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The Los Angeles Review’s Online Fall Workshops, 2011

Our online workshops are a chance for you to work directly with the editors and the notable contributors of The Los Angeles Review, and to interact with like-minded writers from all over the world. Each four-week intensive workshop will give you the chance to write new work, gain feedback on existing work, and learn fresh angles of approach to writing that can surprise—even startle—both the writer and the reader. Because the workshop’s lectures, writing assignments, and discussions take place in our online workshop environment, there is no set class time; writers from all over the country and the world can participate on their own schedules. This fall, we’re pleased to offer courses in poetry, flash fiction, and nonfiction with the editors of LAR.

All classes are scheduled to run from November 7 to December 2, 2011

Poetry with Editor Tanya Chernov

This poetry workshop is designed for writers who want to jump-start their poetry practice, those who want to keep the engine oiled, and those who approach writing and reading with sincerity. If you’ve ever sweated over three words and a comma, you know what we mean. If you believe in inspiration but also believe in plain hard work, this is your jam.

Intermediate and Advanced Flash Fiction with Editor Stefanie Freele

This workshop is designed for the intermediate to advanced fiction writers who want to step up their. Students in this course will learn the importance of strong openings, methods for creating narrative tension, new approaches to the editing process, and much more.

Nonfiction with Editor Ann Beman

This four-week class will be focused on exploring literary nonfiction in a variety of forms. Nonfiction includes a wide range of forms, all of which aim for the same goal: making connections. Students in this course will learn to recognize, analyze, and most importantly, practice several forms.

Registration cost for each class is $150, and includes 2 issues of The Los Angeles Review, which will be used as the texts for the class.

Registration opens September 15, 2011, and closes November 1, 2011. Email a 1-page writing sample to lareview.editor@gmail.com, and include “Workshop Application” and either “Poetry,” “Flash,” or “Nonfiction” in the subject line of your email. Because space in each workshop is limited, we encourage you to apply early.