SUMMARY:
8 weeks starting on June 12, 2022
$250
Limited to 12
Every participant will have a chance to workshop 2 stories.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
These are online workshops, so, you know, everything is online and asynchronous. Participants 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 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. The workshops are run using the Canvas learning management system.
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REVIEWS OF PREVIOUS WORKSHOP:
From previous workshop evaluations with Dave:
"Comments on stories were generally very thoughtful and constructive. Comments from the workshop leader were thoughtful and constructive, but also in-depth and detailed, carefully deconstructing the story and making precise suggestions for improvement. Workshops always depend on the quality of the participants and the leader and in this case, both were excellent. I also thought the discussion boards on craft were helpful and the many links to articles were very useful. Limiting the workshop to 12 participants made it manageable in terms of reading and feedback, and gave each participant the chance to present 2 stories. That is good value for the fee."
"I thought it was as strong of a class as other independent workshops I've taken, and better than undergraduate workshops I have taken in the past. People were committed, intelligent, and knew what they were talking about. The feedback was varied and in-depth, and the related conversations about plot, revision, submitting, etc. were also very valuable. If someone were interested in taking the workshop, I would emphasize the value: The price is the fraction of the cost of even an affordable college class, but the experience was much better, in my mind. Eight weeks for two hundred dollars is incredibly cost-effective."
ABOUT DAVE HOUSLEY
Dave Housley’s cat regards him as a mostly well-behaved underling.
Dave Housley is one of the Founding Editors of Barrelhouse. He has published three novels, The Other Ones, Howard and Charles at the Factory and This Darkness Got to Give, four collections of short fiction, most recently Massive Cleansing Fire, and the chapbook Looney. His work has appeared in Hobart, McSweeneys, Mid-American Review, Quarterly West, Wigleaf, and some other places. A few links to stories are included below. He's also one of the co-founders and the organizer of our conference, Conversations and Connections, which is held in DC in the Spring and Pittsburgh in the Fall. He lives in State College, PA and works as the Director of Web Strategy and Management at Penn State Outreach and Online Education.
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A FEW STORIES YOU CAN CHECK OUT ONLINE:
Lawn Man at Little Fiction
What We Talk About When We Talk About Aliens at Split Lip.
Rockabye in Redux (originally published in Hobart)
State Farm at Hobart
REFUND POLICY
Since spots are limited to 12, we need to be kind of strict about cancellations and refunds. Here’s the deal:
You can cancel and receive a full refund up to two weeks before the workshop start date.
After that, we’re locked in and can’t provide a refund.