These pieces were originally published between December 4th 2025 and March 12th 2026. 2025 Fall Fiction Contest Winners Additional Fiction Selections
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Word for Word, Featuring Chuck Tingle, Part I
On Wednesday, May 6, 2026, the Word for Word online literary series welcomed bestselling writer Chuck Tingle. Tingle is a USA Today bestselling author, as well as a two time Hugo Award finalist, Bram Stoker Award nominee, Goodreads award nominee, Golden Poppy award finalist, Locus award winner, Dragon Award winner, Audie…
Word for Word, Featuring Courtney Milan
Word for Word Welcomes Bestselling Author Courtney Milan On Wednesday, April 15, 2026, the Word for Word online literary series welcomed bestselling writer Courtney Milan. Milan began her career with a starred review in Publishers Weekly and has never looked back. A self-publishing pioneer, she has gone on to become…
Word for Word Publishing Panel With Jane Friedman and Laura Stanfill, Part II
We’re back with Part II of last month’s Word for Word Publishing Panel, featuring industry experts Jane Friedman and Laura Stanfill. You can read Part I here. Jane Friedman needs no introduction to aspiring writers. Her book “The Business of Becoming a Writer” is used as a class text in…
Word for Word Publishing Panel With Jane Friedman and Laura Stanfill, Part I
A highlight of each year’s Word for Word literary series is the publishing panel, in which we leading voices in the publishing industry come to speak about the latest trends and information that writers need to know. This year the panel took place on Wednesday, March 18, and featured two…
Word for Word, Featuring Malinda Lo
On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, the Word for Word Literary Series welcomed award-winning writer Malinda Lo! Lo is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, including, most recently, A Scatter of Light. Her novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club won the National Book Award, the Stonewall Book Award, the Asian/Pacific…
Word for Word Graduate Spotlight, Spring 2025
Each spring, SNHU’s online literary salon, Word for Word, honors recent graduates of the online BA, MA, and MFA creative writing programs in a special Graduate Spotlight event. Recommended by instructors and selected by Associate Deans Jacob Powers and Paul Witcover for their high literary achievement, these outstanding writers read…
Word for Word, Agents and Agenting Panel, with Joshua Bilmes and Lucienne Diver
On Wednesday, May 14, the Word for Word Literary Series welcomed literary agents Joshua Bilmes and Lucienne Diver for a wide-ranging discussion about literary agents and their role in the publishing industry. Joshua Bilmes is the president and founder of JABberwocky Literary Agency, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2024….
Word for Word, Featuring Special Guest Tananarive Due
On Wednesday, April 23, the Word for Word Literary Series welcomed award-winning author Tananarive Due. A leading voice in Black speculative fiction, Due has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a British Fantasy Award. Her books include The Reformatory (winner of a Los Angeles Times Book…
Word for Word, Featuring Special Guest Jeffrey Ford
On Wednesday, February 19, the Word for Word Literary Series welcomed award-winning author Jeffrey Ford. He is the author of the novels The Physiognomy, Memoranda, The Beyond, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, The Girl in the Glass, The Cosmology of the Wider World, The Shadow Year, The Twilight Pariah, Ahab’s…
Word for Word Celebrates SNHU’s Fall Fiction Contest Winners
On Wednesday, January 15, 2025, the Word for Word Reading Series at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) featured the winners of the Penmen Review’s tenth annual Fall Fiction Contest. This year’s contest had more than 750 submissions, from which five winners were chosen: First place, “Train a Comin’,” by N….