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Jan 2021
An event every week that begins at 6:30 pm on Thursday, repeating until Feb 4, 2021
The Rules of Engagement: Writing a Short Story from Beginning to End
An event every week that begins at 6:30 pm on Thursday, repeating until Feb 4, 2021
In this four-week workshop, participants create their own "rules" for their short story, then write and complete a revised draft. Along the way they'll study other writers and short story "rules" (including when to break them). In this supportive virtual workshop, participants are encouraged to try something new and take some risks. At the end of the workshop, writers will have a fully written short story and more tools in their toolbox. Details and prices at lakesuperiorwriters.org. Instructor Felicia Schneiderhan…
Find out more »Death and Desire in Dickinson and Rossetti
The College of St. Scholastica's School of Arts and Letters Faculty Colloquium features a faculty member and student teaming up for an online discussion about how influential 19th-century poets Emily Dickinson and Christina Rossetti portrayed women in their work. Writing in an era when women's bodies were covered, confined and often endangered, Dickinson and Rossetti affirmed female desire and the value of the body. English and philosophy double major Ashley Etter will examine Dickinson's reconsideration of the female's role in…
Find out more »Feb 2021
Lake Superior Writers 2021 Writing Contest
Lake Superior Writers is accepting entries in multiple genres for its annual writing contest. The first-place winner in each category will receive a prize of $200 and publication on the Lake Superior Writers website. The runner-up in each category will receive a prize of $50. Categories Poetry (submit up to three poems) Short-Short Fiction (one or two submissions of up to 500 words) Short Fiction (a single submission of 1,500 to 2,500 words) Creative Nonfiction (a single submission of 1,500…
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