Windycon Writers Workshop
We’re back! The workshop that refuses to die!
For nearly a quarter century, Windycon has hosted the Windycon Writers Workshop and we’re glad to be back this year. These are critique-session workshops, for short fiction or novel excerpts up to 7,500 words. The sessions include two other entrants, a moderator and at least two (hopefully three) pros. The sessions take place in the hotel, but away from the fray and con commotion.
The workshop is coordinated by Nebula Award-winning author and teacher Richard Chwedyk. The pros in past years have included Sue Burke, John O’Neill, E. E. Knight, Jody Lynn Nye, Bill Fawcett, the late Betty Anne Hull, Richard Garfinkle, among many others. We don’t know precisely who’s available this year, but they’ll be experienced, published authors and editors in the field.
Special for Windycon 50: workshop fees waived!
(You’ll still need to be a con member, of course)
Due to a generous anonymous donation, all workshop fees are being waived this year in honor of previous workshop pros who have passed away:
E. J. Shumak
Betty Anne Hull, Ph.D.
Larry Santoro
Clifford Royal Johns
And for Phyllis Eisenstein, who never participated in the workshop but has been a mentor, shining light and inspiration to so many writers, and who attended and supported Windycon from the very beginnings.
As mentioned above, you’ll still need a con registration to participate. Manuscripts should be submitted in a standard format.
Email your submission to rchwedyk@gmail.com (Word or .doc; preferred, but pdfs are fine, too).
Deadline for submissions is Friday, October 11, 2024. We reserve the right to reject any story or chapter that doesn’t meet the format standards.
Session slots are limited, so get your work in soon.
Questions? Email the coordinator at rchwedyk@gmail.com.
Former entrants have said…
Other recent workshop participants have included:
Robert Hobson, Guild Literary Complex Award winner, Columbia College MFA candidate, published in Hair Trigger 35 and Stupefying Stories.
Elizabeth Shack, published in Daily Science Fiction, Plasma Frequency, and The Crimson Pact volumes Two and Four.
Alex Collier, fiction and poetry published in Cicada, Ideomancer, and on the Tales to Terrify podcast; Second Prize Winner of the 2014 Tamale Hut Café Writing Competition.