Next Words is a reading series and publication featuring CalArts’ graduating Creative Writing MFAs. Taking place in the spring at venues across Los Angeles—bookstores, art spaces, and even a former City Hall—it culminates in a final showcase at REDCAT. Next Words is organized by second-year writing students, with dedicated administrative support. It provides the Los Angeles literary community a formal introduction to the new and exciting work coming out of our program.
This year’s anthology, entitled Running Moon, will also be available for purchase—a selection of fiction, poetry, nonfiction and hybrid genres curated and edited by the students.
Past speakers
2017
First Session Chelsea Dright Erik Glyttov Leann Lo Jesse VanDenKooy
Second Session Vanessa Baish Matthew Seidman William P. Smith
Third Session Giovan Alonzi Amanda Choo Quan David Connor
Fourth Session Robert Merritt Julia Nowak Sophie Reiff
Final Session The 2017 Next Words series and anthology were curated and edited by Julia Nowak, Sophie Reiff, Robert Merritt and Amanda Choo Quan.