Writing for the Future: Hopeful Sci-Fi or Coming Apocalypse?

Wilfred Owen, a poet during WWI, wrote "All a poet can do today is warn." We like to think, though, that writing can warn and also give hope. This asynchronous online class will revolve around writing about the future (near or not so near), with a focus on telling stories that in some way warn or give hope. This two week workshop style class will center around how and why we write science fiction. It features two instructors for double the fun. Daily e-mail with writing prompts, readings, and thoughts on science fiction. There will also be an optional Slack Channel for discussions, as well as optional workshopping. You will write (and receive feedback on) 2 stories (up to 35 pages total) or 3 flash fiction pieces (or a combination of 2 flash and one story) and a revision of a piece. While the class will focus on fiction, we are open to critiquing poetry or essays for your final turned in pieces. Workshop Cost: $200 Optional: If you are interested in the class, but not critiques of your writing, we have an option to take the class for $100. This will include the daily emails and optional Slack, but no edits/critique by instructors. Workshop dates: January 8th-21st, 2023 Instructors: Chloe N. Clark is the author of Collective Gravities (and NPR Best Book of 2020), Your Strange Fortune (nominated for the Elgin Award), Escaping the Body, and more. Her forthcoming collection, Patterns of Orbit, will be released in 2023. She is a founding co-EIC of Cotton Xenomorph. Brian Ramos is a writer, Flight Controller and Astronaut Instructor, and HI-SEAS crewmember.