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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 7h

ONE MONTH until our first application deadline!

Writers interested in spring 2026 matriculation: plan on hitting submit by 11/15 📝

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 1d

Playwriting candidate Eric Mansfield is holding a staged reading for his new full-length drama, "Ride or Die," on Nov 14th, 7:30pm, at the Coach House Theatre in Akron.

Tix are FREE; register here: makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/...

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 2d

@lityoungstown.bsky.social kicks off this week with readings from @crayfishmag.bsky.social, featuring two current NEOMFA writers: Bella Kaufman & Julia Cilano 🦞🎙️📚

www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 3d

Next weekend!

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 16d

So many NEOMFA students/alum/faculty involved in this year's @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival 📝📚 We're leading workshops & discussions on The Necropastoral, Poetic Soundscapes, Small Press Ecologies, & more 💜

Learn more: www.lityoungstown.org/2025-fall-li...

2025 Fall Lit Fest Registration | Lit Youngstown

Fall Lit Fest 2025 features Kortney Morrow, Todd Davis, Lauren Camp, David Huebert & Sean Prentiss, plus readings, workshops and craft talks by presenters from throughout the U.S. The bookfair hosts s...

www.lityoungstown.org

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 7d

This issue also features poetry from alum Caid Young — another great reason to check it out 🍅🍅🍅

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 15d

New poem - "Another Round" - from poetry candidate Corey Miller (CSU) in the Fall 2025 issue of The Potomac Review 💫

mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacrevie...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 8d

Check out the NEOMFA contributors to @crayfishmag.bsky.social's second issue, 🚀 FUTURES 🚀

📵 fiction from Alexandra Salata (Kent '24)
🔥 poetry from Olivia Mirmohamed (Kent '26)
🛰️ guest-editing from Isaiah Hunt (Kent '22)

Read it all: www.crayfishmag.com/number-two-c...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 9d

New prose poem from @marybid.bsky.social out now at @thimblelitmag.bsky.social ❤️‍🩹

Read here: www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/07/21/e...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 10d

Tonight!

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 26d

Mark your calendars 🕸️

Featuring @marybid.bsky.social

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 12d

Final weekend!

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · Sep 2

Plan to visit the visual + poetry exhibition at the Kent State School of Art, “The Art of Seeing: Reflections on Art through Poetry,” featuring works from two Kent poetry candidates, Lindsay Collier & Julia Cilano 🎨🖌️

www.kent.edu/art/news/art...

The School of Art Presents "The Art of Seeing: Reflections on Art Through Poetry"

The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University are excited to exhibit "The Art of Seeing: Reflections on Art through Poetry," a collaboration between the School of Art Collection...

www.kent.edu

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 13d

One week left to check out "The Art of Seeing: Reflections on Art through Poetry" at the Kent School of Art, featuring poetics from several current students & alum.

Pictured is Lauren Merry Vale, class of 2013, poet & associate professor at KSU.

Learn more: www.kent.edu/art/news/art...

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 14d

New work from faculty Caryl Pagel (CSU) in the inaugural issue of Either/Or Magazine 💫

Check it out: www.eitherormagazine.com/store-1/p/is...

Issue 1 — either/or magazine

Contributors: Lauren Groff, Sheila Heti, Claire Vaye Watkins, Hermione Hoby, Greg Jackson, Becca Rothfeld, Mary Miller, Kathleen Alcott, Yuko Sakata, Michael Carlson, Caryl Pagel, Christopher Mohar, C...

www.eitherormagazine.com

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 14d

Sorry folks, small correction: Corey’s gateway campus is UA 😬

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 15d

...follow Corey here: @ironbrewer.bsky.social

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 15d

New poem - "Another Round" - from poetry candidate Corey Miller (CSU) in the Fall 2025 issue of The Potomac Review 💫

mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacrevie...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 16d

So many NEOMFA students/alum/faculty involved in this year's @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival 📝📚 We're leading workshops & discussions on The Necropastoral, Poetic Soundscapes, Small Press Ecologies, & more 💜

Learn more: www.lityoungstown.org/2025-fall-li...

2025 Fall Lit Fest Registration | Lit Youngstown

Fall Lit Fest 2025 features Kortney Morrow, Todd Davis, Lauren Camp, David Huebert & Sean Prentiss, plus readings, workshops and craft talks by presenters from throughout the U.S. The bookfair hosts s...

www.lityoungstown.org

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 19d

p.s. you can keep up with Dan on his website: dandorman.com

Dan Dorman

Post by @dormanpoet.

dandorman.com

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 19d

🚨Pub Alert🚨

New chapbook, "Crossing the Line," from alum Dan Dorman (poetry, CSU '17), out with Bottlecap Press 💫

bottlecap.press/products/cro...

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 20d

Mark your 🗓️

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations to alum Anastasios Mihalopoulos (Poetry, YSU ‘23), winner of the 2025 Felloweship for New Immigrant Authors from @blacklawrence.bsky.social

blacklawrencepress.com/2025fellowsh...

Black Lawrence Fellowship for New Immigrant Authors: 2025 Winner - Black Lawrence Press | Black Lawrence Press

In keeping with our commitment to being a clear and consistent home for immigrant writing, we have established The Black Lawrence Fellowship for New Immigrant Authors. We are pleased to announce the f...

blacklawrencepress.com

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 23d

🚨Pub Alert🚨

Alum Jon Conley (Poetry, CSU '22) has released "Deadheading," a poetry collection, with Community Mausoleum 🥀

Congrats, Jon!

Check it out, pick it up: www.communitymausoleum.org/books/p/dead...

Deadheading — Community Mausoleum

Poetry | Jon Conley | September 2025 | 60 Pages Designed and typeset by Community Mausoleum. Printed by Outlandish Press . This is a pre-order. Books ship on September 18, 2025.

www.communitymausoleum.org

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 26d

Mark your calendars 🕸️

Featuring @marybid.bsky.social

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 27d

Events begin tonight 🌿

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 28d

Check out the latest short prose from our Program Director & UA faculty, @marybid.bsky.social, up at @whaleroadreview.bsky.social 🐳

www.whaleroadreview.com/biddinger/

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · 29d

New poem by candidate Corey Miller up at @mudroommag.bsky.social 👟

www.mudroommag.com/corey-miller

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Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · Sep 15

🎙️ Tonight Tonight Tonight 🎙️

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social · Sep 4

Mark your 🗓️

Faculty Hilary Plum & @marybid.bsky.social are reading alongside alum Jon Conley & others at Rhizome House, Monday, 9/15 — don’t miss it!

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