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Workshop Descriptions & Instructors Marilyn Abildskov Mary Allen Kate Aspengren Thomas Fox Averill Nancy K.Barry Timothy Bascom Kyle Beachy Karen Bender Linda Bendorf Maudy Benz Venise Berry Bruce Bond David Bouchier Michael Dennis Browne Maggie Conroy Mary Cross Thomas K. Dean Amber Dermont Janet Desaulniers Kelly Dwyer Hope Edelman Josh Emmons Jill Esbaum Sarah Fay Hugh Ferrer Katie Ford Geoffrey Forsyth Cecile Goding Douglas Goetsch Sands Hall Christine Hemp Jim Heynen Rick Hillis Charles Holdefer Richard Jackson Rebecca Johns Cheryl Fusco Johnson Wayne Johnson Daniel Khalastchi Carolyn Lieberg BK Loren Peter Markus Fritz Mc Donald James McKean Gordon Mennenga Sharelle Byars Moranville Michael Morse Barbara Robinette Moss Marc Nieson Shannon Olson Diana Ossana Lon Otto Juliet Patterson Kiki Petrosino Mark Jude Poirier Leslie Carol Roberts Anjali Sachdeva Sarah Saffian Sam Samuels Sandra Scofield Mary Kay Shanley Robert Anthony Siegel Carol Spindel Karen Subach Mary Vermillion Kris Vervaecke Ashley Warlick Michelle Wildgen Bart Yates	Geoffrey Forsyth The Very, Very Short Story One-Week Workshop July 19–24 Biography The Very, Very Short Story One-Week Workshop July 19–24 Flash Fiction, Sudden Fiction, Micro Fiction, Short-Short Fiction, etc. & etc. Are you about done with these names for very, very short stories? Are you ready to explore the virtues of very, very short work, to bang out an undeniably beautiful piece of fiction that just so happens to be very short and let others do the naming? In this workshop, we’ll address what motivates the choice of a very short form and how to manage the compositional pressure very short fiction exerts to make every sentence count. We’ll revel in the majesty of the image; we’ll wrestle with metaphor. Most of all, we will push each other to say more with much less. This workshop welcomes work you bring from home, but it’s not mandatory. There will be time devoted to generating new work through exercises and assignments. If it helps to have some guidance about what I consider very short, I would say you are safe bringing your stories that are two thousand words or less. Biography Geoffrey Forsyth (M.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago) was the winner of the Rose Metal Press Second Annual Short-Short Collection Contest, judged by Robert Shapard. His book, In The Land Of The Free, was published in 2008. His work has appeared in New Orleans Review, Other Voices, CutBank, RHINO, and other literary magazines. In 2007, his story “Mud” appeared in W.W. Norton’s New Sudden Fiction From America And Beyond. He is the recipient of an Illinois Art’s Council Literary Award.

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