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    I’ll be teaching more classes for the Iowa Summer Writing Festival via zoom this spring:

    Another section of my generative 8-week class for ISWF, “Story Factory: A Generative Course for Writers of Fiction and Nonfiction” will run April 4 to May 23.  You can find out more and enroll here:

    https://mcuw-uiowa.catalog.instructure.com/browse/iswf/courses/iswf-story-factory-a-generative-craft-course-for-writers-of-fiction-and-nonfiction-with-karen-bender-april2022

    For Catapult, I’m teaching “Finding Your Story” June 4-5, 11 am -5 pm EST  via zoom.

    I am also running private revision weekend workshops.

    The weekend of April 16-17 is now full.

    The weekend of May 14-15 is full.

    Email me if you are interested in an August weekend workshop.

    Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more information about these workshops.

     

     

     

  • Latest News

    06 Apr 2022 Bookriot includes “Where to Hide in a Synagogue” in list of Best Short Stories

    Bookriot included my story “Where to Hide in a Synagogue,” in a list of 34 of the “Best Short Stories of All Time.” You can read the list of all the stories here: https://bookriot.com/best-short-stories-of-all-time/.

    10 Jan 2022 Teaching course for SUNY Stony Brook MFA program Spring 2022

    I’m excited to teach a course, “From Realism to Surrealism to Speculative: Developing Strangeness in Your Work” for the MFA program at SUNY Stony Brook this spring. Details here. https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/southampton/mfa/cwl/courses_spring_2022

    28 Jun 2021 “The Shame Exchange” in anthology, “Twenty Twenty: A Stories on Stage Anthology.”

    My short story, “The Shame Exchange,” which first appeared in The Yale Review, will be reprinted in a new anthology, “Twenty Twenty: A Stories on Stage Sacramento Anthology,” including stories inspired by the year 2020. You can buy the anthology … Continue reading →

    Paperback for The New Order is published!

    12 Nov 2019
    ← Cover for paperback of The New Order My story, “Where to Hide in a Synagogue,” noted in Pushcart Prize series →
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