April 9, 2026: CFF hosted a a panel of three literary assistants who vet queries and decide which ones agents get to see. Hear insights from Laura Gruszka, (Writers House),...

March 12, 2026: CFF hosted a conversation with independent editors from the 5E group. The 90-minute CFF Presents event featured four 5E members, Patricia Mulcahy, Jane Rosenman, Leslie Wells, and...

December 2, 2025: Dawn Raffel, writer, editor, and creative writing teacher, has been on both sides of the submission process, waiting to hear back from agents or editors or eliminating...

The Columbia Fiction Foundry has released its 2026 Workshops Schedule. The twice-monthly online writing workshops are free for all members; the only requirement is that workshop participants to read each...

Jennifer Sears, a member of the CFF Executive Committee, held her book launch for her short story collection, What Mennonite Girls Are Good For, on November 21, 2025 at Books...

On November 11, 2025, Jessie Glenn, director at Mindbuck Media, enlightened attendees on the role of of book publicity. The event was moderated by Ken Schept, CFF president. Jessie shared...

On October 28th, 2025, Jill Santopolo joined Mauricio Matiz, CFF communications director, to discuss her journey from Columbia undergraduate to the release, in 2017, of her first book, The Light...

Fall 2025 programs that may be of interest to Columbia Fiction Foundry members. From the Columbia College Women alumni group:  Monday, October 27, 2025 | 6:00 p.m. ET | VirtualCCW...

The following writers were recognized at the 2025 Open House/Annual Meeting for their recent publications, fiction and non-fiction.   Norah Marler ('17TC, '18TC): released a new book, Stop Parenting Adult...