Madeline ffitch Literary Reading and Q&A

Please join us for a free literary reading event featuring award-winning and local writer Madeline ffitch on Tuesday October 6th at 6:30 p.m. At the Scripps College Amphitheatre outdoors on Ohio University campus hosted by Quarter After Eight literary journal. Madeline is the author of novel Avalon, Rise (new release September 2026), short story collection Valparaiso, Round the Horn, and novel Stay and Fight, which was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, the Washington State Book Award, the LA Times Book Award, and was the 2023 Ohio Center for the Book pick for the National Book Festival. Madeline has been awarded two O. Henry prizes, in 2024 and 2025, and her story "Seeing Through Maps" was chosen for the 2024 Best American Short Stories anthology. She has received fellowships from Yaddo, UCross, Blue Mountain Center, and Macdowell, and was writer in residence at the Carolyn Moore Writer's House. Madeline is a recipient of the 2025 Creative Capital State of the Art Prize.