IOTA Short Forms, Writing Conference

Location: Cobscook Institute, 10 Commissary Point Rd, Trescott

Faculty: Penny Guisinger & Ann Hood

Participants come to Iota to study all forms of short prose writing, including essays, prose poems, short stories, flash fiction and nonfiction, micro essays, and much more. “Short” is a relative term, of course, and our students work onsite on pieces that vary in length from flash to novellas.  The conference is generative, and we know that some pieces begun at Iota have grown into much longer projects once the authors got back home.

Iota is designed to help writers break from questions about genre. When is a piece a micro essay and when is it a prose poem or when does it turn into flash fiction? Iota posits that it doesn’t matter: just write it.

Conference Fee: $0 - $530.00
+ optional Sessions that range in price from $25.00 to $700.00
Our Access Fund provides Sliding Scale Pricing for the conference fee to residents of Passamaquoddy Territory, Charlotte & Washington Counties.

Participants come to Iota to study all forms of short prose writing, including essays, prose poems, short stories, flash fiction and nonfiction, micro essays, and much more. 

Need help registering? Reach out via email to Beana Hopkins, or call reception at (207)-733-2233.

REGISTER at  Classes and Events — Cobscook Institute

Registration Opens: Monday, January 22nd, 2024 at 10:00 am

Add-on Writing Retreat
October 23rd-27th  + $700.00
• 4 nights • Private room with attached bathroom.
• Lunch Wednesday - Breakfast Sunday included
• Optionally attend Cobscook Movement Classes.

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Classes and Events — Cobscook Institute