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...

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...

The Columbia Fiction Foundry maintains a YouTube video library of its past events. Recordings of recent CFF Presents events: Manuscript Flaws and Fixes - Editors in Conversation, Mar 12, 2026:...

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...

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...

Columbia Fiction Foundry has had a busy couple of months! In addition to our regular, bi-monthly workshops, CFF hosted two special events and, in March, a live, in-person/Zoom Saturday workshop...

On February 2nd, 2023, Columbia Fiction Foundry hosted a panel discussion with agents from DeFiore & Company. In a wide-ranging discussion, CFF members learned from industry experts Brian DeFiore, Miriam...

On April 23, 2022, Columbia Fiction Foundry welcomed Frances Cha, author of the critically acclaimed IF I HAD YOUR FACE. Frances’ debut novel, published by Penguin Random House, was named...