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Workshops are back! It's not too late to register for one or both of our February live workshops. If the time doesn't work for you, no worries. Select the "Recording-Only On-Demand" option at checkout.

Plus, we have a juicy discount code for each them.

February 25th
4:00pm ET | 3:00pm CT | 2:00pm MT | 1:00pm PT | 9:00pm UTC

Keep It Short: Writing Effective Flash Fiction

led by Rebecca E Treasure

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Keep It Short - Writing Effective Flash Fiction with Apex Magazine managing editor, Rebecca E Treasure

February 28th
4:00pm ET | 3:00pm CT | 2:00pm MT | 1:00pm PT | 9:00pm UTC

Six Power Exercises to Polish Your Prose

led by Rebecca E Treasure

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Join Apex Magazine Managing Editor Rebecca Treasure to dive deep into six vital elements of writing fiction. Do powerful exercises to improve your skills with premise, perspective, promise, setting, plot, and payoff.

FROM THE ARCHIVES:
Elements of Flash Fiction

by Rebecca E Treasure

When I started working for Apex Magazine, one of my tasks was to take over the microfiction contest on our Patreon. That first month, I hadn’t had any role in selecting the themes, and I didn’t have much experience with microfiction–only flash. I wrote myself a list of elements to think about as I was editing, to help me make the decisions. My delight in reading those stories surprised me.

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