Alum Kristen Tetzmann will appear in the Misophist Magazine reading at Mac's Backs on August 8! Other readers include Tom Scherer, Audrey Menner, and Justin Alan Cox. Event starts at 5:00 pm at 1820 Coventry Rd in Cleveland Heights. macsbacks.com/event/2026-0...

Congrats to alum Roy Edward Jackson, whose debut novel was published by Lethe Press! Reel Around the Fountain is “a queer coming-of-age story set in a working-class cereal-factory town, where thirteen-year-old JP sets out to uncover the truth behind the family mythology.” www.lethepressbooks.com.

This Wednesday, July 29 at Mac's Backs! Alum Matthew Breit reads with Adam Novak, author of City of Wheels, starting at 7:00pm. 1820 Coventry Rd in Cleveland Heights. More info: macsbacks.com/events

Alum Carrie George will be leading a workshop entitled “Creating New Poetry” at Literary Cleveland from Aug 10 - Sep 14. 6 meetings, Mondays at 6:30 pm, all via Zoom. “This class is designed to help you create new poetry, drawing from prompts and model poems.” www.litcleveland.org/classes-work...

Schedule for Literary Cleveland’s Inkubator 2026 conference now posted at inkubator.litcleveland.org! So many NEOMFA faces: students Willow Campbell, Benvolio Nichols, & Julianne Taylor; alums Ali Black, Matthew Breit, Jon Conley, & Virginia Konchan; and faculty Mary Biddinger & Hilary Plum!

Alums Matthew Dettmer and Michelle Duke will read their poetry along with Adam Axler on Saturday, July 25th at Mac’s Backs Books! Start time is 5:00 pm at 1820 Coventry in Cleveland Heights. More info at macsbacks.com/event/2026-0...

Catch alums Matt Breit and Michael Buebe as they read poetry this Friday, July 17! 8pm at Last Exit Books & Coffeehouse, at 124 E. Main Street in Kent. www.instagram.com/lastexitbook...

Congrats to alum Anastasios Mihalopoulos, just announced as a Finalist for The Hudson Prize offered by Black Lawrence Press! Anastasios was nominated for his poetry manuscript, "Still, Sometimes, Shipwreck," with a winner to be announced soon. Find more at: blacklawrencepress.com/the-2026-hud...

Students W. Reid Kennedy, Abigail Clark, & Jennifer Foxhoven and alum Lindsey Maple are among the creatives behind Lunar Sun Theatrics’ “Categorical Nonsense Vol. 1.” This program of new theater runs for 2 shows only, 2pm & 8pm on Sat July 11 at the Rialto in Akron! www.therialtotheatre.com/tickets

NEOMFA alum JC Cifranic and faculty Mike Geither are among the cast and crew of “It’s All a Mess! An Evening of **Smutty** Monologues with convergence-continuum.” Catch this special show Fri 7/10 and Sat 7/11 at 9pm at the Borderlight Festival in Cleveland. www.borderlightcle.org/2026-show/it...

Next Friday, July 10! NEOMFA student Julia Cilano and recent guest faculty Xan Forest Phillips read poetry with Amie Zimmerman and Alyssa Perry at Mac's Backs-Books On Coventry in Cleveland Heights! macsbacks.com/event/2026-0....

Alum Jon Conley (CSU, 2022) published the story “Body Mass” in the Spring 2026 issue of The Colby Review. colbyreview.org/2026/06/22/f... Also look for poetry by Delilah McCrea (CSU, 2021) and fiction by Alexandra Salata (KSU, 2024) in the print version. Thanks to editor Zach Peckham(CSU, 2021)!

Catch NEOMFA alum Sony Ton-Aime tomorrow, Thu 6/25, in Literary Cleveland's Plum City Reading event! Sony will read w/Danny Caine & Sonia Feldman at 7pm at Loganberry Books (13015 Larchmere). Afterparty at Literary Cleveland (13002 Larchmere). Pay What You Can! www.litcleveland.org/events-progr...

So many NEOMFA writers in Issue 3 of CrayfishMag, available now at www.crayfishmag.com! Prose from alums Matthew Breit & Lindsey Maple, & poetry from students Corey Miller & Julianne Metzger Taylor, alum Lindsay Collier, & faculty Caryl Pagel. (Along w/poetry from Scott Kenimond, linked previously!)

Congrats to student Scott Kenimond, who published three poems CrayfishMag! Variations on Themes of Decay: www.crayfishmag.com/scott-kenimo.... The Coffee Shop at the End of the Street: www.crayfishmag.com/scott-kenimo.... Icarus from the Bus Again: www.crayfishmag.com/scott-kenimo...

