Cambridge Common Writers exists to provide a supportive community for alumni, faculty, and friends of Lesley University’s MFA Program in Creative Writing, situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We seek to promote new and diverse literary voices from the Lesley MFA community, and to connect alumni with opportunities to advance and sustain their writing careers after graduation.
Leland Cheuk’s (Fiction, June 2008) essay “Good Works” appears in What Are You Waiting For, an anthology of essays, poetry, and artwork. Available for purchase now. His new novel, Soulwaking is now available for pre-sale through Harvard Square Editions. Adrian Matejka’s (Poetry, Mentor) poem “Record Player” is featured on poets.org. […]
Deborah Sosin (Nonfiction, January 2015) speaks about Micro Memoirs with Maximum Impact on Freelance Writing Direct with Estelle Erasmus (Episode#198). Sara Levine (Nonfiction/WFYP, January 2006) has two new picture books, How We Fly and Talking to Worms, now available for pre-order. Also, her picture book A Terrible Place for a […]
WSS Mentor Ellen Lewis’s play The View From Here was selected for The Road Theatre’s Summer Playwright’s Festival 17. Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, Mentor) won an Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction for her novel Into the Wild Magic. Eileen Cleary (Poetry, June 2016) has had […]
April 1, 2027
Harvard Square Editions
March 16, 2027
Dial Books
February 9, 2027
Charlesbridge
January 5, 2027
St. Martin’s Publishing Group
November 17, 2026
Wesleyan University Press
October 20, 2026
Amulet Books
October 13, 2026
Delacorte Romance
September 15, 2026
Clarion Books
September 1, 2026
Viking Books for Young Readers
June 23, 2026
She Writes Press