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  • Fiction & Memoir First Aid (Session 4)
    Join us for private consultations: Fiction and Memoir First Aid! October 23, 2020, between 10 am and 5 p.m (Pacific) Private 15-Minute Appointments     $25 First-come first-served: appointments are limited. Quick fifteen-minute consultations will be offered on Zoom with some of… Read more

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  • Quarterly Roundup of New Alumni Books
    Books published by Alumni and Staff Authors in July – September, 2020. Congratulations to these Community of Writers Alums and staff members who have published books during the third quarter of 2020! We are thrilled to share their success with… Read more

  • Conversations from the Virtual Valley for Banned Books Week
    We are pleased to present another Conversation from the Virtual Valley with ALA and PEN America in celebration of Banned Books Week. For our second broadcast, we engage our commitment to intellectual freedom, free expression, free speech, and solidarity with… Read more

  • Literary Arts Emergency Fund Grant for the Community of Writers
    We are delighted to announce the Literary Arts Emergency Fund has provided the Community of Writers a grant for $15,000 to help us weather these difficult times. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the organizers of the… Read more

Featured Alumni News

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  • Jacquelyn Stolos
    Jacquelyn Stolos’ debut novel, Edendale, will be published by Creature Publishing on October 20, 2020.… Read more

  • Jessica O’Dwyer
    Her debut novel, Mother Mother, will be published by Loyola University’s Apprentice House Press on October 1, 2020.… Read more

  • Maria Espinosa
    Her latest novel, Suburban Souls, was published on October 15, 2020, by Tailwinds Press.… Read more

  • Kazim Ali
    His newest collection of poetry, The Voice of Sheila Chandra, was published by Alice James Books in October, 2020.… Read more

  • Sherah Bloor
    She is the new editor of Peripheries, a Journal of Word and Image published annually by the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School. The new 2020 issue includes work by Poetry Teaching Staff members,… Read more

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