Saint Joseph's University Writing Studies Graduate Program

05/11/2026

We wanted to share an opportunity for those of you who would like to learn more about climate writing. The fall 2026 Climate Education for Writers Program offers a free program for those in the Philadelphia area. Writers of all genres, and at any stage of their career, are eligible to apply for their fall 2026 program. The application deadline is May 31, 2026.

Fostering creative climate resilience for Greater Philadelphia

03/26/2026

Fall courses are up on the blog! Registration starts Monday, March 30.

Stay up to date with news, events, and stories from the Writing Studies program. Read the blog and see what’s happening in our writing community.

03/07/2026

Jamey Gallagher and Jane by April Lindner

01/22/2026

Zoom link for Maureen Stanton's reading on 2/23 at 6:30 p.m.

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01/22/2026

Join us for a reading by author Maureen Stanton on February 23 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Maureen Stanton is the author of three award-winning nonfiction books, The Murmur of Everything Moving, winner of the Donald Jordan Prize for Literary Excellence; Body Leaping Backward: Memoir of a Delinquent Girlhood, winner of the Maine Literary Award; and Killer Stuff and Tons of Money: An Insider's Look at the World of Flea Markets, Antiques, and Collecting, winner of the Massachusetts Book Award. Her essays have been widely published in literary magazines. She teaches creative nonfiction at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Maureen Stanton, author of Body Leaping Backward: Memoir of a Delinquent Girlhood, award winning nonfiction writer

01/20/2026

Read all about Maddie Marriott, MA '26 being chosen as the Buck's County Poet Laureate. Congratulations and well-deserved!

Image Congratulations to Maddie Marriott, MA '26, on being named Bucks County Poet Laureate recently. Marriott, at age 23, is the second-youngest laureate in the 49-year history of the contest.

11/06/2025

It's that time again! The Avenue, our literary magazine, is calling for submissions for our spring 2026 issue!

10/23/2025

A night of art, poetry, and philosophy on Thursday, November 6 at 6 p.m. at the Frances M. Maguire Museum. The event is free and open to the public.

10/09/2025

09/18/2025

Are you a poet looking to have your work published? Moonstone is currently accepting submissions for the New Voices 2025 Fall Anthology! New Voices is designed for young people to have their voices heard! It is completely free to submit. You have to be under the age of 25 to submit.

Deadline is October 19th, 2025.

New Voices Anthology - Fall 2025   A series for emerging poets between the ages of 10 and 25. A monthly reading series and a bi-annual publication which strives to bring together younger poets from various communities.  We tend to gather in our own communities. There is nothing wrong with that exc...