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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Learn, pitch, publish with us in Feb 2026! Registration is open for Pub Crawl, our online month-long publishing intensive. We sent out a helpful email with lots of the information you need earlier today. Check it out here: buff.ly/VdJB7ps
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We just opened up some more agent add-on meetings for those agents who were already sold out. Grab your Pub Crawl 2026 registration and book your agent meeting now!
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Pub Crawl - StoryStudio Chicago
Pub Crawl: An Online Publishing Intensive is curated by Artistic Director Rebecca Makkai as a month-long virtual Festival of literary talent.
www.storystudiochicago.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We just opened up some more agent add-on meetings for those agents who were already sold out. Grab your Pub Crawl 2026 registration and book your agent meeting now!
buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writingcommunity
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Pub Crawl 2026 registration is open! Come learn, pitch, publish with us online all of February 2026. Each evening, you'll get a new class or panel demystifying the crazy world of publishing.
Add-on Agent and Editor meetings available, too, but these are going quickly!
buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writers
Add-on Agent and Editor meetings available, too, but these are going quickly!
buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writers
Pub Crawl - StoryStudio Chicago
Pub Crawl: An Online Publishing Intensive is curated by Artistic Director Rebecca Makkai as a month-long virtual Festival of literary talent.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Pub Crawl 2026 registration is open! Come learn, pitch, publish with us online all of February 2026. Each evening, you'll get a new class or panel demystifying the crazy world of publishing.
Add-on Agent and Editor meetings available, too, but these are going quickly!
buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writers
Add-on Agent and Editor meetings available, too, but these are going quickly!
buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writers
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I cannot overstate what an inspiring, brilliant & empowering teacher-essayist @meganstielstra.bsky.social is. So if you have stories inside you that you are terrified of writing and/or feel like they are clawing their way out of you, you should probably join me in January.
LET'S GO 🖊🔥
LET'S GO 🖊🔥
Have you heard?! The force of nature that is @meganstielstra.bsky.social is teaching a four-session online class starting Jan 8. This class will give writers everything they need to know to write powerful personal essays that center the human experience.
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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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November 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I cannot overstate what an inspiring, brilliant & empowering teacher-essayist @meganstielstra.bsky.social is. So if you have stories inside you that you are terrified of writing and/or feel like they are clawing their way out of you, you should probably join me in January.
LET'S GO 🖊🔥
LET'S GO 🖊🔥
Take a workshop with the esteemed editor of Poetry Magazine, Adrian Matejka! Adrian is teaching an online Master Class for us on Dec. 8: "Developing Voice in Poems."
Register now for this two-hour class: buff.ly/wqxj9qC
#poetsofbluesky
Register now for this two-hour class: buff.ly/wqxj9qC
#poetsofbluesky
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 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Take a workshop with the esteemed editor of Poetry Magazine, Adrian Matejka! Adrian is teaching an online Master Class for us on Dec. 8: "Developing Voice in Poems."
Register now for this two-hour class: buff.ly/wqxj9qC
#poetsofbluesky
Register now for this two-hour class: buff.ly/wqxj9qC
#poetsofbluesky
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Let's make essays with Megan Stielstra!
Grab your spot in Megan's upcoming four-session online workshop "Urgency and the Personal Essay: Four Lessons on What to Say, How to Say it, Revision, and Submitting" -- begins January 8.
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#writingcommunity
Grab your spot in Megan's upcoming four-session online workshop "Urgency and the Personal Essay: Four Lessons on What to Say, How to Say it, Revision, and Submitting" -- begins January 8.
buff.ly/G34Glvd
#writingcommunity
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?…
www.storystudiochicago.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Let's make essays with Megan Stielstra!
Grab your spot in Megan's upcoming four-session online workshop "Urgency and the Personal Essay: Four Lessons on What to Say, How to Say it, Revision, and Submitting" -- begins January 8.
buff.ly/G34Glvd
#writingcommunity
Grab your spot in Megan's upcoming four-session online workshop "Urgency and the Personal Essay: Four Lessons on What to Say, How to Say it, Revision, and Submitting" -- begins January 8.
buff.ly/G34Glvd
#writingcommunity
Let's make essays with Megan Stielstra!
Grab your spot in Megan's upcoming four-session online workshop "Urgency and the Personal Essay: Four Lessons on What to Say, How to Say it, Revision, and Submitting" -- begins January 8.
buff.ly/G34Glvd
#writingcommunity
Grab your spot in Megan's upcoming four-session online workshop "Urgency and the Personal Essay: Four Lessons on What to Say, How to Say it, Revision, and Submitting" -- begins January 8.
buff.ly/G34Glvd
#writingcommunity
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?…
www.storystudiochicago.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Let's make essays with Megan Stielstra!
