This winter I'm teaching Creative Writing Essentials Tues in-person at StoryStudio Chicago!
We're going to talk about prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, essay, all of it!
Let's explore what is creative writing, how do we do it, and maintain a practice.
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
We're going to talk about prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, essay, all of it!
Let's explore what is creative writing, how do we do it, and maintain a practice.
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
Creative Writing Essentials Winter 2026 with Cynthia Pelayo - StoryStudio Chicago
What is creative writing? What is storytelling? How does one even get started writing? How do I build a creative writing practice? And well, what is it that we even want to write? In this eight-week w...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This winter I'm teaching Creative Writing Essentials Tues in-person at StoryStudio Chicago!
We're going to talk about prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, essay, all of it!
Let's explore what is creative writing, how do we do it, and maintain a practice.
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
We're going to talk about prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, essay, all of it!
Let's explore what is creative writing, how do we do it, and maintain a practice.
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
StoryStudio has been awarded a MacArthur Foundation grant, which is amazing!
Did you also know I teach here? I’m teaching Creative Writing Essentials this winter. This class is in-person in #Chicago.
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
Did you also know I teach here? I’m teaching Creative Writing Essentials this winter. This class is in-person in #Chicago.
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
StoryStudio has been awarded a MacArthur Foundation grant, which is amazing!
Did you also know I teach here? I’m teaching Creative Writing Essentials this winter. This class is in-person in #Chicago.
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
Did you also know I teach here? I’m teaching Creative Writing Essentials this winter. This class is in-person in #Chicago.
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
This winter I’m teaching Creative Writing Essentials at StoryStudio Chicago!
Please join me! We’ll talk about all things writing 😊
Please join me! We’ll talk about all things writing 😊
Sure, it gets dark at 4:30 pm now, and normally that would make us morose, but it also means cozy season has officially arrived. And cozy season is for writing! Today, we're excited to announce the launch of our winter term of classes.
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#writingcommunity
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#writingcommunity
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This winter I’m teaching Creative Writing Essentials at StoryStudio Chicago!
Please join me! We’ll talk about all things writing 😊
Please join me! We’ll talk about all things writing 😊
Reminder: I’m teaching a Novel In A Year course at StoryStudio Chicago. The focus is on literature and not genre. However, don’t let that deter you. We will talk about the mechanics of a novel, plot, prose, theme, character development and scene construction.
We’ll draft a novel together.
We’ll draft a novel together.
You have just over three weeks left to get your applications in for our next Novel In A Year cohort. This one is IN PERSON with instructor @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social!
Apps close Feb. 14, but don't procrastinate. Do it now!
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Apps close Feb. 14, but don't procrastinate. Do it now!
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
January 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Reminder: I’m teaching a Novel In A Year course at StoryStudio Chicago. The focus is on literature and not genre. However, don’t let that deter you. We will talk about the mechanics of a novel, plot, prose, theme, character development and scene construction.
We’ll draft a novel together.
We’ll draft a novel together.
It’s a novel idea to sign up for @bhurley.bsky.social's novel class at StoryStudio! Craft talks, writing scenes & chapters—all to get your novel in good shape. 12 classes over 6 months, Zoom, starts 7/11!
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www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
Six-Month Spark: Plan and Build Your Novel with Blair Hurley - StoryStudio Chicago
Before you take the plunge for Novel in a Year, join us for the Six-Month Spark.
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July 9, 2024 at 2:22 PM
It’s a novel idea to sign up for @bhurley.bsky.social's novel class at StoryStudio! Craft talks, writing scenes & chapters—all to get your novel in good shape. 12 classes over 6 months, Zoom, starts 7/11!
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
But I also found StoryStudio in Chicago.
There's a masterclass in August.
😬😬😬😬
There's a masterclass in August.
😬😬😬😬
May 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
But I also found StoryStudio in Chicago.
There's a masterclass in August.
😬😬😬😬
There's a masterclass in August.
😬😬😬😬
"Life"
a typewriter haiku
by Jonah Radeke
from StoryStudio StoryBall
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a typewriter haiku
by Jonah Radeke
from StoryStudio StoryBall
poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com/post/7527238...
poemswhileyouwait
"Life" by Jonah Radeke -- StoryStudio StoryBall, 5.16.24
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June 8, 2024 at 1:48 PM
"Life"
a typewriter haiku
by Jonah Radeke
from StoryStudio StoryBall
poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com/post/7527238...
a typewriter haiku
by Jonah Radeke
from StoryStudio StoryBall
poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com/post/7527238...
