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 💫
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!
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)
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 📝
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...
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 🏆
Spectacular NEOMFA poets El Bentivegna & Julia Cilano spotted at the @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival 👀👀
Come say hi 👋 we’re here til 4pm 📚
Come say hi 👋 we’re here til 4pm 📚
October 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Spectacular NEOMFA poets El Bentivegna & Julia Cilano spotted at the @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival 👀👀
Come say hi 👋 we’re here til 4pm 📚
Come say hi 👋 we’re here til 4pm 📚
Tonight at Last Exit Books in Kent, come hear words from fiction candidate Willow Campbell 🎙️🌈💫
October 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Tonight at Last Exit Books in Kent, come hear words from fiction candidate Willow Campbell 🎙️🌈💫
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 📝
October 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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 📝
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/...
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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/...
@lityoungstown.bsky.social kicks off this week with readings from @crayfishmag.bsky.social, featuring two current NEOMFA writers: Bella Kaufman & Julia Cilano 🦞🎙️📚
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...
October 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
@lityoungstown.bsky.social kicks off this week with readings from @crayfishmag.bsky.social, featuring two current NEOMFA writers: Bella Kaufman & Julia Cilano 🦞🎙️📚
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...
Check out the NEOMFA contributors to @crayfishmag.bsky.social's second issue, 🚀 FUTURES 🚀
📵 fiction from Alexandra Salata (Kent '24)
🔥 poetry from Olivia Mirmohamed (Kent '26)
🛰️ guest-editing from Isaiah Hunt (Kent '22)
Read it all: www.crayfishmag.com/number-two-c...
📵 fiction from Alexandra Salata (Kent '24)
🔥 poetry from Olivia Mirmohamed (Kent '26)
🛰️ guest-editing from Isaiah Hunt (Kent '22)
Read it all: www.crayfishmag.com/number-two-c...
October 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Check out the NEOMFA contributors to @crayfishmag.bsky.social's second issue, 🚀 FUTURES 🚀
📵 fiction from Alexandra Salata (Kent '24)
🔥 poetry from Olivia Mirmohamed (Kent '26)
🛰️ guest-editing from Isaiah Hunt (Kent '22)
Read it all: www.crayfishmag.com/number-two-c...
📵 fiction from Alexandra Salata (Kent '24)
🔥 poetry from Olivia Mirmohamed (Kent '26)
🛰️ guest-editing from Isaiah Hunt (Kent '22)
Read it all: www.crayfishmag.com/number-two-c...
New prose poem from @marybid.bsky.social out now at @thimblelitmag.bsky.social ❤️🩹
Read here: www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/07/21/e...
Read here: www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/07/21/e...
October 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New prose poem from @marybid.bsky.social out now at @thimblelitmag.bsky.social ❤️🩹
Read here: www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/07/21/e...
Read here: www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/07/21/e...
One week left to check out "The Art of Seeing: Reflections on Art through Poetry" at the Kent School of Art, featuring poetics from several current students & alum.
Pictured is Lauren Merry Vale, class of 2013, poet & associate professor at KSU.
Learn more: www.kent.edu/art/news/art...
Pictured is Lauren Merry Vale, class of 2013, poet & associate professor at KSU.
Learn more: www.kent.edu/art/news/art...
October 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
One week left to check out "The Art of Seeing: Reflections on Art through Poetry" at the Kent School of Art, featuring poetics from several current students & alum.
Pictured is Lauren Merry Vale, class of 2013, poet & associate professor at KSU.
Learn more: www.kent.edu/art/news/art...
Pictured is Lauren Merry Vale, class of 2013, poet & associate professor at KSU.
Learn more: www.kent.edu/art/news/art...
New poem - "Another Round" - from poetry candidate Corey Miller (CSU) in the Fall 2025 issue of The Potomac Review 💫
mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacrevie...
mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacrevie...
September 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New poem - "Another Round" - from poetry candidate Corey Miller (CSU) in the Fall 2025 issue of The Potomac Review 💫
mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacrevie...
mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacrevie...
🚨Pub Alert🚨
New chapbook, "Crossing the Line," from alum Dan Dorman (poetry, CSU '17), out with Bottlecap Press 💫
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New chapbook, "Crossing the Line," from alum Dan Dorman (poetry, CSU '17), out with Bottlecap Press 💫
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September 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🚨Pub Alert🚨
New chapbook, "Crossing the Line," from alum Dan Dorman (poetry, CSU '17), out with Bottlecap Press 💫
bottlecap.press/products/cro...
New chapbook, "Crossing the Line," from alum Dan Dorman (poetry, CSU '17), out with Bottlecap Press 💫
bottlecap.press/products/cro...
Mark your 🗓️
September 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Mark your 🗓️
September 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Events begin tonight 🌿
September 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Events begin tonight 🌿