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How to Make Your Writing Irresistible From Page One
Fantastic First Lines and Where to Find Them
Sep 2
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The Forever Workshop
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Veronica Zora Kirin
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How a Wigleaf Top 50 Editor Really Chooses Stories
Q&A with Shome Dasgupta
Jul 2
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shome dasgupta
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The Forever Workshop
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Creating a Short Story Collection (When You Don’t Know Where to Start)
Former Wigleaf Top 50 editor Shome Dasgupta on the art of building a collection
Apr 22
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shome dasgupta
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The Forever Workshop
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Editors From The Sun, Ploughshares & Okay Donkey on What Makes Them Keep Reading
A one-shot workshop on pacing, voice, and turning good openings into great work
Mar 11
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Derek Askey
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Rachel Dillon
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steve chang
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The Forever Workshop
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Micro Prose 101: Say More with Less
Unpacking the art of micro prose — from first draft to publication
Feb 18
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Darien Gee
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The Forever Workshop
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A Submitter's Guide to Lit Mags
A twelve-part masterclass in submitting your work and getting published with Chill Subs Co-Founder Benjamin Davis
Feb 2
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Benjamin Davis
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Swimming Lessons in the Slush Pile
A four-part masterclass on how to stand out in the slush pile with Co-Founder of Chill Subs Benjamin Davis
Jan 28
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Benjamin Davis
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Smash Your Flash: The Craft of Short (Short) Fiction
A twelve-part masterclass covering everything you need to learn the craft of short (short) fiction with award-winning writer Jo Gatford
Jan 2
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Jo Gatford
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How to Evaluate Your Work Like an Editor
A four-part masterclass in performing a professional self-edit with Okay Donkey Fiction Editor Steve Chang
Nov 6, 2025
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steve chang
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The Craft of Freaky Flash Fiction
A four-part masterclass on writing super short horror
Nov 1, 2025
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Kayla Kumari
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Everything You Need To Write The Best Dang Fiction of Your Life
From short-shorts to a whole-ass novel (and everything in between)
Oct 31, 2025
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The Forever Workshop
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Jo Gatford
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How to Write and Publish Short (Funny) Fiction
An eight-part humor writing masterclass with Alex Baia, founding editor of Slackjaw
Jul 24, 2024
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Alex Baia
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