Note from the Director: This workshop was offered in 2016. Learn more about this year’s workshops.

 

Snap Prose: Sudden Inspiration (Fiction & Nonfiction)

Writing workshop in New Jersey
January 15-18, 2016
Led by Richard K. Weems

Whether your interests hover in the realm of flash fiction, literary short stories, sci-fi, micro memoir or zombie apocalypse, we’ll focus on the immediate pleasures of writing ultra-short prose. We will start the weekend with a few snap-to-it prompts that generate new pieces. With nurturing support and feedback, we’ll encourage some of your newborns into adolescence or even adulthood. We’ll finish up with an overview of the flash prose market, which is growing in print and on the internet.

Did you know:

• there are more than 50 markets accepting flash fiction and nonfiction submissions?
• these markets are usually looking for pieces between 500-1000 words?

Whether you’re looking to get a fresh start or need a boost on a larger project, this writing workshop will be a great way to invigorate your prose.

*Limited to just 10 participants.*

Did you know? “Re-PETERs” welcome! Prompts, readings and craft discussion will differ each time.

 

“I just wanted to thank you again for a great workshop. You presented a lot of food for thought and numerous sources to explore how ‘published’ authors have perfected their craft. I thought we had an interesting mix of writing styles and a group who not only offered helpful suggestions but did so with respect and encouragement. I think you set the tone for that type of interaction to occur. I hope I will be able to attend another workshop with you in the future.”
~ Steve, Participant in Rich K. Weems’ workshop

 

Biography

Richard K. Weems is the author of Anything He Wants, winner of the Spire Fiction Award and finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award, as well as the Cheap Stories eBook series, an Amazon bestseller, most recently The Way of It: New and Selected Cheap Stories. (A print compendium of the series is forthcoming.) He is founder of the BCA Summer Writing Program and former Director of Creative Writing for the NJ Governor’s School of the Arts. His flash publications include New World Writing, The Mississippi Review, Pif Magazine, Fine Linen and The Portland Review. Other publications include North American Review, The Gettysburg Review, Barcelona Review and The Beloit Fiction Journal. You can check out some of his work at weemsnet.net.