Megan Stielstra

Committee on Creative Writing

Megan Stielstra is Visiting Lecturer in the Committee on Creative Writing. She is also the Literary Director of 2nd Story and editor of their forthcoming print anthology (Chicago: Elephant Rock Books, 2012). Her story collection, Everyone Remain Calm (Toronto: Joyland/ECW, 2011), was a Chicago Tribune Favorite of 2011, and her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Rumpus, Pank, Make Magazine, F Magazine, Other Voices, The Nervous Breakdown, Fresh Yarn, Pindeldyboz, Swink, Necessary Fiction, and elsewhere. She teaches writing and performance at Columbia College as well as The University of Chicago.