Nathan Tavares’s (Fiction, June 2011) article, “Are huge ice cream scoops a uniquely New England thing?” has been published on Boston.com.

Andrea Wang (WFYP, June 2011) has joined Hamline University’s faculty in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program.

Robbie Gamble’s (Poetry/Nonfiction, January 2017/June 2020) poem “The Mudroom of My Grieving” was a finalist in the New England Poetry Club contest (2026) for the Amy Lowell Prize–an outstanding poem of any length or style by a poet with strong ties to New England. Robbie will read his poem at the NEPC Contest Reading on October 18.

His poem “Passing” has been published in Whale Road Review.

Steven Cramer (Poetry, Mentor) has five poems published in Plume Poetry (Issue 181, Sept 2026). Steven reveals more about his poems and process in the journal.

Steven’s new poetry collection, Where Thoughts Come From:  New and Selected Poems will be published by Lily Poetry Review Press in April 2027.

Amber Wong’s (Nonfiction, January 2014) essay “Near Erasure” has been selected as an editor’s choice for the 2026 CRAFT Award for Excellence.

This essay will also appear in her forthcoming memoir, “The Hierarchy of Soup,” winner of the 2026 Aurora Polaris Award and scheduled for publication in October 2027 by Trio House Press.

Deanna Richards’s (WFYP, June 2025) article, “Trauma and Liberation in YA Speculative Fiction,” has been published in Planetside: The Online Magazine of SFWA.

Debbie Sosin (Nonfiction, January 2015) discusses playing with writing constraints and form on the podcast, Let’s Talk Memoir (Episode 258).

Rachel Becker’s (Poetry, January 2025) poem, “Please Remove Your Earbuds,” has been published in Memezine. “One is the Loneliest Pronoun” appears in The Summerset Review. And “Audiometry” from SWWIM is a Best of the Net nominee for 2026.

Rex Arrasmith (Fiction/Poetry, January 2018/June 2020) has received an Arts & Culture award from the City of Sedona in recognition of his contribution to developing Sedona’s Poet Laureate program.

Jasmine Warga’s (WFYP, June 2013) novel, A Rover’s Story, has been shortlisted for the 2026 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (Middle Grade). Voting is open until the end of October. Vote today!

Mundy McLaughlin (Fiction, January 2019) discusses her debut novel, Blue Life, a coming-of-age story set against the vibrant, gritty art, punk, and club scenes of late-1970s New York City and New Jersey in the House of Crouse podcast.

Listen to her in conversation with Liz Shick (Fiction, January 2019) on the Cambridge Common Writers YouTube channel.

Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, has announced the forthcoming release of The Lamplighter’s Son, a new middle grade novel by Jason Reynolds (WFYP, Mentor). The publication date has not yet been announced.

Erin Belieu (Poetry, Mentor) is interviewed by L.J.Sysko in the Tupelo Quarterly for the “Be Kind Rewind: Where Poetry Meets Proust” interview series.

Erin is featured on the cover of The American Poetry Review (Sept/Oct).

Sharisse Zeroonian (WSS, January 2024) discusses her love of writing, filmmaking, and acting on the Addicted to Acting podcast (Episode 16)

Patricia Lynn (WSS, June 2023) discusses her play, HYDE (Or Girls Can Kill Goats), on the After the Curtain NYC blog.

Enzo Silon Surin (Poetry, 2012) explores why adults tend to define their creativity away, how modern technology tricks us into consuming other people’s lives instead of living our own, and how viewing the world through a “poetic lens” can transform the way we ask questions on the Follow Your Curiosity! podcast (Episode 355).

Eowyn Conain Scott’s (WFYP, January 2025) article, “Taking the Catastrophe Out of Climate Change: Using Fiction to Give Readers Hope” has been published in Planetside: The Online Magazine of SFWA. This article is based on her graduate seminar on hopeful climate fiction at Lesley University.

Cindy Hunter Morgan (Poetry, June 2016)’s chapbook manuscript, Dear Emily Dickinson & Other Lost Friends, was a finalist for Cutbank‘s 2026 Chapbook Contest.

Mary Ann Honaker’s (Poetry, June 2016) poem”Static Electricity” has been published in Poem Alone. Her book of poetry, Night Is Another Realm Altogether, is available for purchase.

Kevin Prufer’s (Poetry, Mentor) poem “A Friendship” is featured in Poetry Daily.

Cassie Seinuk’s (WFYP, June 2013/Mentor) screenplay “Rough Trade” has been named one of the winners of the best feature script award at the 2026 Indie Film Festival.

Kent Neal (Poetry, January 2023) has a poem “Virtual Group Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction” in the 11.2 print issue of Foglifter.

Jodi Sh Doff’s (Nonfiction, January 2013) latest episode of Short Attention Span Reader features Aimee Noel (Poetry, January 2014) and her poetry book, Slag.

The Keyes Gallery in the Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library will host an exhibit of children’s book illustrations from October 9 – November 1. This exhibit of works from Eric Carle, Raul Colón, E.B. Lewis, Maurice Sendak, and more, was curated by Stony Creek resident and award-winning children’s book author Sara Levine (WFYP/Nonfiction, January 2006).

XOXO by Axie Oh (WFYP, June 2017) was featured as an answer on a September episode of Jeopardy!

The Smushkins in the Snow, the latest Smushkins book by Claudia Rueda (WFYP, January 2010), is available for pre-order and will publish on October 13 from Candlewick Press.

Alexis Marie Chute (Nonfiction) is the recipient of The Sally K. Lenhardt Professional Leadership Award from Lesley University. The award honors an alumna for leadership in education, human services, management, or the arts.

“The Case for Getting a Little Lost” by Rebecca Rolland (Fiction, June 2017) in Psychology Today suggests learning to navigate the world around you with the use of GPS.

Jami Brandli’s (WSS, Mentor) “The Romeo and Juliet Senior Citizens Project — A Comedy,” is the winning play for The Colony Theatre’s 3rd Annual Scripts & Sips: A Playreading Series. The reading will take place on November 22 at 3pm PST.