Steven Tagle
@steventagle.com
Writer & philhellene @icwa.org @FulbrightGreece @DisquietILP @aaww-nyc.bsky.social. @PDSoros.bsky.social Fellow. @UmassMFA '16 & @Stanford '07. Just landed in 🇨🇭
Excited to launch Accepted.com's Fellowship Services & speak about how competitive fellowships from @pdsoros.bsky.social , Fulbright Foundation Greece & @icwa.org changed my life. As "fellowship matchmaker," I look forward to helping clients achieve their dreams: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
How to Get Selected for a Fulbright and Other Competitive Fellowships [Episode 624]
Podcast Episode · Admissions Straight Talk · July 2 · 20m
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July 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Excited to launch Accepted.com's Fellowship Services & speak about how competitive fellowships from @pdsoros.bsky.social , Fulbright Foundation Greece & @icwa.org changed my life. As "fellowship matchmaker," I look forward to helping clients achieve their dreams: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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We are delighted to announce the Blakemore-ICWA Fellowship, a new partnership between ICWA & the Blakemore Foundation. Julia Walton, the first Blakemore-ICWA Fellow, will spend a year examining youth civic participation in Japan amid demographic change. For more info: www.icwa.org/blakemore-ic...
May 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
We are delighted to announce the Blakemore-ICWA Fellowship, a new partnership between ICWA & the Blakemore Foundation. Julia Walton, the first Blakemore-ICWA Fellow, will spend a year examining youth civic participation in Japan amid demographic change. For more info: www.icwa.org/blakemore-ic...
Some photos from our trip to China, wandering ancient streets transformed into pedestrian shopping areas and thinking about the precarious balance between the country’s long history and its headlong plunge into the future: compass.icwa.org/p/southwest-...
May 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Some photos from our trip to China, wandering ancient streets transformed into pedestrian shopping areas and thinking about the precarious balance between the country’s long history and its headlong plunge into the future: compass.icwa.org/p/southwest-...
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"As I marveled at the skylines of megacities & wandered ancient streets transformed into shopping areas, I thought about the precarious balance btwn China’s long history & its headlong plunge into the future." @steventagle.com shares photos from Chongqing & Chengdu: compass.icwa.org/p/southwest-...
Southwest China
Photos from Chongqing and Chengdu
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May 1, 2026 at 1:56 PM
"As I marveled at the skylines of megacities & wandered ancient streets transformed into shopping areas, I thought about the precarious balance btwn China’s long history & its headlong plunge into the future." @steventagle.com shares photos from Chongqing & Chengdu: compass.icwa.org/p/southwest-...
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80 writers from across Europe have already booked to join us in September.
We hope you will join us! Don't wait too long to book as places will sell out. Come for:
✨️ writing workshops
✨️ exploring Madrid
✨️ new friends
✨️ good food and wine
We hope you will join us! Don't wait too long to book as places will sell out. Come for:
✨️ writing workshops
✨️ exploring Madrid
✨️ new friends
✨️ good food and wine
Ticket for our Annual Salon in Madrid are on sale now!
If you’ve joined us before, you’ll know: European Writers salon is unlike any literary event you’ve been to. It isn't a conference. It's a weekend of creativity, surprise and community.
Below are some quotes from attendees last year...
If you’ve joined us before, you’ll know: European Writers salon is unlike any literary event you’ve been to. It isn't a conference. It's a weekend of creativity, surprise and community.
Below are some quotes from attendees last year...
March 24, 2026 at 5:51 PM
80 writers from across Europe have already booked to join us in September.
We hope you will join us! Don't wait too long to book as places will sell out. Come for:
✨️ writing workshops
✨️ exploring Madrid
✨️ new friends
✨️ good food and wine
We hope you will join us! Don't wait too long to book as places will sell out. Come for:
✨️ writing workshops
✨️ exploring Madrid
✨️ new friends
✨️ good food and wine
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EWS is heading to Amsterdam!
