We are now accepting applications for the Autumn 2022 Fiction Workshop on a rolling basis until September 16, 2022. Tuition is free, courtesy of Stories Matter Foundation.

Class name: Myth and Magic in the Modern Short Story

Instructor: Dipika Mukherjee is the author of the novels Shambala Junction and Ode to Broken Things, and the story collection, Rules of Desire. She teaches at StoryStudio Chicago and at the Graham School at University of Chicago.

Course description: Using examples of short literary texts set in Asia and the diaspora, this workshop will examine ways in which myth and magic can be used to focus on nationalism and indigenous geographies. We will examine the role of the modern writer in a gendered, ageist, urbanized, and postcolonial world. Participants will be encouraged to explore the role of myths in their own communities to write their own short story.

Apply here.

A writers' workshop is a space in which writers come together to praise, critique, and review each others' work.

This session's workshop will take place IN PERSON at StoryStudio Chicago in Ravenswood, on Mondays at 6:30-8:30pm from October 3rd through the 16th (class meets 3 times).

Each workshop will last no longer than 2 hours. Vaccination and proof of vaccination will be required to enter the building.

StoryStudio Chicago's vaccination policy can be found here.