Parisian Phoenix Publishing

I met with the new supervisor of NCC’s creative writing program, Abigail Michelini. She revealed that she is initiating a campaign to make the certificate into a full-fledged associate’s degree. This is exciting news. She is also a published poet. She has a chapbook with Lehigh Valley publisher, Thirty West. She is also a past recipient of the East 40 Residency at NCC, something Gayle and I applied for but did not get this year. Michelini created a poetry walk on the site.

Check out Michelini’s Instagram if you want to explore her 100 rejection challenge for 2026. She is submitting poetry and reporting back her rejections on social media in an attempt to reach 100 rejections in a single year. You can check out her poems online in Rockvale Review (click here) and Cider Press Review (click here).