Forum Literary Magazine

Forum Literary Magazine Forum is a literary journal run by the CCSF English and Visual Arts departments. We provide a platfo

Established in 1937, Forum Magazine is a student-run journal that serves the City College of San Francisco community. Dedicated to providing a platform for the contemporary, urban voices of our institution, Forum collects, edits and publishes quality works of literature and the visual arts as produced by the CCSF family—publication is open to any who have ever been involved with the school, whethe

r as a student, educator or employee. To be considered for the Spring 2017 Issue, please view the submission guidelines listed here: http://forumccsf.org/submissions/

We had a beautiful celebration and launch party for the Spring 2026 edition of Forum Magazine last Thursday at Medicine ...
05/16/2026

We had a beautiful celebration and launch party for the Spring 2026 edition of Forum Magazine last Thursday at Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Galeria, with readings by many of the contributors to the magazine! Congratulations to the winner and runner up for the American Academy of Poets Prize, Adrienne Gilliam and Trenity Davis! Thank you all for contributing to Forum!

Come write and workshop poems, stories, and non-fiction pieces with us!  Become part of our community of creative write...
05/08/2026

Come write and workshop poems, stories, and non-fiction pieces with us!  Become part of our community of creative writers! English Electives are a fun way to fulfill GE requirements!

City College of San Francisco
CREATIVE WRITING CLASSES
FALL 2026

FUN WAYS TO FULFILL GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS!

ENGL 35 ABCDGH are UC/CSU Transferable and
ENGL 35LM is CSU Transferable!
ENGL 35G & IDST 36 fulfill CCSF Area 3!
IDST 36 fulfills CalGETC Area 3B!
All classes fulfill requirements and electives towards
the Creative Writing Certificate!
For more on the Creative Writing Certificate, go to
www.ccsf.edu/degrees-certificates/creative-writing!

Read and discuss stories, poems, plays, novels! Create and workshop your own! English Electives are fun way to fulfill ...
05/08/2026

Read and discuss stories, poems, plays, novels! Create and workshop your own! English Electives are fun way to fulfill GE requirements!

City College of San Francisco
LITERATURE · HUMANITIES · CREATIVE WRITING
FALL 2026

FUN WAYS TO FULFILL GENERAL EDUCATION
REQUIREMENTS!

Read and discuss stories, poems, plays, novels! Create and workshop your own!

All Literature and Humanities classes, as well as English
35G, fulfill the GE Area 3B (Humanities) requirement!
Literature and Humanities Electives fulfill CalGETC Area 3B! Literature Electives also fulfill requirements for AA and AA-T degrees in Literature! Humanities Electives also fulfill requirements for our Humanities Certificate!
Creative Writing Electives also fulfill requirements for our
Creative Writing Certificate!

Spring 2026 Forum Magazine Launch Party! · Thursday May 14 · 6-9PM· 3036 24th Street San Francisco, C...
05/04/2026



Spring 2026 Forum Magazine Launch Party!

· Thursday May 14
· 6-9PM
· 3036 24th Street San Francisco, CA 94110

Please join us for the launch of the spring edition of Forum Magazine!

We’ll celebrate the new magazines with readings from contributing poets, fiction writers, non-fiction writers, and visual artists!

Copies of our new spring issue will be available for purchase!

Established in 1937, Forum Magazine is a student-run literary and visual arts magazine that serves the City College of San Francisco community, greater Bay Area, and beyond. Dedicated to providing a platform for the contemporary, urban voices of our institution, Forum collects, edits and publishes quality works of literature and the visual arts as produced by the CCSF family.

Mark your calendars for a reading and talk with poet Caroline Mar, hosted by Professor Xochiquetzal Candelaria! This is ...
04/25/2026

Mark your calendars for a reading and talk with poet Caroline Mar, hosted by Professor Xochiquetzal Candelaria! This is the sixth and final reading in the spring Visiting Writers Series, and is sponsored by CCSF’s Creative Writing Program, English Department and Forum Magazine.

• Thursday, April 30, 2026, 1:30-2:30 PM
• Ocean Campus, Cloud Hall 219
• Zoom Meeting ID 832 4322 0530

Caroline M. Mar is the great-granddaughter of a railroad laborer and the author of Water Guest, the Editors’ Selection for the 2024 Wisconsin Poetry Series. She is also the author of Special Education (Texas Review Press), which won the 2019 X. J. Kennedy Prize, and the chapbook Dream of the Lake (Bull City Press). Carrie is a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, a member of Rabble Collective, and serves on the board of Friends of Writers. She is a longtime ninth grade health educator in her hometown of San Francisco, and lives in Oakland, CA. She has been granted residencies at Hedgebrook, Ragdale, and Storyknife, among others. You can find her online at carolinemar.com

Creative Writing students enjoyed rich discussion with fiction writer Suzanne Wang, hosted by Professor Maggie Harrison!...
04/18/2026

Creative Writing students enjoyed rich discussion with fiction writer Suzanne Wang, hosted by Professor Maggie Harrison! This is the fourth reading in the Visiting Writers Series, and is sponsored by CCSF’s Creative Writing Program, English Department, and Forum Magazine. Fiction writer Suzanne Wang lives in San Francisco and works as a software engineer. Her first published story, “Mall of America,” first appeared in One Story and was included in The Best American Short Stories 2024.

Mark your calendars for a reading and talk with poet Thea Matthews, hosted by Professor John Isles! This is the fifth r...
04/15/2026

Mark your calendars for a reading and talk with poet Thea Matthews, hosted by Professor John Isles! This is the fifth reading in the Visiting Writers Series, and is sponsored by CCSF’s Creative Writing Program, English Department, Women’s and Gender Studies Department, and Forum Magazine.

Thursday April 23, 12:10-1:25 PM, Ocean Campus, Harry Britt Building 140

Thea Matthews is the author of GRIME (City Lights Books, 2025) and Unearth [The Flowers] (Red Light Lit Press, 2020), which was named one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Indie Poetry Books of 2020. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, ZYZZYVA, The Cortland Review, Colorado Review, The Common, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, The Massachusetts Review, The New Republic, Alta Journal, On the Seawall, among others. Thea attained her MFA from New York University in 2022, and currently teaches at Columbia University. Originally from San Francisco, Thea lives in Brooklyn, New York. Photo Credit: Coskun Caglayan.

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