Online Workshops
Barrelhouse runs online fiction and poetry workshops for writers who are looking to hone their craft in a professional, fun, and encouraging environment. Participation is $199 and proceeds go to Barrelhouse and our guest instructors. Workshop space is limited to 12 participants.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
These are online workshops, so, you know, everything is online. Participants don’t have to be in a certain place at a certain time. They log in to the workshop space throughout the week, whenever convenient for them. We’ve had workshop participants from all over the world.
Work is generally are posted every week, and each participant posts their comments to that week’s discussion board. Discourse grows during the course of the week, ideally very similar to a face-to-face workshop. At the same time, we frequently have a number of discussions happening on various topics, including general writing-related and publishing issues and questions, to very specific elements of craft.
ONLINE FICTION WORKSHOP WITH BARRELHOUSE EDITOR SUSAN MUADDI-DARRAJ:
6-week workshop
October 6th to November 15th
ONLINE FICTION WORKSHOP
Give your writing a boost this fall by enrolling in a 6-week, intensive fiction writing workshop led by Susan Muaddi Darraj. All work is completed online. Participants will have the chance to workshop 3 short stories (up to 10 pages each) as well as submit a portfolio (up to 75 pages) for an individual conference with instructor after the course ends. Along the way, we will discuss assigned readings and talk about process and craft. Lectures focus on plot, point of view, voice, and other important elements.
Space is limited to 12 participants. Cost is $199.
HOW MUCH?
The workshop is $199. For that amount, you’ll get to workshop three stories and get a detailed manuscript critique. And, you’ll be supporting Barrelhouse.
AND WHO IS SUSAN MUADDI DARRAJ?
Susan Muaddi Darraj is the author of The Inheritance of Exile, a short story collection that won ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award. She is on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University MA in Writing program. Her forthcoming book, A Curious Land: Stories from Home, was named winner of the 2014 Grace Paley Award for Fiction by the AWP. She is an editor at Barrelhouse Magazine, and co-founder of the annual Conversations & Connections writers conference in Washington DC.
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