About the Workshop

    This course is designed to give experienced fiction writers - both novelists and short story writers - the opportunity to give and receive feedback on work in progress. ​The course offers a model for workshopping in which participants will receive written comments from the group and instructor before their work is discussed in class. Instead of remaining silent, writers will be an active participant in the conversation about their work, with a focus on concrete revision options. Participants will receive craft essays, occasional writing prompts and relevant published short stories or novel excerpts via email that will inform our weekly discussions.For advanced writers with prior workshop experience. Admission by application, or permission of the instructor. Limited to 8 writers. ​

    About the Instructor

    ​KATE SENECAL is the assistant director of Pioneer Valley Writers' Workshop. She received an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2013. She's the former fiction editor of Storychord, a fiction instructor for Writers for Recovery and Grub Street, and an adjunct professor at Umass Amherst. She has received an honorable mention in Glimmer Train’s 2019 Short Fiction Contest, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2016. Kate’s fiction has been published in The Laurel Review, The Foundling Review, and in Storychord.com.
    When: 8 Weeks: Thursdays, May 20 - July 8( 6 - 8pm EST) 
    Where: ​Online, via Zoom video conference
    Cost: $375

    Application for 8-Week Advanced Fiction Workshop 

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    Thank you for your interest in PVWW's Advanced Fiction Workshop! We look forward to reviewing your application and will be in touch soon!

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What People Are Saying About PVWW

"Can't say enough about PVWW, Joy, and her amazing team of teachers! Writing is very much about the ability to sit in your seat for hours and put pen to paper, but coming to PVWW has helped me build a community around my writing, breathe new life into my efforts, and get out of my own head a bit. And beyond that, I've learned lots of practical, nuts-and-bolts techniques that have vastly improved my work."
- Emily Everett, Editor at The Common

Contact Us

Email: joy@pioneervalleywriters.org
Phone: 518-645-1113 
Location: Northampton, MA

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