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Fantastic & Realistic Tales About Animals

Genres: Fiction, Short Story

Online

Introductory

4 Sessions

Start Date: January 16, 2024
End Date: February 6, 2024
Day of Week: Tuesday
Time: 7:10pm - 9:10pm PT
Capacity: 15 seats
Member Price: $237.60
General Price: $264.00

Do you prefer to read and write stories with characters other than human beings? In this class, we'll go over the basics of short story writing, and focus on how using an animal as a main character can influence a story's perspective, setting, and development. We will look at examples from George Orwell, Kenneth Grahame, and Madeleine L'Engle, as well as other contemporary writers.

REGISTRATION DATES: 

  • December 4: Scholarship Donation Day 
  • December 5: Member registration opens at 10:30 am PT 
  • December 12: General registration opens at 10:30 am PT 
  • December 18: Last day of Early Bird pricing 
Holly Day

Holly Day

she/her

Holly Day has worked as a freelance writer for over 30 years, with over 7,000 articles, poems, and short stories published internationally, including in Analog SF, Harvard Review, and Maintenant. She has had several dozen books and chapbooks published by both major and independent publishers, most recently, the nonfiction books, Music Theory for Dummies, Music Composition for Dummies, Tattoo FAQ, and History Lover’s Guide to Minneapolis; and the poetry books, A Book of Beasts, The Tooth is the Largest Organ in the Human Body, Bound in Ice, and Cross-Referencing a Book of Summer. Her writing has been nominated for a National Magazine Award, a 49th Parallel Prize, an Isaac Asimov Award, multiple Pushcart awards, and a Rhysling Award, and she has received two Midwest Writer’s Grants, a Plainsongs Award, the Sam Ragan Prize for Poetry, and the Dwarf Star Award from the Science Fiction Poetry Association.

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Class sessions may be recorded if a session falls on a holiday, or if a student has access needs. Class recordings are not guaranteed.

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Classes may be cancelled if less than 5 students are enrolled within 10 days before the class start date. If for any reason Hugo House needs to cancel a class, students can choose between a full credit or full refund.

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