Faculty Caryl Pagel will be reading in the “Antiphony in Cleveland” event on Saturday, November 7 at Visible Voice Books. 6:00 pm start at 4601 Lorain Avenue in Cleveland. Also reading are David James Miller and Zach Savich. Info at visiblevoicebooks.com/calend….

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Many NEOMFA faces in the Poets for Science Gathering @ KSU 11/12-14! poetsforscience.org/gatherin… El Bentivegna, Julia Cilano, Elizabeth Culotta, Jessica Jones, Scott Kenimond, Ashton Leigh, Molly McLaughlin, Valentine Shell & Julianne Metzger Taylor + Carrie George & Karen Schubert!­

Alum David Hansen has a new play Oct 29-31 at convergence-continuum in Cleveland! “The Right Room” is the true story of one family, represented by four couples across the 1930s, '50s, & '90s. This love story explores identity, belonging, romance, & more. convergence-continuum.org/

This Thu 10/22! Faculty Catherine Wing & Anthony Tognazzini will be reading with KSU colleague Alice Cone at 8:00 pm at Last Exit Books in Kent. (124 E Main St #1, 44240.) Join this triple-threat of KSU-based faculty as they celebrate their 2026 OAC Individual Excellence Awards!

Student Julia Cilano will be the guest reader in the Poetry Night event at Last Exit Books & Coffeehouse on Friday, October 16 at 8:00 pm, at 124 East Main Street in Kent.

Many NEOMFA faces in the Poets for Science Gathering at KSU 11/12-14! poetsforscience.org/gatherin… El Bentivegna, Julia Cilano, Elizabeth Culotta, Jessica Jones, Scott Kenimond, Ashton Leigh, Molly McLaughlin, Valentine Shell & Julianne Metzger Taylor + Carrie George & Karen Schubert!

NEOMFA alum Sony Ton-Aime will be reading at Kent State University this Wed, Oct 14 at 7pm! Presented by the Wick Poetry Center at Murphy Auditorium in KSU’s Rockwell Hall. Free and open to the public! Book signing and reception to follow. kent.edu/wick/reading-series.

Faculty Anthony Tognazzini & Catherine Wing will read w/KSU colleague Alice Cone on 10/22 at 8pm at Last Exit Books. (124 E Main, Kent 44240.) Celebrate their 2026 OAC awards! oac.ohio.gov/home/news-and-e… (Also see awards for UA's David Giffels & CSU's Caryl Pagel + Hilary Plum!)

Recent grad Mansa Lamont Bey will be the featured poet at the Alter Ego Poetry & Soul open mic night on Saturday, October 17 at Miss O’s Cafe. The event starts at 7:00 pm at 12672 Rockside Road in Garfield Heights.

MFA candidate Eric Mansfield has 2 plays coming up in Akron! SHELTER runs Nov 5-15 with Wild Thread Theatre in the Wild Oscar's space @ Akron Civic Theatre. wildthreadtheatre.org LOVE IN RESERVE runs Nov 6-15 with Makeshift Theater @ Coach House Theater. makeshiftakron.org/

Applications are now open! Students focus on one of 4 genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or playwriting. And enter through one of 3 gateway universities: The U of Akron, Cleveland State U, or Kent State U. Multiple cycles: 11/15, 1/15, & 4/15. neomfa.org/apply!

Alum Zach Peckham has a new chapbook, Full Denim Gimp Suit, out now with Illicit Zines / b l u s h! “Fragments and procedures. Masculine ineptitude. Generative failure." All available now at blush-lit.com/book/full-deni…! For an excerpt, check out poetrynightly.com/2026/08/19….

Student W. Reid Kennedy will appear in the 2x2 event this Friday, October 2! This free program of theater performances and literary readings will start at 7:00 pm at The Electric Company at 15 Broad Street in Akron. instagram.com/2x2show/?g=5

Alum Meghan Louise Wagner is teaching a “Fiction Revision” workshop with Literary Cleveland beginning October 1! Held remotely via Zoom. Eight sessions on Thursdays at 6:30pm, running through November 19. litcleveland.org/classes-wor…

Congrats to new student Evie Reed, whose creative nonfiction essay “Frog In My Throat” is scheduled for publication in The McNeese Review in March 2027. You can find it soon at thereview.mcneese.edu/!

Congrats to alum Lisa Langford, the 2026 Dominic Orlando Playwriting Award Recipient! The award comes with a $12,000 prize, & Lisa’s play Netta & Ru will premiere at Dobama Theatre in Apr 2027. dobama.org/netta. Also 2 readings of Netta in Oct at ashlandnewplays.org/!

Save the Date! On Mon Oct 26, catch author Nathalie Quintane with faculty member Hilary Plum! 6:30 pm at Let's Ride Skateboards, 1810 Coventry in Cleveland Heights. This free event is presented by @MacsBacks with CWRU, NEOMFA, & Winter Editions. macsbacks.com/event/2026-10-…

Our friends at Wick Poetry Center will be bringing back KSU & NEOMFA alum Sony Ton-Aime for a reading on Wed Oct 14 at 7pm! Presented at Murphy Auditorium in Rockwell Hall at Kent State U. Free and open to the public. Book signing & reception to follow! kent.edu/wick/reading-series