Dave Essinger

Author of Running Out and This World and the Next @MainStreetRag, Faculty @UFindlay, Editor @SlipperyElmLJ. Wittier on Strava, same handle on bsky.

[Dave Essinger @DaveEssinger]

Calling all NW Ohio Creative Writers!
We're offering a free one-day workshop for students and community members writing in Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Horror, and more, on June 27th.
More info: https://t.co/GSHP0G1JaT

Email [email protected] to register.

Please share!

[AWP @awpwriter]

Congratulations to the 2026 winners of the AWP Intro Journals Project! Visit our website for a list of all winners—selected by Christina Rivera, @gxldengxl, and Han VanderHart—and where their winning pieces will be published! https://t.co/7P8Em7nDnY

[ArtButMakeItNow @artbutnow]

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon

[David Leavitt 🎲🎮🧙‍♂️🌈 @DavidLeavitt]

Pretty fucking savage post from the Choose Your Own Adventure brand account

#25thAmendment

[Jon Lovett @jonlovett]

In a surprise twist, the Epstein files released the attorney general.

[Dave Essinger @DaveEssinger]

@oliviacarter321 Oh, my next after that was a big departure, dystopian SF. And it looks like you're writing Romantasy? I'm all for more support for all of us writing genre work!

[Dave Essinger @DaveEssinger]

Looking for a unique Xmas gift for someone who runs and/or reads? Can I suggest a signed copy of my novel about ultrarunning, Running Out?

https://t.co/ksTuVQiERl

For a signed copy, email me at [email protected] for a discount off cover price. Thanks!

[Dave Essinger @DaveEssinger]

@oliviacarter321 Thanks! I actually may have had the most fun with the research. The ultrarunning lore, obviously, but also the biochem, and what actually happens in the body while running for a very long time. The latter was not my field at all, but fascinating to learn.

[Dave Essinger @DaveEssinger]

OK! Who wants to come work with me? @ufindlay is hiring for someone to teach Creative Writing and Technical Communication.

https://t.co/Pk4LcVkO50

[Dave Essinger @DaveEssinger]

Peak #awp26

[Slippery Elm @SlipperyElmLJ]

Slippery Elm is off to #AWP26! Come see us at T839 in the Book Fair!

[Dave Essinger @DaveEssinger]

It's almost #AWP26!
I'll be presenting on "A Psalm for the Wild Teacher: Building Genre Fiction Workshops That Inspire" Thurs 10:35, signing books at @MainStreetRag T749 2:30-4 that afternoon, hanging out at @SlipperyElmLJ T839 the rest of the afternoons, and at large in B-more!

[Gramps @GrandpaHarris65]

1978…
Willie Nelson releases the song, “Mama’s don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys.”

18 years later in 1996…
Paula Cole releases the song, “Where have all the cowboys gone?”

I’m not blaming Willie, I’m just saying it’s weird.

[Dave Essinger @DaveEssinger]

I'm looking forward to teaching this craft talk and mini-workshop on "Genre and Worldbuilding in Fiction" March 10, in Zoom for @litcleveland!

6:30-8:30pm, $35 or $25 for members, spaces still open!

https://t.co/ckNdYdnAoY

[Riley @Ri_S_OB]

LeBron never did that

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

The leaders of America do not care about its people.

[Dave Essinger @DaveEssinger]

Someday this war is gonna end.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Nailed it.

[Dave Essinger @DaveEssinger]

Last call, everybody!

[Slippery Elm @SlipperyElmLJ]

Here we go, last call--submissions for Slippery Elm 2026 close at midnight Eastern, tonight, Feb. 1!

ALL CATEGORIES are open again for the last 24 hours.

https://t.co/kzWyuoXXO5

[Dave Essinger @DaveEssinger]

https://t.co/HRZAPAzAps

Thrilled and grateful to the Ohio Arts Council for this Individual Artists support for 2026! This validation for the opening chapters of my new novel Compassion Fatigue, from people who recognize what I'm writing about, is especially meaningful.