Tavia Stewart is a Bay Area writer, immersive storyteller, creative placemaker, and two-time literary nonprofit founder. She is the co-author of Ready, Set, Novel (Chronicle Books) and author of multiple novel-writing workbooks for kids and teens (NaNoWriMo’s Young Writers Program). Tavia worked at National Novel Writing Month as the COO for 10 years until 2014 then co-founded Chapter 510, an 826-inspired writing, publishing, and bookmaking center in Oakland, CA. She is also the creator and Creative Director for Chapter 510’s magical bureaucracy (interactive retail storefront) the Dept. of Make / Believe.
She has worked for and with McSweeney’s, 826 Valencia, ZYZZYVA, and Watchword Press, with whom she curated Whole Story, a series of immersive experiences based on selected short stories. She has been published in Smokelong Quarterly.
Currently, Tavia works as a nonprofit consultant and co-founder of the Flash Fiction Institute (launching summer 2025), and is a proud board member of the Open Architecture Collaborative.