At this fun and friendly open mic salon, we'll listen to excellent readings, drink wine and get to know writers from Amsterdam and across Europe.
Further details will be made available nearer the time, including how to sign up to read and exact timings. Link below.
At this fun and friendly open mic salon, we'll listen to excellent readings, drink wine and get to know writers from Amsterdam and across Europe.
Further details will be made available nearer the time, including how to sign up to read and exact timings. Link below.
March 12, 2026 at 12:21 PM
EWS is heading to Amsterdam!
At this fun and friendly open mic salon, we'll listen to excellent readings, drink wine and get to know writers from Amsterdam and across Europe.
Further details will be made available nearer the time, including how to sign up to read and exact timings. Link below.
At this fun and friendly open mic salon, we'll listen to excellent readings, drink wine and get to know writers from Amsterdam and across Europe.
Further details will be made available nearer the time, including how to sign up to read and exact timings. Link below.
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Matthew Wheeler (Thailand 2002-2004) & @steventagle.com (Greece 2021-2023) meet up in Bangkok to trade fellowship stories, discuss how the city has changed & Matt’s work researching Southeast Asian security issues for @crisisgroup.org. Steven wears his trusty ICWA cap whenever he travels.
March 12, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Matthew Wheeler (Thailand 2002-2004) & @steventagle.com (Greece 2021-2023) meet up in Bangkok to trade fellowship stories, discuss how the city has changed & Matt’s work researching Southeast Asian security issues for @crisisgroup.org. Steven wears his trusty ICWA cap whenever he travels.
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"The Buddhist temples tapered to heaven, the golden faces of deities fearsome or serene. Visitors placed coins in their mouths, covered them in gold leaf." Former fellow @steventagle.com shares photos from a 2013 trip to Thailand on Compass: compass.icwa.org/p/thailand
Thailand
Photos from a first trip to Asia in 2013.
compass.icwa.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"The Buddhist temples tapered to heaven, the golden faces of deities fearsome or serene. Visitors placed coins in their mouths, covered them in gold leaf." Former fellow @steventagle.com shares photos from a 2013 trip to Thailand on Compass: compass.icwa.org/p/thailand
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Lahaina has done the impossible & rebuilt itself after it burned to the ground.
I hope our world, which is currently on fire, can do the same.
Read my new #poem: compass.icwa.org/p/lahaina.
Thank you @icwa.org & @cassmannes.bsky.social for making it happen.
#marianazos
I hope our world, which is currently on fire, can do the same.
Read my new #poem: compass.icwa.org/p/lahaina.
Thank you @icwa.org & @cassmannes.bsky.social for making it happen.
#marianazos
January 23, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Lahaina has done the impossible & rebuilt itself after it burned to the ground.
I hope our world, which is currently on fire, can do the same.
Read my new #poem: compass.icwa.org/p/lahaina.
Thank you @icwa.org & @cassmannes.bsky.social for making it happen.
#marianazos
I hope our world, which is currently on fire, can do the same.
Read my new #poem: compass.icwa.org/p/lahaina.
Thank you @icwa.org & @cassmannes.bsky.social for making it happen.
#marianazos
In May 2013, I took my first trip to the vertically oriented city of Hong Kong. Grateful for the opportunity to revisit some of the photos I took then for @icwa.org's Compass: compass.icwa.org/p/hong-kong
January 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
In May 2013, I took my first trip to the vertically oriented city of Hong Kong. Grateful for the opportunity to revisit some of the photos I took then for @icwa.org's Compass: compass.icwa.org/p/hong-kong
Congratulations to the new @icwa.org fellows!!
We’re delighted to announce the appointment of three outstanding new fellows who will begin their fellowships next year: Mahli Knutson, Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social and Sabrina Ochoa www.icwa.org/icwa-2026-fe...
December 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Congratulations to the new @icwa.org fellows!!
