Cass Lewis
@writercasslewis.bsky.social
Award-winning #writer. Creative #writing instructor. Lover of empathy and critical thinking skills. Author of GRIEF CAMP (SFWP '27). CassandraLewis.com.
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We're thrilled to announce that from the 2025 Literary Awards Short List, we'll be publishing @writercasslewis.bsky.social's debut novel, GRIEF CAMP in Fall 2027!
Check out the Long and Short List: buff.ly/b2JkOrl
Get to know Cassandra Lewis: buff.ly/wO2KXA6
Check out the Long and Short List: buff.ly/b2JkOrl
Get to know Cassandra Lewis: buff.ly/wO2KXA6
I am so very excited about this news! Thank you for this great honor, @sfwp.bsky.social! Congratulations to all the #writers on the Long and Short Lists!
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And looking ahead to 2026, here are some of the climate court cases to watch
Including @greenpeace.nl's case with people from Bonaire against the Netherlands for lack of adequate climate targets and an adaptation plan – judgment due on 28 January
Including @greenpeace.nl's case with people from Bonaire against the Netherlands for lack of adequate climate targets and an adaptation plan – judgment due on 28 January
Ten climate litigation moments to look out for in 2026
1. Netherlands: Will court rule in favour of Bonaire islanders?
A group of Bonaire islanders, together with Greenpeace Nederland, filed a lawsuit against the Netherlands in early 2024, asking a court...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:05 AM
And looking ahead to 2026, here are some of the climate court cases to watch
Including @greenpeace.nl's case with people from Bonaire against the Netherlands for lack of adequate climate targets and an adaptation plan – judgment due on 28 January
Including @greenpeace.nl's case with people from Bonaire against the Netherlands for lack of adequate climate targets and an adaptation plan – judgment due on 28 January
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If you love nature and love animals, Archives of Joy is for you: www.themarginalian.org/2023/06/25/a...
January 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
If you love nature and love animals, Archives of Joy is for you: www.themarginalian.org/2023/06/25/a...
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The next 804 lit salon will be on January 17th in DC. You can register for the event below
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January 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The next 804 lit salon will be on January 17th in DC. You can register for the event below
www.eventbrite.com/e/804-lit-sa...
www.eventbrite.com/e/804-lit-sa...
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Howling Into the Wind: On 41 years of Writing About the Abuses of the Immigration System.
Daniel A. Olivas Considers America’s Seemingly Endless Demonization of Immigrants.
lithub.com/howling-into... #immigration #WritingCommunity #playwriting
Daniel A. Olivas Considers America’s Seemingly Endless Demonization of Immigrants.
lithub.com/howling-into... #immigration #WritingCommunity #playwriting
Howling Into the Wind: On 41 years of Writing About the Abuses of the Immigration System
Forty-one years ago, I was a 25-year-old third-year student at the UCLA School of Law when I wrote a piece for what was then called the Chicano Law Review in response to factory raids. Dubbed with …
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November 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Howling Into the Wind: On 41 years of Writing About the Abuses of the Immigration System.
Daniel A. Olivas Considers America’s Seemingly Endless Demonization of Immigrants.
lithub.com/howling-into... #immigration #WritingCommunity #playwriting
Daniel A. Olivas Considers America’s Seemingly Endless Demonization of Immigrants.
lithub.com/howling-into... #immigration #WritingCommunity #playwriting
Delighted that my personal essay was selected as a finalist in the nonfiction category of the 2026 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards competition!
This essay is included in No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, edited by @jennybartoy.bsky.social, forthcoming from @catapultbooks.bsky.social.
This essay is included in No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, edited by @jennybartoy.bsky.social, forthcoming from @catapultbooks.bsky.social.
January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Delighted that my personal essay was selected as a finalist in the nonfiction category of the 2026 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards competition!
This essay is included in No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, edited by @jennybartoy.bsky.social, forthcoming from @catapultbooks.bsky.social.
This essay is included in No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, edited by @jennybartoy.bsky.social, forthcoming from @catapultbooks.bsky.social.
I am so very excited about this news! Thank you for this great honor, @sfwp.bsky.social! Congratulations to all the #writers on the Long and Short Lists!
We're thrilled to announce that from the 2025 Literary Awards Short List, we'll be publishing @writercasslewis.bsky.social's debut novel, GRIEF CAMP in Fall 2027!
