What: Workshop on flash fiction writing in Delhi.
Has writing always been your passion? Interested in writing creative fiction? The flash fiction workshop offers a great opportunity to jumpstart your writing and brush up your skills in this genre.
Chillifreeze has invited Abha Iyengar, an internationally published writer and poet, to conduct a the workshop in Delhi on Sunday, May 31, 2009.
When, where, how much?
Date: May 31, 2009
Timings: 10 am-4 pm (approx)
Venue: Defence Services Officer's Institute, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi (Next to the Dhaula Kuan Bust Stand)
Price: Rs 2,500*
*A discounted rate of Rs 2000 is available to the following:
Student rate: Please email us a scan copy of your student id to avail of this offer.
Group discount: People registering in groups of five or more together.
Chillibreeze writer: Please email us a link to your article published on Chillibreeze to avail of the discount rate.
Email info@chillifreeze.com and chillifreeze@chillifreeze.com to avail of the above discounts.
Who should attend?
You may be from any walk of life. To attend this workshop, all you need is a desire to write. For accomplished writers, it is a new niche to explore and embrace.
This workshop is for you if you want to:
- Write creatively
- Hone your existing writing skills
- Improve your language
- Open your mind
- Learn about new ways of writing
- Be up to date about contemporary forms
- Experiment
- Write short and intense pieces
- Have fun
- De-stress
- Meet like-minded individuals
- Build contacts
- Increase your chances of getting published
Plus:
- Receive a certificate for participation
- Be awarded a Merit certificate if you're a top performer!
Workshop outline
- Introduction to flash fiction
- The case for flash fiction
- Characteristics of good flash fiction
- The process of writing flash
- Techniques to jump-start your writing
- The genres for flash fiction what editors want
- Submitting your writing
- Flash fiction markets and resources
About the Trainer
Abha Iyengar is an internationally published writer and poet. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, magazines and literary journals, both in print and online. She has won several literary contests and awards for her poetry, short stories, essays and flash fiction. She is a Kota Press Poetry Anthology contest winner. Her story, 'The High Stool' was nominated for the Story South Million Writers Award. She is a member of The Poetry Society of India and 'Riyaz' Writer's Group at The British Council, New Delhi. Abha also edits fiction for Leadstart Publishing, a Mumbai based publishing house.
Her flash fiction has won contests at Tattoo Highway and at Door Knobs and Body Paint, which are US based literary magazines.
How to enrol
Visit http://www.chillifreeze.com/LinkClick.aspx?link=378&tabid=1108 to enrol. You will be taken to the Chillifreeze Store. Click Buy Now under the Flash Fiction Workshop Registration Fees icon for the city in which you wish to attend. You will need to pay Rs 2500 as the workshop fee. Once you have paid, please also send us an email at info@chillifreeze.com confirming your attendance.
For more information about the workshop, email at info@chillifreeze.com
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