Thanks to all involved for a great NEOMFA Alumni Reading last Thu, June 11 at Visible Voice Books! Pictured below are host Lindsey Maple (center) w/ Benjamin Anthony Rhodes, Isaiah Hunt, Carrie George, & Alexandra Salata (left to right). More photos at neomfa.org/alumni-colle...! See you next time!

This Friday, June 19! 2x2 Reading at 7pm at Riff’s in Cleveland, featuring NEOMFA alums Mansa Lamont Bey and Kristen Tetzmann, faculty Caryl Pagel, and recent guest faculty Xan Forest Phillips. More at www.instagram.com/2x2show/. Riff’s located at 2418 Professor Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44113.

Congrats to alum Adam Gretsinger for his new book, Kids Can Be Cruel, just released at Itch.io! “When her best friend goes missing, Maria Nievez has only one option: enter her Ohio middle school's underground fight club and get some answers.” Available now! ledtsar.itch.io/kids-can-be-...

Thanks to Visible Voice Books for a great Alumni Reading last night! NEOMFA-ers take note of another poetry reading there tonight, Friday, June 12, at 6pm. This one features NEOMFA alumni Karen Schubert and Virginia Konchan along with three others. Free! www.visiblevoicebooks.com/calendar-of-...

Tomorrow night! NEOMFA Alumni Reading! Thursday June 11 at 6pm; Visible Voice Books, 4601 Lorain Ave, Cleveland. Hosted by Lindsey Maple & featuring Carrie George, Isaiah Hunt, Jessica Jewell, Benjamin Anthony Rhodes, Alexandra Salata. Free no tix required! www.visiblevoicebooks.com/calendar-of-...

Join alum Meghan Louise Wagner for a workshop on “Fiction Revision” this July 2-Aug 20 with Literary Cleveland! Meghan will be teaching this 8-session course on Thursdays at 6:30 pm, with some sessions via Zoom and some at the LC office at 13002 Larchmere Blvd. www.litcleveland.org/classes-work...

Congratulations to alum Ali Black, a finalist for the 2026 Ohio Book Awards, presented by the Ohioana Library! Ali’s 2025 collection We Look Better Alive (Burnside Review Press) was nominated in the Poetry category. The winners will be announced on Oct 15. Info at www.ohioana.org/programs/ohi....

Coming up soon!!! NEOMFA Alumni Reading, Thu, June 11 @ 6pm. Visible Voice Books, 4601 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland. Hosted by Lindsey Maple & featuring Carrie George, Isaiah Hunt, Jessica Jewell, Benjamin Anthony Rhodes, Alexandra Salata. Free, no tix required. www.visiblevoicebooks.com/calendar-of-...

Join recent NEOMFA guest faculty Xan Forest Phillips for “Radical Revision: A Poetry Workshop,” presented by Literary Cleveland via Zoom, Wednesdays at 6:30pm from June 10 - July 22. “A space for editing preexisting poems using dynamic poetic forms.” More info @ www.litcleveland.org/classes-work...

This Sat May 30 @ 6pm! Catch faculty member Hilary Plum at Visible Voice Books (4601 Lorain Ave, Cle). Hilary joins Brendan Joyce & Andrew Rihn in a reading for the Cleveland Review of Books Vol. 4.1 launch. Free event with copies of the issue for purchase. www.visiblevoicebooks.com/calendar-of-...

Congrats to alum Steven Caumo (YSU, 2022), whose debut novella THRILL KILLERS is out on May 30 on Grindhouse Press! In this new work of horror, the perfect vacation turns into a sadistic nightmare. Pre-order your copy now! grindhousepress.com/2026/04/16/c...

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NEOMFA Post #31 is available now at neomfa.org/newsletter. This issue’s alumni Q&A is with Sony Ton-Aime, whose first book of poetry, Konbit, was released this year & hailed by Percival Everett as “a marvel.” Read more at neomfa.org/newsletter. Buy Konbit at press.uchicago.edu.

Only one place to get NEOMFA Alumni Collective swag! NEOMFA Alumni Reading Thu June 11, 6pm, at Visible Voice Books. Hosted by Lindsey Maple w/Carrie George, Isaiah Hunt, Jessica Jewell, Benjamin Anthony Rhodes, & Alexandra Salata. Free / no tix required. neomfa.org/neomfa-alumn...

Congrats to recent grad Mish Gajewski-Zambataro (CSU), winner of the 2026 AWP Intro Journals Project contest in fiction! Mish’s nominated story “Churn” was selected by judge Allegra Solomon for publication in Iron Horse Literary Review. Find more info at awpwriter.org/AWP/Contests....

Congrats to alum Pamela Anderson, who won the 2026 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize (Emerging)! Pamela’s manuscript "Grabbing the Beast by the Throat" will be published in early 2027. Look for it on the Wheelbarrow Books imprint of Michigan State University Press! poetry.rcah.msu.edu/news/2026-wh....