Check out the Long and Short List: buff.ly/b2JkOrl
Get to know Cassandra Lewis: buff.ly/wO2KXA6
Check out the Long and Short List: buff.ly/b2JkOrl
Get to know Cassandra Lewis: buff.ly/wO2KXA6
December 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I am so very excited about this news! Thank you for this great honor, @sfwp.bsky.social! Congratulations to all the #writers on the Long and Short Lists!
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December 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Only a few hours left donate in 2025. Each time you engage with our work, you help ensure these stories don’t fade into silence. But attention alone doesn’t fund the reporting.
Please consider making a year-end gift to support investigative journalism:
Please consider making a year-end gift to support investigative journalism:
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A nice New Year's Eve surprise! AFTER PEARL is a semifinalist for the Clue Award for Suspense/Thriller Fiction! tinyurl.com/5xk6c9f9. If you haven't read it, you can order it here: www.barnesandnoble.com/.../after-pe...
@sfwp.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social @ipgbook.bsky.social
@sfwp.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social @ipgbook.bsky.social
The 2025 Clue Semi-Finalists for Suspense/Thrillers | Chanticleer
The Semi-Finals for the Clue Awards in Thriller/Suspense are here! Like the tension at the end of a book, the lists are coming fast, and not everyone will survive!
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December 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A nice New Year's Eve surprise! AFTER PEARL is a semifinalist for the Clue Award for Suspense/Thriller Fiction! tinyurl.com/5xk6c9f9. If you haven't read it, you can order it here: www.barnesandnoble.com/.../after-pe...
@sfwp.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social @ipgbook.bsky.social
@sfwp.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social @ipgbook.bsky.social
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And another mention (also in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social) by the wonderful @rachellayown.bsky.social who has championed this book from the start and who also has a book coming out in 2026! 👀👀
The Best Debuts We Read in 2025 - Chicago Review of Books
A delectable selection of books from this year's first-time authors.
chireviewofbooks.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
And another mention (also in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social) by the wonderful @rachellayown.bsky.social who has championed this book from the start and who also has a book coming out in 2026! 👀👀
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Sharing a few more end-of-year mentions of No Offense! First up, this kickass list by @jenstjude.bsky.social, one of the best humans ever.
Over 100 Notable Debuts by Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Authors in 2025 - Chicago Review of Books
Here are the 2025 debuts by trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming authors you should know about.
chireviewofbooks.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Sharing a few more end-of-year mentions of No Offense! First up, this kickass list by @jenstjude.bsky.social, one of the best humans ever.
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Otters, oh! otters! More beauty from @orionmagazine.bsky.social
Have you ever seen an otter in winter? Join us on this miraculous sighting in Wales...
Read: orionmagazine.org/article/otte...
Art: 'The River Ballet' by Meg T. Justice. Linocut, 2022
Read: orionmagazine.org/article/otte...
Art: 'The River Ballet' by Meg T. Justice. Linocut, 2022
December 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Otters, oh! otters! More beauty from @orionmagazine.bsky.social
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The Fellowship
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The Fellowship - FINE ARTS WORK CENTER in Provincetown
Since its creation nearly 60 years ago, the Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship has become one of the leading residency programs in the world. Each year, the Work Center offers 20 seven-month residencie...
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December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Fellowship
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fawc.org/the-fellowsh...
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How to criticize with kindness – philosopher Daniel Dennett on the 4 steps to arguing intelligently www.themarginalian.org/2014/03/28/d...
How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently
“Just how charitable are you supposed to be when criticizing the views of an opponent?”
www.themarginalian.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
How to criticize with kindness – philosopher Daniel Dennett on the 4 steps to arguing intelligently www.themarginalian.org/2014/03/28/d...
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PEN America: Cancellation of 60 Minutes segment—reportedly because the Trump administration refused to be interviewed—represents an abandonment of "central principles of press freedom and independent news gathering."
Full statement: pen.org/press-releas... #60Minutes #Journalism #FreePress
Full statement: pen.org/press-releas... #60Minutes #Journalism #FreePress
After ‘60 Minutes’ Pulls Investigation on Deportations, PEN America Warns that Journalism Can’t Depend on Government Approval
The decision by Bari Weiss, the new CBS News editor in chief, to pull a “60 Minutes” segment on the deportation of Venezuelan migrants—reportedly because the Trump administration refused to be intervi...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
PEN America: Cancellation of 60 Minutes segment—reportedly because the Trump administration refused to be interviewed—represents an abandonment of "central principles of press freedom and independent news gathering."
