CFF Presents “Manuscript Flaws and Fixes: Editors in Conversation” on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 7:00 P.M. All CFF members are invited to register for this online event. You’ve workshopped...

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: How To Get Out of the Slush Pile with Dawn Raffel,...

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...