🚀✍️ Registration ending soon for our 6-week writing boot camp! 🌟 🔹Practice scheduled creativity, draft 6+ pieces, get feedback, learn diverse techniques, and more. 📩 $448 | Register: craft-talks.com/event/wild-cre…

I'm thrilled to be returning to the Interlochen campus this fall to lead a three-day workshop in creative nonfiction. Fall is such an inspiring time for me, and I'm looking forward to sharing the magic of the Interlochen campus with others. The details are below: 📝 Everyone

Hey! Here are some literary journals opening for submissions in September! Some are also open now & some will close soon. Genres, themes, & guidelines vary, & dates are tentative. I think these are all no-fee submissions. There are more resources & journals out there! Good luck!

My younger writing students are heading back to school, and the birch leaves are turning just the slightest gold. Fall is my favorite season for writing, and I'm excited to be sharing a full schedule of online and in-person opportunities for writers of all ages. I'll be teaching

🖋 Does your true story feel more like a mosaic? Are you struggling to connect scenes and sections in your memoir? Do you have interesting photos or clippings you're thinking of adding to your work in progress? If so, the memoir in collage might be the form for you! 🖋I'll be

I am thrilled to announce that Sequestrum has published my (very) long short story - 'What Fruit We Bear' online! You can read most of it free of charge or subscribe for a few bucks. This is the final short story in my collection, 'The Off-Season' (I'm currently in the process of

🍂 📖 Come write with me on Interlochen's beautiful northern Michigan campus! There are still spots open in my upcoming Creative Nonfiction Workshop. This three-day workshop will give you the knowledge, tools, and inspiration to write your own true stories. More information

I am beyond excited to share that my essay collection 'Twenty Square Feet of Skin' has made the PEN America Literary Awards Longlist for PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. It's an honor to share this space with the winners and finalists! The Ohio State University Press

My winter writing options are stacked! I'll be offering 'The Writer as Researcher' through Muse Writing & Creative Support, and Fantasy Fiction, Fabulist Fiction, Creative Nonfiction and Writing Your Memoir through Interlochen Center for the Arts! You can learn more about these

It was a pleasure speaking with Jill about writing, authenticity, and finding your voice. I've been working with Jill over the past few years and am so excited to share her new podcast venture with my writing friends and community! You can listen to Voice Lessons, where you get

The Writer as Researcher starts on Jan. 12th! Snag your spot here: musewriting.com/current-offeri… This class is a great intro to the techniques and applications of research in all forms of creative writing. Here's the course description: A 5-week introduction to the techniques,

Do you have a true story to tell that doesn't fit into traditional narrative structures? I'll be offering 'The Memoir in Collage' through Muse Writing. This five-week course will include lectures, readings, and exercises. Learn more: musewriting.com/current-offeri…

Last night I was honored to attend the PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony in NYC. My book, ‘Twenty Square Feet of Skin’ from The Ohio State University Press was longlisted for the 2024 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.

I'm excited to share that my short piece 'All Made-Up' has been selected for the 2025 Best Small Fictions Anthology, which will be available from Alternating Current Press this fall! And thanks to The Diagram for first publishing the piece! altcurrentpress.com/best-small-fic… Alternating Current Press

Grow your writing this summer! I'm excited to be offering classes in multiple genres, including fiction, nonfiction, and memoir. For those interested in a one-on-one approach, I'm also taking on new private lesson students and manuscripts for review. meganbaxterwriting.com

From camper to student to teacher! I've always loved being a part of the @interlochenarts community. I was excited to share my story, which you can read here online: interlochen.org/stories/meet-m…

Thank you to Brendan O'Meara of the Creative Nonfiction Podcast for inviting me on the show! You can listen wherever you get your podcasts - direct links are below. Main show notes: brendanomeara.com/episode-470-me… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/.../episode-47…... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7G3oc7…...

I've been sitting on the good news for a while, and now I finally get to announce that my story 'The Pool' was the overall winner of the 2025 Hemingway Shorts Competition! Press release here: mailchi.mp/82fd061eb094/2… Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park

So thrilled to open up my contributor copy of River Teeth this morning! Thank you to the editors at River Teeth for picking up this rough little gem of an essay! River Teeth