One of the great writing opportunities in the DC area is the
FREE Jenny McKean Moore Community Workshop offered through George Washington University. This year it will be fiction
classes, and the application deadline is AUGUST 28. I took one of these
workshops many years ago and had a great experience! (If fall doesn't fit your schedule, there will be another opportunity in the winter/spring, with a different application deadline.)
Note: For reasons unknown to me, this info is not posted on a website, so this really IS all you need to know to apply.
The George Washington University
Jenny McKean Moore Free Community Fiction Workshop
Tuesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
8 September 2015 – 8 December 2015
Led by Kseniya Melnik
Come and take part in a semester-long fiction workshop! To
apply, you do not need academic qualifications or publications. The class will
include some readings of published writings (primarily short stories), but will
mainly be a roundtable critique of work submitted by class members. There are no
fees to participate in the class, but you will be responsible for making enough
copies of your stories for all fifteen participants. Students at Consortium
schools (including GWU) are not eligible.
To apply, please submit a brief letter of interest and a
sample of your writing, 12 pt type, double spaced, and no more than 7 pages in
length. Make sure you include your name, address, home and work telephone
numbers, and email address for notification. Application materials will not be
returned, but will be recycled once the selection process is completed.
Applications must be received at the following address by close of business on
Friday, 28 August 2015.
JMM Fiction Workshop
Department of English
The George Washington University
801 22nd Street, NW (Suite 760)
Washington, DC 20052
All applicants will be notified by email of the outcome of
their submissions no later than Saturday, 5 September 2015.
Kseniya Melnik is
the 2015-16 Jenny McKean Moore Writer-In-Washington at The George Washington University.
Her debut book is the linked story collection Snow in May, which was short-listed for the International Dylan
Thomas Prize and long-listed for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.
Born in Magadan, Russia, she moved to Alaska in 1998, at the age of 15. She
received her MFA from New York University. Her work has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Epoch, Esquire (Russia), Virginia
Quarterly Review, Prospect (UK), and was selected for Granta’s New Voices series.
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The George Washington University is an equal opportunity
institution.