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SUMMARY:The Long and Short of Flash Fiction 
LOCATION:Nora Navra Library\nNora Navra Library
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DESCRIPTION:This interactive workshop covers the basics of writing flash f
 iction. We'll look at examples\, play with prompts\, and go over strategie
 s for writing very short stories with a punch..\nhttps://neworleans.libnet
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Learn the essential elements of writing fl
 ash fiction (short stories under 1000 words). Writers of all levels are we
 lcome. No formal writing experience required.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Bring a noteb
 ook or laptop and be ready to write.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Marguerite (Maggie) Sh
 effer&rsquo\;s debut short story collection\, <em>The Man in the Banana Tr
 ees</em> won the 2024 Iowa Short Fiction Award and was named a &ldquo\;Bes
 t Debut Book of 2024&rdquo\; by <em>Debutiful</em> and a &ldquo\;Most Exci
 ting Debut Story Collection&rdquo\; by <em>Electric Literature</em>. Her s
 tories appear in <em>The Cincinnati Review</em>\, <em>BOMB</em>\, <em>LitH
 ub</em>\, <em>Asimov&rsquo\;s Science Fiction</em>\, and <em>Smokelong Qua
 rterly</em>\, among other magazines. Her story &ldquo\;Tiger on My Roof&rd
 quo\; was a finalist for the 2024 Chautauqua Janus Prize\, which awards em
 erging writers&rsquo\; short fiction with &ldquo\;daring formal and aesthe
 tic innovations that upset and reorder readers&rsquo\; imaginations.&rdquo
 \; At Tulane University she teaches courses in design thinking and specula
 tive fiction as tools for social change. She is a founding member of Third
  Lantern Lit\, a New Orleans writing collective.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\
 n<p><em>In partnership with <a href="http://www.thirdlanternlit.org">Third
  Lantern Lit</a>.&nbsp\;</em><em>Sponsored by the&nbsp\;<a href="https://f
 riendsnola.org/">Friends of the New Orleans Public Library</a>.</em></p>\n
 <p><em></em></p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://neworleans.libnet.info/event/13503245
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