Red Herring Fiction Workshop

Red Herring Fiction Workshop After 40+ years, the workshop has left its home at the Channing-Murray Foundation and will be meeting on Zoom and at the Champaign Public Library.

Free community prose workshop founded in 1980. Meets weekly on Tuesday evenings. Contact the group through this page.

04/27/2026
04/06/2026

As part of the annual Boneyard Arts Festival, the Red Herring Writers will give a reading Sunday, April 12, 2:30-4:00, in the Lewis Auditorium of the Urbana Free Library. Readers: Frank Chadwick, Kip Knox, Jeff McCoy, Rob Manaster, Christina Swanson, and Bob Switzer.

Maureen Holtz has a new book out in Arcadia's Images of America series. This one is about DeWitt County IL. Go to
03/25/2026

Maureen Holtz has a new book out in Arcadia's Images of America series. This one is about DeWitt County IL. Go to

Readers interested in the America's heartland and the growth of both nuclear power and agriculture will delight in DeWitt County. Founded in 1824 by settlers such as Prettyman Marvel and Cicero Twist, DeWitt County was considered an abundant area because of its flat, open prairies that could be used...

This long link will get you to a nice conversation between authors Kipling Knox and Philip Graham. Kip is a Red Herring ...
03/04/2026

This long link will get you to a nice conversation between authors Kipling Knox and Philip Graham. Kip is a Red Herring member and Philip was his writing mentor at the University of Illinois.

by Philip Graham

John P***n, Robert Manaster, and Elaine P***ncia have poems in the Winter 2025 issue of Sheila-na-Gig at
12/02/2025

John P***n, Robert Manaster, and Elaine P***ncia have poems in the Winter 2025 issue of Sheila-na-Gig at

NEW: Click author’s NAME to jump to their section or SCROLL to read the issue in its entirety. WINTER 2025 CURATORBARABARA SABOL VENUS IN HEAT: CHARLES SHERMAN EDITORS’ CHOICE AWARD WIN…

Christina Swanson's article, "Can Educators Focus on Connection Rather than Grades?" appears at
10/08/2025

Christina Swanson's article, "Can Educators Focus on Connection Rather than Grades?" appears at

An educator made a small change to the way she gave feedback on assignments—with big results for students' engagement and confidence.

04/11/2025

Celebrate National Poetry Month with a reading and reception.

The annual Red Herring workshop reading during the Boneyard Arts Festival, April 2025. Elaine P***ncia, Frank Chadwick, ...
04/08/2025

The annual Red Herring workshop reading during the Boneyard Arts Festival, April 2025. Elaine P***ncia, Frank Chadwick, Jeff McCoy,Bob Switzer, Karen Steiner, Christina Swanson, Robert Manaster. Photo by Esther Yi.

03/27/2025

Elaine P***ncia's creative nonfiction piece, "Bringing Daddy Home," appears in the winter 2024-2025 issue of Kestrel: A Journal of Literature and Art

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Champaign Public Library
Champaign, IL
61820

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7:15pm - 9pm

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