Charles B. Wendel - In Memorium
Long-time Columbia Fiction Foundry member Charles B. Wendel died on April 28, 2025. He was seventy-four. Charles graduated from Columbia with a Masters in English, a Master of Philosophy in...
CFF Member Margrét Ann Thors Signs...
CFF member Margrét Ann Thors ('10BAR, '11TC, '16SOA) signed a two-book deal with the publisher Spiegel & Grau who will release her first novel Freyja. Publication is planned for fall...
CFF Co-Founder Ralph White Featured on...
Author and CFF co-founder Ralph White ('94Bus) was on MSNBC's Morning Joe discussing his book Getting Out of Saigon. The April 30, 2025 segment was on the 50th anniversary of...
Jennifer Sears Wins Award for Short...
Jennifer Sears Columbia Fiction Foundry member, Jennifer Sears, has won the 2025 John Simmons Short Fiction Award for her short story collection, What Mennonite Girls Are Good For, to be...
Meet the Gatekeepers - A Conversation...
On April 10th, 2025, Columbia Fiction Foundry hosted a panel discussion with literary agents from the Agents Round Table, a consortium of independent literary agents. In a wide-ranging discussion moderated by...