Our COURSES
We offer genre-focused workshops that cover every angle of the craft modern writers need to know. Our professional workshop leaders are dedicated to helping you reach your writing goals!
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Writing Fashion in Speculative Worlds
Our own world has been shaped by fashion, both in the historical and the literal sense. But how does that translate to writing SFF? What do you need to think about in terms of textile technology? Do fashion trends matter? What does it take to achieve metallic cloth? How about different color dyes? And let’s…
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Pitches, Queries, and the Secret Handshake: Best Practices for Engaging With Agents and Editors
You wrote your book. Or… maybe you’re close to done. And that really cool agent is going to be at an upcoming event! Or maybe you are thinking about sending out queries. Not to mention that awesome magazine or book editor, who is attending the upcoming convention, and you just… really don’t want to mess…
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Live Editing With Rebecca E Treasure
Want to get your flash fiction edited by the managing editor of Apex Magazine? In this very special live workshop, Rebecca E. Treasure, will edit five flash fiction submissions of up to 1000 words from workshop participants, providing tips and practical feedback that any writer can learn from.
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Ad Copy for Authors
Do you wish you could write better ad copy? Angelique Fawns shares what she’s learned after almost 3 decades of creating promos for Global TV’s prime time lineup. What can we learn from the world of broadcasting when we are creating story blurbs?
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Managing Anxiety and Public Speaking
Join Apex Magazine Managing Editor Rebecca E. Treasure for a class on managing anxiety and public speaking. Rebecca has lived with an anxiety disorder her whole life and has a toolbox of tricks and tips to help make these events less scary! While focused on writers and the situations they encounter, like novel pitch sessions,…
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Creating Weird West Stories That Sizzle And Sell
The horror genre is experiencing a resurgence, with many magazines and anthologies seeking new short stories to haunt their pages. Whether you’re new to horror or looking to hone your craft, you’ll learn how to create captivating short stories that will stay with the reader long after the final sentence. You’ll leave with the foundation…
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Beginnings and Middles Without End
At a fundamental level, storytelling is simply choosing the order in which to provide information. But which order is best? How does controlling the rhythm and sequence of the information affect the reader?
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How to Write Inclusively Without Appropriation
When it comes to storytelling, we all want to write colorful worlds that reflect and represent our everyday experience, but navigating gender, race and marginalization along with managing our own assumptions can be hard when you try to do it without guidelines and awareness. From sensitivity readers to taboos, let’s talk about struggles, and what…
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Elevate Your Stories Using The Art Of Pacing
A top reason stories get rejected is pacing problems. Join Utopia Science Fiction’s editor-in-chief, Tristan Evarts to explore the art of pacing. Break pacing into digestible pieces and learn effective ways to find and fix pacing problems in your fiction. Leave with a solid understanding of and approach to pacing that’ll help you take your…