Full statement: pen.org/press-releas... #60Minutes #Journalism #FreePress
Full statement: pen.org/press-releas... #60Minutes #Journalism #FreePress
I am so grateful to be included on the Short List! Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social! Congrats to all the finalists!
December 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I am so grateful to be included on the Short List! Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social! Congrats to all the finalists!
I am so very excited to announce that I have signed a book contract with SFWP! My debut novel, GRIEF CAMP, will be published in fall 2027!
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I am so very excited to announce that I have signed a book contract with SFWP! My debut novel, GRIEF CAMP, will be published in fall 2027!
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
I am so very excited that my fiction manuscript is included on the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards Short List! Congratulations to the other finalists. Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, and Deesha Philyaw, for this honor.
December 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I am so very excited that my fiction manuscript is included on the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards Short List! Congratulations to the other finalists. Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, and Deesha Philyaw, for this honor.
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Make sure to have you notifications for SFWP turned on as we'll be announcing the 2025 Literary Awards Program Short List this Saturday!
Check out the Long List right here if you haven't already. buff.ly/uftpTi6
Check out the Long List right here if you haven't already. buff.ly/uftpTi6
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Make sure to have you notifications for SFWP turned on as we'll be announcing the 2025 Literary Awards Program Short List this Saturday!
Check out the Long List right here if you haven't already. buff.ly/uftpTi6
Check out the Long List right here if you haven't already. buff.ly/uftpTi6
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The critically acclaimed novelist Dinaw Mengestu has been elected to the presidency of PEN America, the 103-year-old writers organization whose mission is to celebrate literature and defend freedom of expression.
More: pen.org/press-releas...
More: pen.org/press-releas...
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The critically acclaimed novelist Dinaw Mengestu has been elected to the presidency of PEN America, the 103-year-old writers organization whose mission is to celebrate literature and defend freedom of expression.
More: pen.org/press-releas...
More: pen.org/press-releas...
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John Green, Jodi Picoult Top PEN America's Banned Books List www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
John Green, Jodi Picoult Top PEN’s Banned Books List
A new report from PEN America, which rounds up the 52 most frequently banned books since 2021, shows schools across the country targeting titles related to race, LGBTQ+ identities, and sexual abuse, a...
www.publishersweekly.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
John Green, Jodi Picoult Top PEN America's Banned Books List www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Your tax-deductible donation could give writers and artists an opportunity to produce work at the SAFTA residency! Support a group of writers, a genre of writers, or more! Details at: sundresspublications.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/s...
Sundress offers new fellowship donation opportunity - The Sundress Blog
Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) is excited to offer a new opportunity for donors and artists to collaborate through our new Fund-a-Fellow program. SAFTA, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, is an...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Your tax-deductible donation could give writers and artists an opportunity to produce work at the SAFTA residency! Support a group of writers, a genre of writers, or more! Details at: sundresspublications.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/s...
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Really grateful to the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies, who've shared this poem today on their FB page...
This is a poem of loss, taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023)...
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Really grateful to the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies, who've shared this poem today on their FB page...
Thank you so very much, @sfwp.bsky.social, for this tremendous honor!
Congrats to the Finalists of the 2025 Literary Awards Program pt 1: Allison Landa, Mary Pacifico Curtis, @writercasslewis.bsky.social, @sudhab.bsky.social, Katja Bartholmess, Paul Haney, Kristen-Paige Madonia, Miriam Glassman, Oghenechovwe Ekpeki, Thomas Calder, & Alison Gadsby! buff.ly/W9BV5sP
December 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thank you so very much, @sfwp.bsky.social, for this tremendous honor!
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Literary journals, small presses, zines, these are the gifts we need all year.
I need to go through and update this, but if you’re looking for great gift ideas and the like I bet there are some great options in here
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December 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Literary journals, small presses, zines, these are the gifts we need all year.
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We're thrilled to share that the Long List for the 2025 Literary Awards Program is now live! buff.ly/W9BV5sP
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We're thrilled to share that the Long List for the 2025 Literary Awards Program is now live! buff.ly/W9BV5sP