January 5, 2024 at 4:06 PM
I wrote about short stuff — not anyone’s height, but a great Sudanese short story collection, a short story class I’m teaching for StoryStudio, and a fiction competition for Wildhouse Press…
September 24, 2024 at 7:48 PM
I wrote about short stuff — not anyone’s height, but a great Sudanese short story collection, a short story class I’m teaching for StoryStudio, and a fiction competition for Wildhouse Press…
Get ready to refresh your poetic skills with JoAnna Novak! In her StoryStudio class, you’ll focus on literary devices and investigate how writers incorporate them into narratives. One class, Aug 21, Zoom!
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PJ Seminar: Founded in Truth, Realized By Imagination - A Master Class on Poetic Craft in Fiction with JoAnna Novak - StoryStudio Chicago
This master class will focus on poetic elements like imagery, figurative language, repetition, and others, investigating how these writers incorporate them into narratives.
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August 15, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Get ready to refresh your poetic skills with JoAnna Novak! In her StoryStudio class, you’ll focus on literary devices and investigate how writers incorporate them into narratives. One class, Aug 21, Zoom!
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
Good morning, #AWP25!
Today we have FOUR authors scheduled to sign at our table. Check out the list below, and we hope to see you at T806!
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Today we have FOUR authors scheduled to sign at our table. Check out the list below, and we hope to see you at T806!
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March 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Good morning, #AWP25!
Today we have FOUR authors scheduled to sign at our table. Check out the list below, and we hope to see you at T806!
www.storystudiochicago.org/storystudio-...
Today we have FOUR authors scheduled to sign at our table. Check out the list below, and we hope to see you at T806!
www.storystudiochicago.org/storystudio-...
Monday, February 17th from 12:30-1:30 CT join me & StoryStudio for Genre Lunch: Sci-Fi/Fantasy with Cynthia Pelayo
Have lunch with your favorite genre! Join us for a short class & discussion on publishing Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
Can’t make it? There are many events!
www.storystudiochicago.org/pub-crawl/
Have lunch with your favorite genre! Join us for a short class & discussion on publishing Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
Can’t make it? There are many events!
www.storystudiochicago.org/pub-crawl/
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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January 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Monday, February 17th from 12:30-1:30 CT join me & StoryStudio for Genre Lunch: Sci-Fi/Fantasy with Cynthia Pelayo
Have lunch with your favorite genre! Join us for a short class & discussion on publishing Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
Can’t make it? There are many events!
www.storystudiochicago.org/pub-crawl/
Have lunch with your favorite genre! Join us for a short class & discussion on publishing Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
Can’t make it? There are many events!
www.storystudiochicago.org/pub-crawl/
🎶Work, work, work, work, work🎶—your characters should have something to do! And somewhere to be! Dionne Irving's StoryStudio class will teach you to write about work in a way that is interesting & engaging… One class, Sept 24, Zoom!
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www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
PJ Seminar: Get Your Characters a Job: A Master Class on Writing About Work with Dionne Irving - StoryStudio Chicago
In this 2-hour course, we will consider how to incorporate "work" into fiction and how to write about work in a way that is interesting end engaging.
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September 20, 2024 at 3:19 PM
🎶Work, work, work, work, work🎶—your characters should have something to do! And somewhere to be! Dionne Irving's StoryStudio class will teach you to write about work in a way that is interesting & engaging… One class, Sept 24, Zoom!
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
It’s here—my essay about being an adoptee in reunion! Grateful to @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social and @ovillalon.bsky.social for publishing it, @gaylebrandeis.bsky.social and my StoryStudio memoir group for workshopping it, and adopteetwitter for giving me the courage to tell my story. ❤️ to the butterflies.
November 17, 2023 at 2:25 PM
It’s here—my essay about being an adoptee in reunion! Grateful to @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social and @ovillalon.bsky.social for publishing it, @gaylebrandeis.bsky.social and my StoryStudio memoir group for workshopping it, and adopteetwitter for giving me the courage to tell my story. ❤️ to the butterflies.
StoryBall—@storystudiochicago.bsky.social's annual benefit gala/optional costume party—is just one week away and the StoryStudio team has been working hard to make it magical… Follow the yellow brick road to the link below and get your tickets today!
www.storystudiochicago.org/storyball/
www.storystudiochicago.org/storyball/
StoryBall – Our Annual Fundraiser!
Stories Matter Foundation is pleased to present our annual fundraising event, StoryBall, in-person for 2025.