Grab your spot in Megan's upcoming four-session online workshop "Urgency and the Personal Essay: Four Lessons on What to Say, How to Say it, Revision, and Submitting" -- begins January 8.
buff.ly/G34Glvd
#writingcommunity
Grab your spot in Megan's upcoming four-session online workshop "Urgency and the Personal Essay: Four Lessons on What to Say, How to Say it, Revision, and Submitting" -- begins January 8.
buff.ly/G34Glvd
#writingcommunity
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We are so thrilled for @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social, who just won a National Book Award!! In 2023, @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social interviewed her about “Unshuttered” (@nupress.bsky.social), check it out as we celebrate her win in Chicago 🥳
chireviewofbooks.com/2023/03/13/u...
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Summoning the Past Through Words and Images: A Conversation with Patricia Smith About "Unshuttered" - Chicago Review of Books
A list of Patricia Smith’s achievements in poetry could take up much of this interview. A poet, playwright, essayist, educator and mentor, she’s deservedly won nearly every accolade and award, includi...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We are so thrilled for @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social, who just won a National Book Award!! In 2023, @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social interviewed her about “Unshuttered” (@nupress.bsky.social), check it out as we celebrate her win in Chicago 🥳
chireviewofbooks.com/2023/03/13/u...
chireviewofbooks.com/2023/03/13/u...
This one's for the procrastinators! 😆
Today's the last day to apply for 2026 online cohorts of Novel In A Year or Short Story Collection In A Year. The application only takes about 15 minutes and there's no fee. So you still have time!
Apply here: buff.ly/IfLETSe
#writingcommunity
Today's the last day to apply for 2026 online cohorts of Novel In A Year or Short Story Collection In A Year. The application only takes about 15 minutes and there's no fee. So you still have time!
Apply here: buff.ly/IfLETSe
#writingcommunity
In-A-Year Book Programs at StoryStudio Chicago - StoryStudio Chicago
IN-A-YEAR BOOK PROGRAMS Becoming an advanced writer takes a lot of hard work and dedication, and our “In A Year” programs are designed to help you cross the finish line… and…
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November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This one's for the procrastinators! 😆
Today's the last day to apply for 2026 online cohorts of Novel In A Year or Short Story Collection In A Year. The application only takes about 15 minutes and there's no fee. So you still have time!
Apply here: buff.ly/IfLETSe
#writingcommunity
Today's the last day to apply for 2026 online cohorts of Novel In A Year or Short Story Collection In A Year. The application only takes about 15 minutes and there's no fee. So you still have time!
Apply here: buff.ly/IfLETSe
#writingcommunity
"Writing Untamed Emotions" is a single-session online workshop Jan. 20 with instructor Kat Tang -- author of the brilliant debut novel FIVE-STAR STRANGER.
Kat will show how to harness scenes and emotions that don’t always “fit the script” in your writing.
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Kat will show how to harness scenes and emotions that don’t always “fit the script” in your writing.
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#writingcommunity
Writing Untamed Emotions with Kat Tang - StoryStudio Chicago
Learn how to harness scenes and emotions that don't always “fit the script" in your writing.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"Writing Untamed Emotions" is a single-session online workshop Jan. 20 with instructor Kat Tang -- author of the brilliant debut novel FIVE-STAR STRANGER.
Kat will show how to harness scenes and emotions that don’t always “fit the script” in your writing.
buff.ly/ethMRpK
#writingcommunity
Kat will show how to harness scenes and emotions that don’t always “fit the script” in your writing.
buff.ly/ethMRpK
#writingcommunity
On December 8, join poet Adrian Matejka for this two-hour online Master Class, "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/wqxj9qC
#poetsofbluesky
buff.ly/wqxj9qC
#poetsofbluesky
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
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
On December 8, join poet Adrian Matejka for this two-hour online Master Class, "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/wqxj9qC
#poetsofbluesky
buff.ly/wqxj9qC
#poetsofbluesky
The Agent and Editor add-on meetings for Pub Crawl 2025 are going quickly -- less than half are left! If you're interested, register for Pub Crawl and book your meeting now to ensure you still get your editor or agent meeting of choice!
buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writingcommunity
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November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Agent and Editor add-on meetings for Pub Crawl 2025 are going quickly -- less than half are left! If you're interested, register for Pub Crawl and book your meeting now to ensure you still get your editor or agent meeting of choice!
buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writingcommunity
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HUGE congrats to our former StoryBoard and PJ Seminar instructor Patricia Smith on winning the National Book Award last night for her poetry collection "The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems".
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The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems - National Book Foundation
The Intentions of Thunder gathers, for the first time, the essential work from across Patricia Smith’s career. Here, Smith’s poems, affixed with her remarkable gift of insight, present a rapturous…
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November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
HUGE congrats to our former StoryBoard and PJ Seminar instructor Patricia Smith on winning the National Book Award last night for her poetry collection "The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems".
buff.ly/9C9wCGu
buff.ly/9C9wCGu
Tomorrow is (for real this time) the LAST day to apply for 2026 Book In A Year programs. All 2026 programs are online. So get your application in before midnight 11/21, and make 2026 the year you write your book!
