Writer's Workshop: Finishing Your Story // Wait List Only
Learn how to conclude and put the finishing touches on your short story with local author Justin Smith.
Part of the Short Story Contest – Writer's Workshop series:
Feb 5, Where to Begin – Aumaine Gruich, 7 pm
Feb 19, Developing Your Characters – Molly MacRae, 7 pm
Mar 5, Creative Writing – Jim O'Brien, 7 pm
Mar 19, Finishing Your Story – Justin Smith, 7 pm
Apr 11, Short Story Contest Awards Ceremony & Reading, 7 pm
Interested in the Short Story Contest? Find story criteria, how to submit your story, and prize information at champaign.org/short-story.
*Participants do not need to attend classes to enter story competition.
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About the instructor:
Justin Smith writes essays and short stories about deserts, Mormons, masculinity, and ghosts. He's working on an MFA in fiction at UIUC, where he also leads undergraduate fiction workshops, helps to create the literary journal Ninth Letter, and produces its affiliated podcast, Ninth Letter Radio. You can read his work in Sink Hollow or by contacting him on Twitter @JustinToddSmith
Registration is closed.
Main Library, Robeson Pavilion Room C
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