I love what StoryStudio Chicago does for Chicago and beyond and am so proud to be counted among their many excellent teachers. Come dance with us on May 16th!

ANNOUNCING: Megan Stielstra has been voted StoryStudio's 2024 Instructor of the Year!

CONGRATULATIONS, Megan Stielstra. This is so well-deserved.

We will celebrate Megan at this year's StoryBall party and fundraiser, May 16 at Revolution Brewing. storystudiochicago.org/storyball/

#SSCpoemaday Day 11 is chosen by instructor Dipika Mukherjee who picked “For Mohammed Zeid of Gaza, Age 15” by Naomi Shahib Nye.

Introduction to the Lyric Essay with Ploi Pirapokin starts next Thursday, 4/18. Five sessions, all online, will help writers learn to create genre-bending work that is highly associative, and linked by our own rhetorical experimentations.

Register now!

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Wow! Chicago Review of Books has an interview with US Poet Laureate Ada Limón. Check it out here: chireviewofbooks.com/2024/04/08/eve…

Writing with Conscience with Kavita Das starts ONE WEEK from today (4/17). In this unique online, six-session class, you'll learn how to write compellingly but responsibly about social issues.

Register now!

storystudiochicago.org/classes/classe…

Our first FREE Write-In of the year is now open for RSVP. The Write-In is happening April 27 at StoryStudio starting at 10 am CT. It's Independent Bookstore Day, as well, so save time to visit an indie that day!

RSVP here: storystudiochicago.org/write-ins-with…

This. Is. Tomorrow! We hope to see you Book Cellar.

Day 10 and we’re one-third of the way through our #SSCpoemaday for National Poetry Month. Today’s poem is picked by 2024 StoryBoard instructor Ananda Lima, who chose “Daily Ghosts” by Sara Kain Gutowski.

Come on out to the Book Cellar in Lincoln Square this Thursday at 6:30, where I'll be reading along with other StoryStudio writers. It's a great bookstore and there's wine!
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#DawnComesClean #ComingCleanNovel #BookClub #litfic #AmWriting

We are excited to announce the winner of this year's Dana Wood Chaney Writers Fund: Hannah Keziah Agustin!

The #SSCpoemaday for Day 9 of National Poetry Month is from our instructor Sarah TerezRosenblum. Sarah chose “Oranges” by Gary Soto.

UPDATE: The amazing Beth Uznis Johnson has been added to the bill! See you Thursday night Book Cellar

This Thursday, April 11 at 6:30 pm at Book Cellar, join us and host angie (she/her) for this FREE student reading.

Eclipse Day (day 8) #SSCpoemaday is from our development intern Kylie who chose “The Conversion of Paul” by Jennifer Grotz.

A snippet is below but you can read the whole poem here: nereview.com/vol-40-no-1-20…

Last chance -- and only a few spots remain -- to get in on Sarah TerezRosenblum's Creative Writing Essentials online class. It starts tonight!

storystudiochicago.org/classes/classe…

Happy Eclipse Day, writers!

Be careful out there. Or just stay in and write. 😎🤣

Our Sunday #SSCpoemaday for Day 7 of #NationalPoetryMonth is from our events and fundraising assistant angie (she/her), who chose “From Blossoms” by Li-Young Lee.