Announcing my spring 2026 private creative writing classes!

Posted on March 12, 2026 by Christopher

Announcing my SPRING 2026 private creative writing workshop! Yay! Earlybird discounted registration opened today.

My poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry” meets on Wednesdays, starting April 1.
My “Creative Nonfiction Workshop” meets on Thursdays, starting April 2.

Both workshops take place on Zoom from 6-8 PM Eastern Time and run for 6 classes.

Earlybird discounted registration has just opened and closes March 22.
Regular registration closes March 29.

See https://christophercitro.com/private-classes/ for more info and to register.

Visiting Emma Rhodes in Toronto!

Posted on March 10, 2026 by Christopher

Visited my friend the wonderful poet Emma Rhodes (in the middle of this photo) with my partner Sarah in Toronto last week! A mini Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing AND Ionian Center for the Arts & Culture reunion! Yes yes!

https://www.emmarhodes.net

Here’s a video of me reading my poem “When Our Grasses Seem Humming”

Posted on March 6, 2026 by Christopher

Howdy! Here’s a video of me reading my poem “When Our Grasses Seem Humming” which was published recently in the Bennington Review.

My poem “When Our Grasses Seem Humming,” is in the new Bennington Review!

Posted on March 3, 2026 by Christopher

Hot golly! My contributor copies of the new Bennington Review arrived with my poem “When Our Grasses Seem Humming,” as well as so much amazing work by so many poets and writers I adore. Thank you Bennington Review for this bright flame in March’s deep freeze!

Honored to be nominated again for a Pushcart Prize!

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Christopher

What an honor to be nominated by a contributing editor (thank you!) for this year’s Pushcart Prize. Winning a Pushcart in 2018 was such a thrill and an honor. Fingers crossed for another chance!

Allium accepted my poems: “To Find the Ridge to Watch the Sun Drop” and “Fireflies Meadow Highway Ramp”!!!

Posted on February 11, 2026 by Christopher

Hot golly! Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose has just accepted my poems: “To Find the Ridge to Watch the Sun Drop” and “Fireflies Meadow Highway Ramp”!!! Huge thank you to Marc Meierkort, Tony Trigilio, and everyone who cultivates the Allium at Columbia College Chicago!

Here’s a video of me reading my poem “Hawk Shadow Here to Help”

Posted on February 6, 2026 by Christopher

Howdy! Here’s a video of me reading my poem “Hawk Shadow Here to Help” which was published recently in The Kenyon Review.

I’ve been interviewed by Water~Stone Review! Read it now on their blog!

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Christopher

Huge thank you to Water~Stone Review for interviewing me and posting it to their blog today! It was a joy to respond to these thoughtful and generous questions! I hope you all enjoy reading it. It even includes the cover of the first photocopied book of my poetry i made waaaaay back in undergraduate days.

In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Christopher Citro

Iron Horse Literary Review accepted my poem “Draw a Door There Draw a Door”

Posted on January 25, 2026 by Christopher

Iron Horse Literary Review accepted my poem “Draw a Door There Draw a Door” for their upcoming TOYS theme issue! Thank you Geffrey Davis, Jo Anna Gaona, and the entire IHLR staff!

Had a wonderful time reading for the Triple-A Reading Series in Binghamton!

Posted on January 25, 2026 by Christopher

What a warm and welcoming thrill it was to read for the Triple-A Reading Series this afternoon in Binghamton. Thank you Ralph Pennel for making it all happen, and for the BCAC Artisan Gallery for hosting. And thank you to my awesome fellow readers Jenn Powers and Jen DeGregorio (a Kettle Pond Writers Conference friend from years ago!). And I guess thank you also to this oncoming blizzard for holding off long enough for us to make the drive down and back from Syracuse!