Author of Running Out and This World and the Next @MainStreetRag, Faculty @UFindlay, Editor @SlipperyElmLJ. Wittier on Strava, same handle on bsky.
Ohio, USA
Joined January 2018
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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!
Contest closes at midnight tonight!
We love the videopoems and hypertexts, but audio-only pieces can be cool too--like this one slipperyelm.findlay.edu/the-… by Richard Fox, Honorable Mention in last year's contest.
Our 2026 Contest closes TONIGHT!
Cash prizes, and we publish a deep list of HMs.
slipperyelm.submittable.com/…
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Here's "The Fabulist Deconstructed Dreamhouse," a multimedia collage by Tara Roeder, winner of last year's Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest: slipperyelm.findlay.edu/the-…
Our 2026 Contest closes September 30--send us your work via Submittable @submishmash at slipperyelm.submittable.com/…
Slippery Elm's Multimedia Contest closes Sept. 30!
Our Multimedia Contest closes Sept. 30!
See last year's winners here
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/dean…
and send us your best creative work that we can't do in print via Submittable:
slipperyelm.submittable.com/…
Looking forward to teaching this online class for The Porch writers' collective in November!
More info on their website, here: porchtn.org/class/characters…
Dave Essinger retweeted
Calling all NW Ohio Creative Writers! We're offering a free one-day workshop for students and community members writing in Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Horror, and more, on June 27th. More info: tinyurl.com/ypkknb8u Email [email protected] to register. Please share!
Calling all NW Ohio Creative Writers!
We're offering a free one-day workshop for students and community members writing in Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Horror, and more, on June 27th.
More info: tinyurl.com/ypkknb8u
Email [email protected] to register.
Please share!
Dave Essinger retweeted
Congratulations to the 2026 winners of the AWP Intro Journals Project! Visit our website for a list of all winners—selected by Christina Rivera, @gxldengxl, and Han VanderHart—and where their winning pieces will be published! awpwriter.org/AWP/Contests/I…
ALT Bird's-eye view of a desk with stack of journals that say AWP Intro Journals Project
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Pretty fucking savage post from the Choose Your Own Adventure brand account
#25thAmendment
OK! Who wants to come work with me? @ufindlay is hiring for someone to teach Creative Writing and Technical Communication.
findlay.wd5.myworkdayjobs.co…
It's almost #AWP26!
I'll be presenting on "A Psalm for the Wild Teacher: Building Genre Fiction Workshops That Inspire" Thurs 10:35, signing books at @MainStreetRag T749 2:30-4 that afternoon, hanging out at @SlipperyElmLJ T839 the rest of the afternoons, and at large in B-more!
I'm looking forward to teaching this craft talk and mini-workshop on "Genre and Worldbuilding in Fiction" March 10, in Zoom for @litcleveland!
6:30-8:30pm, $35 or $25 for members, spaces still open!
litcleveland.org/classes-wor…
