Long Story Short
Long Story Short: a quarterly short form lit zine
The volunteer staff of Hugo House are excited to invite our community to our first Long Story Short quarterly zine event! Join us for a four hour write-in where we will introduce a theme for the quarterly issue and provide prompts that attendees are welcome to use (or come up with their own–as long as it fits the theme!). Everyone will be encouraged to submit a piece up to 500 words to be printed in the inaugural issue of Long Story Short! Pieces must be under 500 words, adhere to the Mission Statement and community spirit of Hugo House, adhere to the theme of the issue, and must be submitted during the four hour event. Otherwise, anything goes!
Submissions will be hand-written on the spot, and submitted to editorial board members to be typed up for the issue. The labs and the event, including submission and publishing, are free to the public.
Happy writing!
Lauren Wainwright
Lauren Wainwright is a writer and barista from the Greater Philadelphia area. She's part of the 2025 Seattle Public Library Writers-in-Residence cohort, an active volunteer, student, bartender, and occasional event facilitator at Hugo House since September 2025, and a barista and educator at CoffeeTAB, a nonprofit cafe that teaches underserved youth barista skills to help escape the cycle of homelessness. Lauren has been working on three autofiction novels during her residency and time at Hugo House, and plans to help launch a volunteer-run lit zine at Hugo House in August. She also has two brown tabbies named Monkey and Lonnie
