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.

It’s a great joy, as the year comes to a close, to look back on all of the accomplishments of the Lesley MFA community from the past twelve months. The End-of Year Celebration and Gift Guide is becoming a great CCW tradition! Our community members have published books, won awards, […]
Lyz Lenz (Fiction, June 2011) is interviewed on the podcast The High Life with Ricki Lake in an episode called “You Got a Divorce? Congrats!” Lyz discusses her book This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life. Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017) has a new […]
Ọna Anosike talks about her experience at Lesley University’s MFA program in creative writing, the many sources of inspiration for her fiction, and the work and passion that goes into setting up and running a literary journal. ỌNA ANOSIKE – FICTION, JANUARY 2016  Ọna Anosike is a fiction writer based in […]
May 13, 2025

Feiwel & Friends

March 18, 2025

HarperCollins

October 8, 2024

Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books

September 26, 2024

Spuyten Duyvil Press

september 24, 2024

Wiley

September 10, 2024

Balzer + Bray

September 10, 2024

Flexible Press

September 6, 2024

Deep Hearts YA

September 2024

Reycraft Books

August 20, 2024

Harper Perennial