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A Flash of Truth:
A Nonfiction Workshop

Writing Workshop in New Jersey
January 17-20, 2025
Led by Tyrese L. Coleman

Great flash nonfiction illuminates a fundamental truth about the human experience—in less than 1,000 words. The biggest misconception about flash nonfiction is that it’s easy to write because it’s so short, but crafting the truth of our human experience is anything but simple. In this supportive, generative workshop, you’ll read and discuss universal techniques seen in successful flash nonfiction from a myriad of writers and generate new flash nonfiction inspired by these samples. Participants will be encouraged to submit pieces to the class for feedback. Writers of all genres and experience are welcome.

*Limited to just 10 participants.*

 

“The workshop leaders are talented and compassionate, pushing you to new levels. The atmosphere is charged with creativity and appreciation for the work of others. I travel from Chicago to attend and have not been disappointed.”
~ Donna, Willowbrook, IL

 

Tyrese L. Coleman

Tyrese L. Coleman is the author of How to Sit, a 2019 Pen Open Book Award finalist published with Mason Jar Press in 2018. She is also the writer of the forthcoming book, Spectacle, with One World, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Writer, wife, mother, attorney and writing instructor, she occasionally teaches at American University. Her essays and stories have appeared in several publications, including Black Warrior Review, Literary Hub, The Rumpus and the Kenyon Review, and noted in Best American Essays and the Pushcart Anthology. She is an alumni of the Writing Program at Johns Hopkins University. Read a piece by Tyrese and learn more on her website.