.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
There are still a few spots (but only A FEW) in @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social's class on choosing the best POV for your fiction.
This class is TONIGHT!
It's two hours, online, beginning at 7 pm CT. Don't miss it.
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
#writingcommunity
This class is TONIGHT!
It's two hours, online, beginning at 7 pm CT. Don't miss it.
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
#writingcommunity
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🎶Start spreading the news 🎶 We can’t wait to announce the 2025 CHIRBy shortlists in just TWO DAYS 🥳
September 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Registration is now OPEN for our next retreat at beautiful Ragdale.
The retreat happens January 18-23 with instructor @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
The theme for the week-long retreat is: "The Creative Way: A Week of Creative Restoration"
Book your spot now: buff.ly/RMr4PYY
The retreat happens January 18-23 with instructor @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
The theme for the week-long retreat is: "The Creative Way: A Week of Creative Restoration"
Book your spot now: buff.ly/RMr4PYY
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Registration is now OPEN for our next retreat at beautiful Ragdale.
The retreat happens January 18-23 with instructor @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
The theme for the week-long retreat is: "The Creative Way: A Week of Creative Restoration"
Book your spot now: buff.ly/RMr4PYY
The retreat happens January 18-23 with instructor @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
The theme for the week-long retreat is: "The Creative Way: A Week of Creative Restoration"
Book your spot now: buff.ly/RMr4PYY
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Today's affirmation. KEEP GOING, WRITERS!
The world needs your art.
The world needs your art.
You’re going to get a lot of rejections and agents will ignore your emails and there will be naysayers around every corner and you’ll get 1-star reviews that are attacks instead of reviews. None of that matters. Keep going. Stay focused. Put in the work. Don’t quit. Go write.
September 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Today's affirmation. KEEP GOING, WRITERS!
The world needs your art.
The world needs your art.
Scholarships available for this @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class!
Reminder, #writers! Applications for these scholarships are due Sept. 16 -- this is an IN-PERSON class at StoryStudio. We hope you can join us!
We're excited to tell you we have THREE full scholarships available for Queer Joy and Sensibilities with JP Solheim, a four-session in-person class starting 9/18.
Apply here by 9/16: buff.ly/blJ7Kaq
Apply here by 9/16: buff.ly/blJ7Kaq
September 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Scholarships available for this @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class!
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Lots to look forward to in September, book-wise -- including instructor Lara Ehrlich's new novel BIND ME TIGHTER STILL and @jasondiamond.bsky.social's Chicago-set debut, KAPLAN'S PLOT. @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social has the full list here: chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/02/1...
#books
#booksky
#books
#booksky
12 Must-Read Books of September 2025 - Chicago Review of Books
Here are the 12 books you need to read this September.
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September 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Lots to look forward to in September, book-wise -- including instructor Lara Ehrlich's new novel BIND ME TIGHTER STILL and @jasondiamond.bsky.social's Chicago-set debut, KAPLAN'S PLOT. @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social has the full list here: chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/02/1...
#books
#booksky
#books
#booksky
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Oh, hey, have you signed up yet for my @storystudiochicago.bsky.social online copyediting (but not just copyediting) series?
It's going to be, if I say so myself, super-duper fun.
It's going to be, if I say so myself, super-duper fun.
A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago
Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round b...
www.storystudiochicago.org
September 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Oh, hey, have you signed up yet for my @storystudiochicago.bsky.social online copyediting (but not just copyediting) series?
It's going to be, if I say so myself, super-duper fun.
It's going to be, if I say so myself, super-duper fun.
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Seriously, this is your sign to devote the weekend to your writing! 🪧 👈
We're just FOUR days away from this year's StoryBoard Festival at the Newberry Library. Tickets (though not many!) still remain. Get yours today, and join us for two days of classes, panels, social events, and fun.
buff.ly/lK15NQp
#writersofbluesky
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#writersofbluesky
StoryBoard Festival - StoryStudio Chicago
The StoryBoard Festival will be in-person at the Newberry Library on August 16 & 17, 2025. Tickets on sale now.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Seriously, this is your sign to devote the weekend to your writing! 🪧 👈
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*21 😄
Time is...FLYING! It's now just 22 days until the StoryBoard Festival. Do you have your ticket?
You can buy the bundle for the whole weekend, or just Saturday (about craft -- also with cocktail reception and free lunch), or just Sunday (about publishing with agent panel).
buff.ly/4Dr2xML
You can buy the bundle for the whole weekend, or just Saturday (about craft -- also with cocktail reception and free lunch), or just Sunday (about publishing with agent panel).
buff.ly/4Dr2xML
July 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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ANOTHER NEW EVENT ALERT 😀: On Thursday, August 14 at 6:30 pm CT, please join us at @roscoebooks.bsky.social (2142 W. Roscoe St.) at 6:30 pm CT for our StoryBoard Fellows Reading. Hear each of our esteemed StoryBoard Fellows read work. This is a free event and no need to register.
July 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ANOTHER NEW EVENT ALERT 😀: On Thursday, August 14 at 6:30 pm CT, please join us at @roscoebooks.bsky.social (2142 W. Roscoe St.) at 6:30 pm CT for our StoryBoard Fellows Reading. Hear each of our esteemed StoryBoard Fellows read work. This is a free event and no need to register.
Congrats @michaelzapata.bsky.social !
We are OVER THE MOON for Chicago's @michaelzapata.bsky.social who just won the Inaugural DAG Prize for Literature!!! 🥳🥳🥳 Read all about it below!!
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/07/22/m...
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Michael Zapata Wins Inaugural DAG Prize for Literature - Chicago Review of Books
The DAG Foundation announced today that Michael Zapata has won the inaugural DAG Prize for literature! The DAG Prize was founded by Alyssa and Douglas Graham, working musicians who perform together as...
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July 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Congrats @michaelzapata.bsky.social !
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@storystudiochicago.bsky.social’s annual Writers Festival has evolved into something exciting and new this year, and I wrote about the TOP SIX differences. You won’t believe #4!!
(You will actually totally believe #4.)
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(You will actually totally believe #4.)
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A Special Invitation from Rebecca Makkai
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July 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
@storystudiochicago.bsky.social’s annual Writers Festival has evolved into something exciting and new this year, and I wrote about the TOP SIX differences. You won’t believe #4!!
(You will actually totally believe #4.)
mailchi.mp/storystudioc...
(You will actually totally believe #4.)
mailchi.mp/storystudioc...