Fiction Writing
Randy Albers
Chair Fiction Writing
Letter from the Chair
Patricia McNair
Acting Chair and Associate Professor
Fiction Writing
Greetings from the Chair, Randy Albers
Welcome to the Fiction Writing Department at Columbia College, home to the nationally renowned Story Workshop® approach to the teaching of writing, Story Week Festival of Writers and one of the largest, most exciting creative writing programs in the country. Read more>>
News & Events
Columbia College Fiction Writing Department receives $15,000 NEA Art Works grant to Support Story Week Festival of Writers 2013.
Fiction Faculty Nami Mun Named Recipient of 21st Century Award
Fiction Writing Assistant Professor Nami Mun has been named the recipient of the 21st Century Award, honoring significant achievements by Chicago-area writers.
Faculty Lisa Schlesinger Named Recipient of Excellence in Teaching Award
Playwriting Coordinator Lisa Schlesinger was selected as the full-time faculty recipient of the 2012 Excellence in Teaching Award.
New Book by Alum Stacy Bierlein
Fiction Writing alum Stacy Bierlein's short story collection, A Vacation on the Island of Ex-Boyfriends, has found not only a home at Elephant Rock Books, but also praise from no less a source than a starred review in Publisher's Weekly.
This July, William Morrow will publish Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury, edited by Fiction Writing faculty Sam Weller and Mort Castle.
