Teen Workshop: Fearless Flash (in person at HVWC)

In this two hour workshop, teens will learn all about flash fiction: what it is, what makes it unique, and why it’s a great form for beginners and experts alike. We will read some flash fiction in class, discuss it, and then write our own flash stories in response to the readings. By the end of the workshop, you will have 3-5 brand new story drafts and new confidence in your ability to write flash fiction. No experience necessary, just a willingness to share your thoughts and a pen to write them down.

Alyson Mosquera Dutemple’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Colorado Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Salamander, Passages North, Redivider, Arts & Letters, Cincinnati Review’s miCRo series, and The Writer’s Chronicle, among others. She is a 2022 runner-up for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, and one of her stories received a Special Mention in the 2024 Pushcart Prize anthology. Alyson teaches and edits in New Jersey and she holds an MFA from The Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Find her on socials @swellspoken and at www.alysondutemple.com.