Happy to help Xander Beattie launch his thrilling novel The President in LA! Our fireside chat will be available online soon. Thank you to everyone who came to share the night with us. (Also a great plug for @andchangepoetry.bsky.social community!) pronk.press/a-hollywood-...
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Happy to help Xander Beattie launch his thrilling novel The President in LA! Our fireside chat will be available online soon. Thank you to everyone who came to share the night with us. (Also a great plug for @andchangepoetry.bsky.social community!) pronk.press/a-hollywood-...
Reading an excerpt from my @offassignment.bsky.social essay, “To the First-Time Porn Star,” last night at Zurich Spoken Word. Thank you, Yun, for the snap and the community! Here’s a link to read the full piece: www.offassignment.com/articles/ste...
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Reading an excerpt from my @offassignment.bsky.social essay, “To the First-Time Porn Star,” last night at Zurich Spoken Word. Thank you, Yun, for the snap and the community! Here’s a link to read the full piece: www.offassignment.com/articles/ste...
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For Compass, former ICWA fellow @steventagle.com returns to the remote Greek island of Chios to savor the flavor & tradition of village cuisine at Evi Katsioni's O Cafenes tou Giorgi in the central square of medieval Pitios: compass.icwa.org/p/in-a-remot...
In a remote Greek village, fresh and vibrant local flavors
In Pitios, on the island of Chios, O Cafenes tou Giorgi draws from old tradition.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For Compass, former ICWA fellow @steventagle.com returns to the remote Greek island of Chios to savor the flavor & tradition of village cuisine at Evi Katsioni's O Cafenes tou Giorgi in the central square of medieval Pitios: compass.icwa.org/p/in-a-remot...
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Following the success of Julie Irigaray's Prose Poetry Workshop, we’re delighted to bring you her new online course, The Body in Poetry
📅 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:00 - 20:00 BST
Whether it is changing, (un)tamed, or suffering, the body plays a greater role in our lives than we want to admit...
📅 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:00 - 20:00 BST
Whether it is changing, (un)tamed, or suffering, the body plays a greater role in our lives than we want to admit...
September 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Following the success of Julie Irigaray's Prose Poetry Workshop, we’re delighted to bring you her new online course, The Body in Poetry
📅 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:00 - 20:00 BST
Whether it is changing, (un)tamed, or suffering, the body plays a greater role in our lives than we want to admit...
📅 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:00 - 20:00 BST
Whether it is changing, (un)tamed, or suffering, the body plays a greater role in our lives than we want to admit...
Really happy to cameo in @aldbera.bsky.social’s piece about @saloneurope.bsky.social, which captures how unique and special the weekend was. Yay for nerding out over tea, and long live the Scroll! 📜
Truly moved by this Substack by @aldbera.bsky.social describing her experience at our Annual Salon over the weekend.
This is everything we hoped for—creating a place where writers from across Europe can come together and get to know each other—to make writing a little less lonely💛
This is everything we hoped for—creating a place where writers from across Europe can come together and get to know each other—to make writing a little less lonely💛
How To Get Off Of The Eurostar
A Weekend in Brussels, Belgium with the European Writers Salon.
aldbera.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Really happy to cameo in @aldbera.bsky.social’s piece about @saloneurope.bsky.social, which captures how unique and special the weekend was. Yay for nerding out over tea, and long live the Scroll! 📜
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3 days. 3 salons. 5 hosts. 25 readers. 100 attendees. intimate moments and communal ones, laughter and tears, favorites new and old. @saloneurope.bsky.social, see you next year in Madrid, Sept 25-27, to do it all again.
September 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
3 days. 3 salons. 5 hosts. 25 readers. 100 attendees. intimate moments and communal ones, laughter and tears, favorites new and old. @saloneurope.bsky.social, see you next year in Madrid, Sept 25-27, to do it all again.
After an incredible weekend at @saloneurope.bsky.social's #EWSBrussels2025, I decided to upgrade to Supporter. The Salon exceeded my expectations in every way. If you can, I encourage you to support EWS's vital work! If you're curious, happy to chat. europeanwriterssalon.substack.com?r=1x8pg&utm_...
