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SUMMARY:Writing Contemporary Short Fiction with Siavash Saadlou (Online course)
DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: Fridays\, June 12–July 31\, 6:30–8:30 p.m. ET \nThis intensive\, 8-week online workshop is designed for writers who want to break away from conventional narrative formulas and master the sharp\, subtext-driven landscape of contemporary short fiction. Moving past predictable plots\, we will analyze the technical mechanics of stories that feel alive\, dangerous\, and emotionally bruising. To anchor our craft lectures\, we will closely study the machinery of some of today’s most acclaimed contemporary voices\, reading award-winning work by Jamel Brinkley\, Jhumpa Lahiri\, Ottessa Moshfegh\, Emma Binder\, and Amber Caron. Each two-hour session pairs deep-dive structural analysis of these authors’ stories with immediate\, high-stakes writing sprints. This is a hands-on workshop. You will draft live\, dissect craft machinery\, and workshop your own fiction in a rigorous\, supportive environment modeled on top-tier MFA programs. By looking closely at how today’s masters engineer desire\, proximity\, and domestic friction\, you will learn to build short fiction that lingers long after the final sentence. \nMaximum number of participants: 12\nStandard Registration: $295 CAD\nQWF Members: $250 CAD \nAbout the instructor:\nSiavash Saadlou is a 2026 Rising Star\, selected by Writers’ Trust of Canada. His short stories\, essays\, and works of translation have appeared in Ploughshares\, Massachusetts Review\, and New England Review\, among other journals. He is the winner of numerous literary contests\, including the 2025 Conger Beasley Jr. Award for Nonfiction\, the 2024 McNally Robinson Booksellers Creative Nonfiction Prize\, and the 2023 Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize. \nView syllabus. \nTo register\, or if you have questions\, email Siavash Saadlou at siavash.saadlou@gmail.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-contemporary-short-fiction-with-siavash-saadlou-online-course/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Beyond Lovecraft: A Weird Fiction Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Have you always wanted to write a strange and dark tale of your own? Whether you’re new to weird fiction or a passionate acolyte\, this two-hour creative writing workshop will give you the tools you need to write in a mode usually associated with H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. Looking beyond the cosmic horror genre Lovecraft spawned\, we will seek inspiration from a range of classic and contemporary writers of the weird\, such as Algernon Blackwood\, China Miéville\, Leena Kohn\, and Kelly Link\, among others. These authors’ fiction ranges from the Gothic to the surreal and their prose varies from florid and ornate to deceptively simple. While learning how to create a sense of the uncanny\, the sublime\, and the unknowable\, you will leave the workshop with pages of new writing and a seed for your own weird tale. \nWorkshop offered in English\, but participants are welcome to write in the language they are most comfortable with. \nInstructor: Matthew Rettino \nPlease sign up using the Google Form: https://forms.gle/bF3qikV4hZNxvc61A. \n$25 fee payment can be made out to Matthew Rettino by Interac etransfer: matthew.rettino@gmail.com.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/beyond-lovecraft-a-weird-fiction-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Phoenix Books\, 5928 Sherbrooke Street West\, 5928 Sherbrooke St W\, Montreal\, QC\, H4A 1X7\, Canada
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