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May 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
StoryBall—@storystudiochicago.bsky.social's annual benefit gala/optional costume party—is just one week away and the StoryStudio team has been working hard to make it magical… Follow the yellow brick road to the link below and get your tickets today!
www.storystudiochicago.org/storyball/
www.storystudiochicago.org/storyball/
You can find them at StoryStudio Chicago. After a roundtable, there will be a talk on writing flash fiction as well as recommended markets to submit to.
July 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
You can find them at StoryStudio Chicago. After a roundtable, there will be a talk on writing flash fiction as well as recommended markets to submit to.
—THIS WEEKEND —
StoryStudio Chicago Annual Writers Festival with Keynote speaker Mona Awad.
My workshop Saturday is titled:
From Inspiration to Words: Completing the Draft
I hope to see many of you there!
StoryStudio Chicago Annual Writers Festival with Keynote speaker Mona Awad.
My workshop Saturday is titled:
From Inspiration to Words: Completing the Draft
I hope to see many of you there!
Happy Friday, writers! If you've registered for Writers Festival, at this time next week, you'll be preparing for a weekend of writing, instruction, and FUN....AND this SWEET tote bag will be yours.
Not registered? Still plenty of time to grab a spot.
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Not registered? Still plenty of time to grab a spot.
www.storystudiochicago.org/storystudio-...
October 29, 2024 at 12:26 PM
—THIS WEEKEND —
StoryStudio Chicago Annual Writers Festival with Keynote speaker Mona Awad.
My workshop Saturday is titled:
From Inspiration to Words: Completing the Draft
I hope to see many of you there!
StoryStudio Chicago Annual Writers Festival with Keynote speaker Mona Awad.
My workshop Saturday is titled:
From Inspiration to Words: Completing the Draft
I hope to see many of you there!
Reminder, #writers! Applications for these scholarships are due Sept. 16 -- this is an IN-PERSON class at StoryStudio. We hope you can join us!
We're excited to tell you we have THREE full scholarships available for Queer Joy and Sensibilities with JP Solheim, a four-session in-person class starting 9/18.
Apply here by 9/16: buff.ly/blJ7Kaq
Apply here by 9/16: buff.ly/blJ7Kaq
September 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reminder, #writers! Applications for these scholarships are due Sept. 16 -- this is an IN-PERSON class at StoryStudio. We hope you can join us!
Peace, love, coming of age stories. Explore ‘em in Natalia Sylvester’s StoryStudio class through a lens of power and the contradictions of adolescence…one class, August 26, Zoom!
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www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
PJ Seminar: Pulling from Power and Powerlessness in YA to Unravel Plot with Natalia Sylvester - StoryStudio Chicago
In this generative class, we'll explore YA stories through the lens of power and the seeming contradictions of adolescence: its fearlessness and vulnerability, fragility and strength, independence and...
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August 16, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Peace, love, coming of age stories. Explore ‘em in Natalia Sylvester’s StoryStudio class through a lens of power and the contradictions of adolescence…one class, August 26, Zoom!
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
Get rid of writer’s block and take a new perspective on poetry with this multimedia workshop. Visual artists, poets, both, and neither are welcome!
This class with poet Ola Faleti is IN PERSON at StoryStudio on March 5.
#chicagowriters
This class with poet Ola Faleti is IN PERSON at StoryStudio on March 5.
#chicagowriters
Poetry and Play: A Multidisciplinary Approach with Ola Faleti - StoryStudio Chicago
Get rid of writer’s block and take a new perspective on poetry with this multimedia workshop. Visual artists, poets, both, and neither are welcome!
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February 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Get rid of writer’s block and take a new perspective on poetry with this multimedia workshop. Visual artists, poets, both, and neither are welcome!
This class with poet Ola Faleti is IN PERSON at StoryStudio on March 5.
#chicagowriters
This class with poet Ola Faleti is IN PERSON at StoryStudio on March 5.
#chicagowriters
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I’ve talked about teaching a novel in a year course for a long time and now it’s happening thanks to StoryStudio Chicago. Applications open now! Let’s write a novel.
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Novel in a Year: Speculative Fiction with Gabino Iglesias - StoryStudio Chicago
This is the year to write your novel Novel in a Year: Speculative Fiction is a unique opportunity to join a writing community, study novel craft, workshop key scenes, refine your craft, measure your p...
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June 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I’ve talked about teaching a novel in a year course for a long time and now it’s happening thanks to StoryStudio Chicago. Applications open now! Let’s write a novel.
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
Thank you! I will definitely look into Storystudio and try to sniff out a few of those indie bookstores!
April 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Thank you! I will definitely look into Storystudio and try to sniff out a few of those indie bookstores!