Instructor: Jason Brown

Date & Time: Saturday, February 1 | 10:30 AM to 4:30 AM

Location: USM’s Glickman Library, Portland

Level: Intermediate/Advanced

Maximum Attendees: 12

Fee: Member: $70 | Nonmember: $125

Registration Closes: January 23

How does a writer know when their story is finished? There is no single easy answer to this question, but there are productive ways of approaching it.

In this workshop, attendees will learn techniques for the final polishing of short fiction, and will participate in flash workshops of the first 3 pages of each attendee’s story. The class will also discuss the process of submitting individual stories to magazines and journals and submitting collections of stories to independent presses.

Attendees will receive a packet of readings in advance of the workshop, and will receive written feedback from the instructor on their story.

SUBMIT

After registering, participants are asked to submit a full story of up to 6500-words by no later than 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 23. Please take the deadline and word limit seriously as MWPA likely cannot accept late submissions and excess words will be cut. Please note that the first 3 pages of the story will be distributed in advance via email to the other workshop participants. Please email the manuscript to perry@mainewriters.org with the subject line: “BROWN WORKSHOP MSS.” Please use standard formatting (1” margins, double-spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman) and submit Word docs or PDFs only.