Short Story Workshop

In this generative workshop, we’ll focus on the art of the short story, led by MFA graduate and short story writer Maeve Barry. In this generative workshop, we’ll focus on the art of the short story, studying and honing the voice, arc, form and tone of a piece, exploring all that the short story is capable of as a form. Before the workshop, students will be emailed one or two published stories to read prior to the workshop. We’ll spend the beginning of the session looking at these stories and talking about what strategies the writer might be using, and what could inspire our own work. Then, we’ll look at a few writing prompts, with time to write, and then workshop members will have the option to share/ discuss what they worked on. The goal for the class is that everyone will leave with the start to a story they feel excited by, with an idea of a direction for how to continue working on it, and/or ideas for where to submit for publication. Please be on the lookout for an email a couple of weeks before the class about readings. Emails will be sent to the email address you used to register. Please email [email protected] if you have had not heard anything before the start of class. Maeve Barry is a writer in New York. She grew up in western Massachusetts. She teaches writing, and is the winner of the annual fiction prizes from The Iowa Review (2025), Ninth Letter (2025) and The Sewanee Review (2024.) Her stories have also been recognized by BOMB Magazine and The Florida Review. She's working on her first novel.