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Learn about the craft of writing a short story with PEN/Dau Short Story Prize winner Ben Van Voorhis in a four-week writing workshop.
This is a four week program. Please plan to attend all four! The dates are as follows: May 24th, May 31st, June 7th, and June 14th. Each session is devoted to a different phase of writing a short story, beginning with idea generation and ending with revision, and includes dedicated writing time within each session. There will be writing prompts, time for sharing work aloud, and supplemental reading (optional) related to each top of discussion.
About the presenter: Ben Van Voorhis is a writer and editor from Santa Clarita, California. His fiction and other writing have appeared in Nimrod, Baltimore Review, Salamander, The Masters Review, and Best Debut Short Stories 2024, among other publications. He now lives in Spokane, Washington, where he runs community writing programs for teens and adults and occasionally teaches English at Gonzaga University. He is the editor of ArcUser, a magazine for users of geospatial technology.
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AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Writing Workshops | Learning & Lectures | Book & Film Discussions | Arts & Culture |
| Mon, Apr 13 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Tue, Apr 14 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Wed, Apr 15 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Thu, Apr 16 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Fri, Apr 17 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Apr 18 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, Apr 19 | 12:00PM to 4:00PM |
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