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How to Write and Arrange a Short Story Collection
Writer's Workshop
Learn how to pull your short stories together into one cohesive collection.
About the presenter: Ekta R. Garg is a freelance editor and a short story judge for both the Florida Writers Association and Saturday Writers, the St. Louis-based chapter of the Missouri Writer's Guild. She hosts Biblio Breakdown, the writing podcast from The Writescast Network that now airs on her own author website, and reviews books for her book review blog, The Write Edge Bookshelf, as well as NetGalley and Bookpleasures. She lives in Central Illinois with her husband and family.
Registration is encouraged.
- Sep 3, How to Begin a Short Story, 7 pm
- Sep 17, Story Elements: Pacing, 7 pm
- Oct 1, Story Elements: Developing a Theme, 7 pm
- Oct 15, Story Elements: Structure, 7 pm
- Nov 5, Finishing Your Story, 7 pm
- Nov 19, Short Story Awards Ceremony & Reading, 7 pm
- Dec 3, How to Write and Arrange a Short Story , 7 pm
- Dec 17, Open Mic Night, 7 pm
Interested in our Short Story Contest? Entries due Friday, November 7, 2025. Visit champaign.org/short-story for additional details.
28 seats remaining.
Main Library, The Studio
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