Cambridge Common Writers exists to provide a supportive community for alumni, faculty, and friends of Lesley University’s MFA Program in Creative Writing, situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We seek to promote new and diverse literary voices from the Lesley MFA community, and to connect alumni with opportunities to advance and sustain their writing careers after graduation.

Publication News & Announcements, March 2026

Three of our CCW community members received a grant from the Mass Cultural Council in recognition of their work! Pamela Petro (Nonfiction/Comics & Graphic Novels, Mentor) will use her grant to support the writing of her book Haunts — Ghostmaking Past & Present. “In Haunts, I use memoir and research […]

Publication News & Announcements, February 2026

Cassie Seinuk (WSS, June 2013/Mentor) has cultivated a list of scripts by Lesley MFA alumni as “A Eulogy for the Lesley MFA Program,” which held its last full residency in January (the final cohort will graduate in June). “This list includes scripts by writers who were inspired by dedicated and […]

Publication News & Announcements, January 2026

Debbie Sosin (Nonfiction, January 2015) has launched a fundraising campaign for her self-published memoir, Escape Velocity–a linked set of 70 micro-memoirs, each exactly 70 words. Celeste Mohammed’s (Fiction, June 2016) Ever Since We Small, US edition is available to order. She reflects on her second novel in conversation with Sophie […]