Microfiction Lab: The Drabble & the Six-Word Story
Join us at Hugo House in the Lapis Theatre for Microfiction Lab: Form, Prompt, Write, an engaging and laidback writing environment to dive into the art of microfiction, free to attend. Each session will include two forms of microfiction with a quick lesson, some examples, and time to try them out utilizing prompts in class. We will also have time to share how it felt to try each new form.
Writers of all genres are encouraged to join, as microfiction can help hone the skills of even the longest-form writers.
July 11th: The Drabble & the Six-Word Story
This series is great preparation for our August event, Long Story Short—a quarterly magazine run by Hugo House volunteers. At our August live event, writers will write and submit pieces on the spot—and witness the magazine take shape in real time. Come for a four-hour communal creation event, write a submission of up to 500 words from prompts and themes provided on the spot, and see your work go from page to publish-ready before you leave.
Lauren Wainwright
Lauren Wainwright is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Hugo House's volunteer-run lit zine, Long Story Short, along as a volunteer, bartender, and event facilitator at Hugo House. Previously, Lauren was part of the 2025 Seattle Public Library Writers-in-Residence cohort, where she worked on three autofiction novels and developed ideas for community zines. She also has two brown tabbies named Monkey and Lonnie.