European Writers Salon Substack | SalonEurope | Substack
Newsletter for the European Writers Salon. Find out all the latest happenings across Europe and ensure you never miss out on our events. Click to read European Writers Salon Substack, by SalonEurope, ...
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September 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
After an incredible weekend at @saloneurope.bsky.social's #EWSBrussels2025, I decided to upgrade to Supporter. The Salon exceeded my expectations in every way. If you can, I encourage you to support EWS's vital work! If you're curious, happy to chat. europeanwriterssalon.substack.com?r=1x8pg&utm_...
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We ended the morning by writing in the park in the ☀️
Thank you to @steventagle.com @nancyfreund.bsky.social @cancienne.bsky.social @nomad-sw18.bsky.social - a perfect morning
Thank you to @steventagle.com @nancyfreund.bsky.social @cancienne.bsky.social @nomad-sw18.bsky.social - a perfect morning
September 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We ended the morning by writing in the park in the ☀️
Thank you to @steventagle.com @nancyfreund.bsky.social @cancienne.bsky.social @nomad-sw18.bsky.social - a perfect morning
Thank you to @steventagle.com @nancyfreund.bsky.social @cancienne.bsky.social @nomad-sw18.bsky.social - a perfect morning
Very exciting to launch Compass, a new Substack journal we’ve been developing this year. @ICWA.org fellows and others, we welcome your contributions!
We are very proud to launch Compass, a Substack journal that reflects on the fate of liberalism in a new era and how the US is perceived abroad. We’ll feature writing from @icwa.org alumni and others about global issues. Check out our launch edition: compass.icwa.org/p/introducin...
Introducing Compass
A new journal about global cultures and developments from the Institute of Current World Affairs.
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June 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Very exciting to launch Compass, a new Substack journal we’ve been developing this year. @ICWA.org fellows and others, we welcome your contributions!
Just now discovering Robert Lax, who moved from New York to Greece at 46 and lived on the islands of Kalymnos and Patmos, writing tall, stark poems about sky and sea. What a find! www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Introduction
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
www.poetryfoundation.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Just now discovering Robert Lax, who moved from New York to Greece at 46 and lived on the islands of Kalymnos and Patmos, writing tall, stark poems about sky and sea. What a find! www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Would you like to immerse yourself in a foreign culture or society for two years? For Accepted.com, I share tips for writing an @icwa.org letter of interest, the first step in the application process. Letters for 2026-2028 fellowships are due on June 15! blog.accepted.com/how-to-write...
How to Write a Letter of Interest for the Institute of Current World Affairs
A guide to applying for the ICWA two-year international writing fellowship and tips for crafting a letter of interest.
blog.accepted.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Would you like to immerse yourself in a foreign culture or society for two years? For Accepted.com, I share tips for writing an @icwa.org letter of interest, the first step in the application process. Letters for 2026-2028 fellowships are due on June 15! blog.accepted.com/how-to-write...
April 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
💜💜💜 @offassignment.bsky.social you always know how to make my day!
This week, we're reading: Anthony Lane's regional tour of risotto; OA contributor @steventagle.com on finding refuge in the Greek language, and @devonfredericksen.bsky.social on a whale washed ashore on Long Beach Peninsula. These & more recs: buff.ly/NLzyfQN
April 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
💜💜💜 @offassignment.bsky.social you always know how to make my day!
Last summer, @offassignment.bsky.social's month-long “Writing the Modern Love Essay” Masters’ Series course, led by @laviniaspalding.bsky.social, gave me insight into the column’s structure & helped me answer a tricky question: What's my unique revelation about the nature of love & relationships?
March 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Last summer, @offassignment.bsky.social's month-long “Writing the Modern Love Essay” Masters’ Series course, led by @laviniaspalding.bsky.social, gave me insight into the column’s structure & helped me answer a tricky question: What's my unique revelation about the nature of love & relationships?