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
New Underground Wonder Bar Hosted Come Home Chicago Event
The new Underground Wonder bar hosted Come Home Chicago, an event co-organized by fiction writing faculty Don DeGrazia.
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.
Faculty Kathie Bergquist Featured in Windy City Times
Fiction Writing faculty Kathie Bergquist, featured in the Windy City Times for her editorial work on Windy City Queer; LGBTQ Dispatches from the Third Coast.
Film Adapted from Fiction Alum's Novel Up for an Oscar
China’s entry for the 2012 foreign-language Oscar “Flowers of War,” starring Christian Bale, is adapted from Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing MFA alumnus Geling Yan’s historic novel, “13 Flowers of Nanjing.”
New anthology by Kathie Bergquist focuses on the LBGTQ experience in Chicago.
Fiction Department Faculty Member’s Debut Story Collection
Patricia McNair, full-time faculty member of the Fiction Writing Department, has published her debut collection of short stories The Temple of Air.
