Shorthand Stories — Experimental Flash Fiction
Class Description
This 3-week generative workshop explores experimental flash fiction and its ability to accomplish the work of longer narratives in a compressed form, often existing at the intersection of fiction, poetry, and other art forms. Session one focuses on reading examples and generative writing. Session two centers on guided peer feedback. Session three emphasizes revision strategies and an overview of publishing opportunities for flash fiction. Participants will leave with a revised flash fiction piece of under 1,000 words.
Price
This class is operating on a sliding scale. You may purchase the class at a rate you feel financially comfortable with, up to the maximum class cost of $45. All students will receive the same instruction regardless of payment.
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Dates & Times
This class meets on Wednesdays, between April 8th and 22nd from 5:00 – 6:30 pm
April 8th
April 15th
April 22nd
Materials Required
Participants bring their own writing supplies; pencils and paper provided
About the Instructor - Clayton Bradshaw-Mittal
Clayton Bradshaw-Mittal (they/them) writes queer, working-class prose and poetry. Their work has won the Plaza Short Story Prize; been a finalist for the AWP Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction, BOA Editions Short Fiction Prize, Iron Horse Literary Review/Texas Tech University Press First Book Prize, the Press 53 Award for Short Fiction, the Kinder-Crump Award for Short Fiction at Pleiades, the Charles Simic Poetry Prize, and the Saints + Sinners LGBTQ Short Fiction Prize, among others; and longlisted for the W.S. Porter Prize at Regal House Publishing.
Bradshaw-Mittal’s work has been supported by Community of Writers, MASS MoCA, the Vermont Studio Center, Sundress Academy for the Arts, and Tin House. In 2026, they received a Lydia McCain Artist Fellowship from Erie Arts and Culture. They hold a BA in English from Sam Houston State University, an MFA in Fiction from Texas State University, and a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Mississippi.