Mason Creative Writing - GMU

Writers! Are you ready to make the leap to an MFA in Creative Writing program? Come check out our annual Online Open House. RSVP here: https://creativewriting.gmu.edu/events/17618

MFA student Michaela Godding and professor Sally Keith are among the writers at Fox City Lit’s Autumn Reading, Saturday, October 18, at 2 p.m. at Kelly’s Oyster House, 4069 Chain Bridge Road, in Fairfax. And check out this new interview with Fox City Lit’s founders, including English Department professors Michael Don, Billy Howell, and Liz Paul https://english.gmu.edu/articles/22693

In the Company of Laureates will be returning for two days of workshops and readings October 11-12, 2025. Find more information at https://www.thepoetlaureatecircle.org

Professor Sally Keith and MFA alum Sam Ashworth will be part of the first-ever (and perhaps first annual?) Foggy Bottom Book Crawl this Sunday, September 21—a chance to “discover D.C.’s vibrant literary scene through live readings, engaging Q&As, meet and greet opportunities, and thoughtful conversations spanning history, fiction, poetry, memoir, and more.”

Details are here: https://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/first-ever-foggy-bottom-book-crawl-debuts-sept-21-nodx

phoebe and So To Speak journals are hosting their annual Submit-a-Thon next week. Their goal is to make the literary journal submission process more transparent and to write, revise, and submit pieces while building a writerly community!

The event will take place on Friday, September 26, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Submit-a-Thon is open to both undergrads and graduate students.

RSVP here: https://mason360.gmu.edu/SoToSpeak/rsvp_boot?id=2287792

Co-sponsored by The Alan Cheuse International Writers Center, The Global South Hub, and the Women and Gender Studies Program at GMU. In celebrating the publication of Sleeping in the Courtyard, join us for a conversation with authors Holly Mason Badra and Meryem Uzumcu about the collection’s process, content, and impact. They will explore topics related to erasure, gender, literary visibility, and more.
Coffee/tea provided in person, Horizon Hall 6325 (GMU Fairfax, 4400 University Dr Fairfax VA 22030). There will be a Q&A at the end. The event is hybrid (with our authors appearing in person), with the option to attend in person or on zoom (link emailed upon registration). Attendees will receive a discount code from the press to order the book if they choose. Register here: https://chr.gmu.edu/events/17129

Three Mason MFA alums, Jessika Bouvier, Kara Crawford, and Connor Harding, have founded their own literary magazine. Chatterbox! is a digital literary publication dedicated to lengthy fiction. They consider themselves a rebellion against the shortening attention span of readers, as well as the current pacing trends of popular short fiction. Every month, they publish one piece between 4,000 and 10,000 words. GMU students and alumni are welcome to submit when they open on September 1. You can learn more on their website https://www.chatterboxlit.com/

The final visiting writer in the Spring 2025 Visiting Writers series is Sam Ashworth! He'll be visiting on Thursday, April 24th, and the event will be held at 7:30 in the Fenwick Library Reading Room. Visit https://creativewriting.gmu.edu/events/16988 for more information!

The God of the Woods: An Evening with Mystery Writer Liz Moore Best selling mystery writer Liz Moore’s will keep you on the edge of your seat as she discusses her new thriller, The God of the Woods.

The final writer in the Fall 2024 Visiting Writers Series is poet Don Mee Choi this Thursday, November 21! The reading and conversation will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Fenwick Library Reading Room.

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Visiting Writer Don Mee Choi (Poetry) Thursday, November 21, 2024 7:30 PM EST: Don Mee Choi is the author of the KOR-US trilogy: Mirror Nation (Wave Books, 2024), the National Book...