Susan Vespoli Publishes “3 Sonnets from Adam’s Text Messages from 2020 to Day He Died – March 12, 2022” in Anti-Heroin Chic

Congratulations to instructor Susan Vespoli, whose “3 Sonnets from Adam’s Text Messages from 2020 to Day He Died – March 12, 2022” were published in Anti-Heroin Chic. 

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Donnaldson Brown Publishes in Months to Years

Congratulations to Donnaldson Brown, whose short story “Being Human, What Do You Know?” was published in Months to Years. Donnaldson wrote her piece alongside instructor Rudri Patel. 

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Catherine Kelley Publishes “Faded: An English Teacher Contemplates Her Love Life” in The Bookends Review

Congratulations to Catherine Kelley, whose short story “Faded: An English Teacher Contemplates Her Love Life” was published in The Bookends Review. Catherine wrote this story alongside instructor Barbara Henning. 

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Catherine Kelley Publishes 2 Short Stories

Congratulations to Catherine Kelley, who had two short stories published. “A Sandwich for George Orwell” was published in The Frogmore Papers, a print-only journal in the UK. “Little Joe in Trouble Again” was published in East of the Web.

Catherine wrote these stories alongside Barbara Henning in Flash Fiction: Writing the Short-Short Story.

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Nancy Napier Publishes in Psychology Today

Congratulations to Nancy Napier, a student in our Novel Writing Intensive, whose article “Now They Tell Me: Yes, Fiction Writing is Hard!” was published in Psychology Today. 

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Paul Kimm Publishes Two Short Stories

Congratulations to Paul Kimm, who had two stories published in different journals this week. “Saturday Omelettes” was published in Literally Stories, and “Kiss Me Quick” was published in Northern Gravy. Both of these stories were written alongside Jack Smith in his course Writing Autobiographical Fiction.

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Nancy Napier Publishes “The Joys and Frustrations of Being a Beginner”

Congratulations to Nancy Napier, whose article “The Joys and Frustrations of Being a Beginner” was published in Psychology Today. For beginning writers, Nancy’s perspective might free you from the demand of knowing everything at once—learning the craft takes time!

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John Christenson Publishes in Flash Fiction Magazine

Congratulations to John Christenson, whose story “Critical Edition” was published in Flash Fiction Magazine. John wrote his story alongside Barbara Henning in her course Flash Fiction: Writing the Short-Short Story.

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Kate Sullivan Publishes in RUSH Magazine

Congratulations to Kate Sullivan, whose artwork and poem “Ode to a Teardrop” were published in RUSH Magazine. Kate’s poem includes mention of our “whizz-bang” poetry instructor Barbara Henning. 

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Joy Hoppenot Publishes in Entropy Mag

Congratulations to Joy Hoppenot, who published her essay “THE BIRDS: CO(R)VID CATHARSIS” in Entropy Mag. Joy wrote her essay in Margo Perin’s course Let’s Get Personal: The Art and Craft of the Personal Essay. 

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John Johnson Releases New Poetry Website

Our student John Johnson recently started a new website to house his poetry, called Poems Over Coffee. All of the poetry on John’s site was written in Writers.com courses with Susan Vespoli, Tina Barry, and Jonathan McClure. Congratulations, John!

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Liz Mayers Publishes in Funny-ish

Congratulations to Liz Mayers, whose humorous short story “Come Eat A Little Of The Forbidden Fruit” was published in Little Old Lady Comedy. Liz wrote her piece last Summer in Giulietta Nardone’s Humor is the New Black! Congratulations to Liz Mayers, whose humorous short story “WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU IF YOU WATCH TOO MUCH DATELINE” was published in Funny-ish. Liz wrote her piece last Summer in Giulietta Nardone’s Humor is the New Black!

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Liz Mayers Publishes in Little Old Lady Comedy

Congratulations to Liz Mayers, whose humorous short story “Come Eat A Little Of The Forbidden Fruit” was published in Little Old Lady Comedy. Liz wrote her piece last Summer in Giulietta Nardone’s Humor is the New Black! 

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Rebecca Hanley Publishes “The Town You Came From”

Congratulations to Rebecca Hanley, whose short story “The Town You Came From” was published in the January issue of Blue Lake Review. Rebecca workshopped the piece alongside instructor Jack Smith. 

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Samantha Campagna publishes “A Clamor of Voices” in Cleaver Literary Magazine

Congratulations to Samantha Campagna, whose short story “A Clamor of Voices” was published in Cleaver Magazine. Samantha wrote the piece in Barbara Hennings’ “Flash Fiction: Writing the Short-Short Story.” Samantha’s first literary publication, “A Clamor of Voices” reflects on the year with irony and poignance.

Well done to both!

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Kimberly Lee publishes essay “BEAUTY RESOLUTION”

Congratulations to Kimberly Lee, who published her personal essay “BEAUTY RESOLUTION” in Words & Whispers. Kimberly wrote her essay in Jonathan McClure’s class Experiments in Genre. Well done to both!

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John Johnson publishes “Grandma’s Rosary Beads” in Boston Literary Magazine

Congratulations to John Johnson, whose poem “Grandma’s Rosary Beads” appears in the November issue of Boston Literary Magazine. John wrote his poem, alongside many other published works, alongside Susan Vespoli in her Writing Circles courses.

Well done to the both of you!

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Misha Penton publishes “Under the Boards” in Apex and Abyss

Congratulations to Misha Penton, whose evocative and highly visual prose poem “Under the Boards” has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize by Abyss & Apex. Misha developed the poem alongside instructor Barbara Henning.

Congratulations to Misha and Barbara!

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John Johnson publishes “Wrestling with Tomatoes”

Congratulations to John Johnson, whose poem “Wrestling with Tomatoes” was published in The Daily Drunk. John’s poem draws inspiration from 1980’s pop culture, and was written recently in Susan Vespoli’s Writing Circles. 

Congratulations to both!

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Misha Penton publishes prose poem “After the Ball”

Congratulations to Misha Penton, whose prose poem “After the Ball” was published and recorded at Sword & Kettle. We love the way Misha’s prose poem sets the scene, with sparkling language like “chandelier of jasmine” and “sliver of sapphire sky.”

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