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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 >

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All Seven by Scott Kenimond Seven versions of you walk into a bar, all pretending not to look for him. You drink what you always drink. You say what you always say.Someone touches your arm. Someone who isn’t him, and you let …

New work from UA poetry candidate Scott Kenimond 🗡️🗡️🗡️

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04.08.2025 12:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One week since Riff’s… See you at the next one 🗣️🎵🎤

02.08.2025 13:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Everyone Bowed Their Head and Prayed for God’s Blessing Mary Biddinger   A convent childhood can be peaceful, my godmother waxed, the same way an empty field can be a bed, a bowl of snow a meal. Beauty was an acre of frozen leaves. Desire lived und…

New prose poem — ‘Everyone Bowed Their Head And Prayed For God’s Blessing’ — from our inimitable Program Director @marybid.bsky.social in the latest issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social 🙏⭐️

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01.08.2025 13:55 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Congratulations to alum Zach Peckham on his appointment as the Jennifer Jahrling Forese Writer-in-Residence at @colbycollege.bsky.social ✨

He’ll he missed here in NEO, but we wish him all the best in his northward journey and look forward to seeing what he does at Colby.

31.07.2025 14:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

TONIGHT!

26.07.2025 12:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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So many NEOMFA contributors in this issue 😍

25.07.2025 14:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Books Launching in July 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses Support independent literary publishers by picking a read from the list below, which features new books forthcoming in July 2025 from CLMP members.   Preverbal by Carroll Beauvais Lit Fox Books | July...

@marybid.bsky.social ‘s new novella-in-flash, ‘The Girl with the Black Lipstick,’ recently featured on @clmporg.bsky.social ‘s July roundup:

www.clmp.org/news/books-l...

24.07.2025 15:37 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Congratulations to alum Joseph Lewis on the publication of his debut horror novel, ‘The Girl Who Walked on Ice,’ out from Banyam Books. Such a pleasure to see a student’s thesis enter the world in print ✍️📚🍾

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22.07.2025 18:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This week! See you there.

21.07.2025 13:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Unbroken | Issue 46 | Summer 2025 Prose poems for y'all.

Read the latest from Program Director @marybid.bsky.social — new prose poetry at Unbroken Journal 📝💜

www.theunjournals.com/unbroken46bd...

19.07.2025 12:35 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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An ecstatic & ekphrastic evening with Poetry candidate El Bentivegna & friends from @heightsarts.bsky.social for “Ekphrastacy: Visions in Monochrome”

We 💜 our literary scene; thanks to everyone who helped put yesterday’s event together.

18.07.2025 13:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tonight!!!!! See you there.

17.07.2025 13:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Poetry MFA candidate Michelle Duke spent a high-summer week at the @kenyonreview.bsky.social Writers Workshop, making literary connections & pushing her work into more vulnerable spaces. Can’t wait to read what she wrote there 💜

16.07.2025 16:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Join alum poet Carrie George tonight in Akron for the launch of her new chapbook, “Unbecoming,” winner of the 2024 Flume Press Chapbook Contest. She’ll be joined by a cast of local poets & alum at one of our favorite NEO venues 🎤📝🎵☕️

See you there!

11.07.2025 12:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Girl with the Black Lipstick - Black Lawrence Press | Black Lawrence Press Against the backdrop of a boozy, restless late-90s Chicago, creative writing graduate student Mary Van Pelt and her eccentric roommate navigate the collision between party life, domestic harmony, and ...

RELEASE DAY! Faculty member & Program Director @marybid.bsky.social ‘s new novella of the 90s is out today from @blacklawrence.bsky.social

blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-gi...

08.07.2025 13:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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No One Knows Their Blood Type — Cleveland State University Poetry Center Fiction | Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, Translated by Hazem Jamjoum | October 2024 979-8-9897084-1-3 150 pgs

Read CSU Poetry Center’s “No One Knows Their Blood Type” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, longlisted for the 2025 Palestine Book Award:

www.csupoetrycenter.com/books/no-one...

05.07.2025 12:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Playwriting faculty Mike Geither & current poetry candidate Kristen Tetzmann traveled to Mi’kmaq territory, PEI, to lead an eco-writing workshop this June with River Clyde Arts. Participants generated material around themes of climate change and activism, with a bonus birding excursion led by Mike.

03.07.2025 14:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Join us in celebrating the publication of ‘22 alum Carrie George’s chapbook, “Unbecoming,” winner of Flume Press’s 2024 Chapbook Contest 🎉 🎉🎉

02.07.2025 13:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Ekphrastacy: "Visions in Monochrome" & Spotlight: Nicole Condon-Shih Join us at Ekphrastacy where artists talk and poets respond to our most current exhibitions. It is a popular event so reserve your seat!

Current poetry MFA candidate El Bentivegna will be featured along with other local poets at “Ekphrastacy: Visions in Monochrome,” hosted by Heights Arts on Thursday, July 17th. 🖤🤍

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Tonight, folks!

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CSU Poetry Center’s recent translation, “No One Knows Their Blood Type,” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat and the collection “Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry,” edited by alum Noor Hindi, have both been long listed for the Palestine Book Award.

Congrats to our program friends & family ✨✨✨

23.06.2025 15:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Former faculty member Christopher Barzak's novella, "A Voice Calling," has been nominated for a 2025 Shirley Jackson Award!

Congratulations, Chris!

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10.06.2025 14:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Faculty member Hilary Plum's new novel "State Champ" from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social reviewed in the NYT!

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/b...

#statechamp #newyorktimes #bookreviews #heartbeatbill #protestnovel #newfiction

04.06.2025 14:51 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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In Praise of Poetry About Bugs Poetry and bugs should be thought of more often together. My friend, the poet Sara Nicholson, once told me she thought “ants deserve more poems.” But ants have a poetic pedigree worth t…

Great picnic read 🐜 from @literaryhub.bsky.social
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03.06.2025 13:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Class of '22 alum Isaiah Hunt guest-editing @crayfishmag.bsky.social 's upcoming FUTURES issue 🚀🚀🚀

30.05.2025 13:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Join @uakronpress.bsky.social next month on June 26, 4pm for readings by Jess Smith, Sarah Green, & Jennifer Moore 🎤📖✒️🎵

28.05.2025 13:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Read an excerpt (@clereviewbooks.bsky.social) from faculty member Hilary Plum's new novel "State Champ," which came out May 13th from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/stat...

23.05.2025 18:50 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The Girl with the Black Lipstick - Black Lawrence Press | Black Lawrence Press Against the backdrop of a boozy, restless late-90s Chicago, creative writing graduate student Mary Van Pelt and her eccentric roommate navigate the collision between party life, domestic harmony, and ...

Celebrate #WorldGothDay by pre-ordering our Program Director & faculty member Mary Biddinger's upcoming novella, "The Girl with the Black Lipstick," out 8 July 2025:
blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-gi...

22.05.2025 15:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Why does every film and TV series seem to have the same plot? | Aeon Essays The three-act ‘hero’s journey’ has long been the most prominent kind of story. What other tales are there to tell?

Why not end your evening with this thoughtful essay on storytelling: aeon.co/essays/why-d...

22.05.2025 01:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Congrats to Hilary Plum​ on the release of "State Champ​." This new novel "cuts through the political rhetoric to explore the relationship between bodily autonomy & real freedom." Described as “ferocious, hilarious, slippery, & wise," ​it's on sale now @ bloomsbury.com!

15.05.2025 15:40 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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