SAIC Writing Program

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA and BFA in Writing

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We're on Twitter! Watch this space for SAIC Writing happenings and community news ✍️ Faculty, students, and alumni: we'd love to hear from you! Send us your updates via saic-writing (at) saic (dot) edu.

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Writing faculty member Nathan Hoks is participating in book signings and readings at the AWP conference in Los Angeles & Chicago:

Friday, March 28
AWP Bookfair Book Signing, Los Angeles
@BlackOceanOrg - Booth 545

Thursday, May 8 @TheFultonStree1: https://t.co/HsrkXak99v

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MFAW alum Raghav Rao's debut novel, MISSY, will be published in North America in Spring 2026 by Triquarterly Books, Northwestern University Press.

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In the Newcity article: Players 50 2025, Writing faculty members Beau O’Reilly and Jenny Magnus have been named to the Theater Hall of Fame
https://t.co/qAXG1vOmcS

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MFAW alum Nat Holtzman has a new publication in the Minnesota Review (Duke University Press)

https://t.co/Hdjbjwr1EP

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This Saturday, December 14, 3:00 pm, Corbett vs. Dempsey presents a book launch event for Kingfisher by Writing faculty member Matthew Goulish

https://t.co/aM181Z8kDv

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MFAW student Israa Darwich will be performing on August 30, and faculty members Beau O'Reilly and Jenny Magnus will perform on August 31 as part of the Folk an' Spoke Festival closing weekend
https://t.co/3xM9363rBr

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MFAW alum Chris Bower wrote and directed an upcoming play opening Friday, September 6

The Ship and The Sea
Facility Theatre, 1138 N. California Avenue, Humboldt Park, Chicago
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 5 PM
September 6 — September 29

https://t.co/Kzl5rDsScu

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Faculty member Nathan Hoks is participating in a reading along with MFAW alum Daniel Borzutzky on Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the Whistler, 2421 N. Milwaukee, 6:30–7:45 PM

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SAIC Writing alums, students and faculty are participating in the return of the Folk an’ Spoke Festival
Sunday, Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Women and Children First, 5233 N. Clark St.
https://t.co/mJZV6upsML

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MFAW student Monica West's play NINA/VIOLETTA is getting a workshop in Chicago with Rivendell Theatre Ensemble as a part of their Fresh Produce Festival this summer https://t.co/p1lLAOqPVV

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Alum Shin Yu Pai has been named the winner of the 2024 Shelley Memorial Award https://t.co/9ELi5uXflu

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Aja Monet (MFAW 2011) is presenting her debut album when the poems do what they do at the 2024 Chicago Humanities Festival https://t.co/Vq5olhwcUt

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MISSY, a debut novel from Raghav Rao @RaghavChi, MFAW alum and current Lecturer in Liberal Arts, is forthcoming in September from Hera Books (UK & Commonwealth) and Penguin Random House - Vintage Books (India). https://t.co/kh1gWv0K7y

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Apply to be @NorthwesternU’s Women’s Center Feminist in Residence. 🚨Application due May 15!🚨

https://t.co/8NNp97K2VT

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🚨Open call!🚨
May 31 deadline

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Submissions for poetry and creative non-fiction by Midwest writers are now open until May 31! Sixty pays $150 per published piece or group of 3-5 poems. Learn more and submit: https://t.co/InijUrKbaR

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Hey writers!📝 looking for a grant? https://t.co/LN2FWhzg3d

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🚨TODAY at Maclean rm 518 from 4-6pm

Join us for Novel Concerns, a graduate student panel on the contemporary novel with Nick Aiello, Claire Lobenfeld, Thuy-Tien Vo, and Talia Kimberly Wright.

Presented by the SAIC Humanities Colloquium and the department of Liberal Arts

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Location: LV Room 803, 8th floor (116 S Michigan Avenue)
Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Join us!

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Today! One Off Publishing Workshop: The workshop will provide writers with valuable insights and practical advice on navigating the publishing landscape. The workshop will equip writers with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the publishing process confidently.

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Please join us TODAY (March 20) from 3:30-4:30pm in Lakeview 803 for the third MFAW Reading Series event of the Spring Semester featuring Baz Pugmire and Sean Cusick!