General Blog
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Two new late-start classes!
Due to popular demand, two new Creative Writing classes have just been opened and will begin on 9/5. These go towards the Creative Writing Certificate and transfer to universities including CSU and UC. Please spread the word! English 35 A/B – Fiction · MW (Section 003) 3:10-4:35, ART 307 – J. Young 9/5-12/22 English 35…
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Calling all artists!!!
Forum, the literary magazine of City College of San Francisco, gives voice to the talented authors, poets and visual artists in our community. Photography Screenplays Short Stories Creative Non-fiction Poetry Art Comics All submissions due by Friday, September 29 2017
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We’re Back! And a Call for Submissions!
Goooooood evening, everyone! It’s your former blog editor, Zach, back at it again~ This blog went dark for a few months over the summer semester between Forum classes. I hope you all had a good June and July with at least a decent amount of relaxation. CCSF classes started on Monday, so this marks our…
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Launch Party at Adobe Books
SO I know I said that I’d have this post up “soon”. A week is “soon”, right? Anyway. We had some really great moments at the Launch Party. Many many many thanks to Adobe Books for being fabulous hosts. Thanks to the Forum Staff who came early to set up (and to Jeremy Williams, who…
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Forum Magazine Spring 2017 Launch Party!
Forum Spring 2017 Launch Party Adobe Books 3130 24th St, San Francisco, California 94110 May 24, 2017 from 6 PM – 8 PM Free and open to the public! Facebook The CCSF Forum Magazine invites you to the Spring 2017 launch party. The night will have readings by contributors, local poets, and an open mic. Copies…
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Writing Prompt Wednesday: The End Is In Sight
Happy Wednesday, my friends! I hope you all are enjoying the Forum web selection– I’m really happy with the pieces our editors chose to spotlight! Please look forward to more awesome writing and art in the near future. Today’s Forum Lab is all about going over the final proof so that the book can go to…
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Wednesday Writing Prompt: Postcard-sized
Good evening, friends and family! Welcome to our penultimate Forum Lab. The magazine is coming along well, with the proofs just about ready and the acceptance letters being written as I type. Keep an eye on this space for announcements about the launch party at the end of May– I promise, it’s coming soon! The…
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Writing Prompt Wednesday (on Thursday)
Hey everyone! I know we took a bit of a sabbatical last week (Forum Lab was canceled because Professor Young had the flu– happily she’s much better now), but I definitely missed y’all. Here are a couple of photos from yesterday’s lab, where we wrestled with the final proofs, talked about grammar, and tried to…
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CCSF’S Creative Writing Program Open House
Open House for the City College of San Francisco Creative Writing Program City Cafe, on the second level of the Student Union Building, Ocean Campus April 21, 2017 9:00am-12:00pm Free and open to the public! Pick up a back issue of Forum and talk to creative writing faculty about our course offerings and Creative Writing…
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Writing Prompt Wednesday: Spotlight on Haiku
Happy Wednesday, everyone. We are back from spring break! Today’s topics are all about finalizing publishing documents, page counts, fact checking, and arguing about whether we should cross-publish pieces here and in the magazine (make your opinions known in the comments, y’all!) We’re also starting work on some group projects reviewing other literary magazines, because professional…
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