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#writersofbluesky
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November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Tomorrow is (for real this time) the LAST day to apply for 2026 Book In A Year programs. All 2026 programs are online. So get your application in before midnight 11/21, and make 2026 the year you write your book!
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#writersofbluesky
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Please join us this winter! ⛄️
Whether your fancy is online or in person, we have the 8-session Creative Writing Essentials class for you!
-- Online kicks off January 19 with Sarah Terez Rosenblum
-- In person starts February 17 with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
Register for these great classes now! buff.ly/mPerrQr
#writers
-- Online kicks off January 19 with Sarah Terez Rosenblum
-- In person starts February 17 with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
Register for these great classes now! buff.ly/mPerrQr
#writers
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Please join us this winter! ⛄️
Whether your fancy is online or in person, we have the 8-session Creative Writing Essentials class for you!
-- Online kicks off January 19 with Sarah Terez Rosenblum
-- In person starts February 17 with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
Register for these great classes now! buff.ly/mPerrQr
#writers
-- Online kicks off January 19 with Sarah Terez Rosenblum
-- In person starts February 17 with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
Register for these great classes now! buff.ly/mPerrQr
#writers
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Whether your fancy is online or in person, we have the 8-session Creative Writing Essentials class for you!
-- Online kicks off January 19 with Sarah Terez Rosenblum
-- In person starts February 17 with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
Register for these great classes now! buff.ly/mPerrQr
#writers
-- Online kicks off January 19 with Sarah Terez Rosenblum
-- In person starts February 17 with @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
Register for these great classes now! buff.ly/mPerrQr
#writers
If you were offline yesterday, here was our big announcement: Registration for Pub Crawl -- our annual online month-long publishing intensive -- is open! Learn, pitch, publish with us in February 2026!
Agent and editor add-on meetings are already going quickly!
buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writingcommunity
Agent and editor add-on meetings are already going quickly!
buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writingcommunity
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If you were offline yesterday, here was our big announcement: Registration for Pub Crawl -- our annual online month-long publishing intensive -- is open! Learn, pitch, publish with us in February 2026!
Agent and editor add-on meetings are already going quickly!
buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writingcommunity
Agent and editor add-on meetings are already going quickly!
buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writingcommunity
TRUE STORY!
Somehow in all the excitement over on the @storystudiochicago.bsky.social account, I didn’t manage to share this news (from a couple weeks ago) directly myself: We were awarded a $100,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation and could not be more excited 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
TRUE STORY!
For the evening crowd, today we opened registration for Pub Crawl, our online publishing intensive. Pub Crawl is a full month of classes and panels...and at just $235, is the best value in creative writing education!
Register now! buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writersoflbluesky
Register now! buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writersoflbluesky
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
For the evening crowd, today we opened registration for Pub Crawl, our online publishing intensive. Pub Crawl is a full month of classes and panels...and at just $235, is the best value in creative writing education!
Register now! buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writersoflbluesky
Register now! buff.ly/mDepC3N
#writersoflbluesky
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This is always a great event, providing valuable insights about the business side of writing.
Learn, pitch, publish with us in Feb 2026! Registration is open for Pub Crawl, our online month-long publishing intensive. We sent out a helpful email with lots of the information you need earlier today. Check it out here: buff.ly/VdJB7ps
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is always a great event, providing valuable insights about the business side of writing.
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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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Great event...check it out!
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 8:07 PM
Great event...check it out!
Learn, pitch, publish with us in Feb 2026! Registration is open for Pub Crawl, our online month-long publishing intensive. We sent out a helpful email with lots of the information you need earlier today. Check it out here: buff.ly/VdJB7ps
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Learn, pitch, publish with us in Feb 2026! Registration is open for Pub Crawl, our online month-long publishing intensive. We sent out a helpful email with lots of the information you need earlier today. Check it out here: buff.ly/VdJB7ps
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
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 4:30 PM
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
The long-time artistic director (now retired) of the Goodman Theater is teaching a class for us! Robert Falls' "The Actor’s Toolkit for Fiction and Memoir Writers" happens in-person, Thurs Dec. 18.
Grab your spot now, and break a leg!
Grab your spot now, and break a leg!
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 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The long-time artistic director (now retired) of the Goodman Theater is teaching a class for us! Robert Falls' "The Actor’s Toolkit for Fiction and Memoir Writers" happens in-person, Thurs Dec. 18.
Grab your spot now, and break a leg!
Grab your spot now, and break a leg!
ANNOUNCEMENT: Today, we're very excited to tell you that applications are open for our newest program: Write Where You Are. A three-month fellowship, Write Where You Are is a partnership with Lookingglass Theatre Company and led by instructor Dionna Griffin-Irons.
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT: Today, we're very excited to tell you that applications are open for our newest program: Write Where You Are. A three-month fellowship, Write Where You Are is a partnership with Lookingglass Theatre Company and led by instructor Dionna Griffin-Irons.