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Lit Fest 2025
Wednesday June 11, 2025 4:00pm - 6:00pm MDT
How can I evoke a world/situation/character/voice/emotion/idea swiftly and potently? These are questions that fiction writers are always asking, but flash fiction brings particular urgency to them. Participants will explore samples of flash fiction and then experiment with the form themselves. We’ll consider questions such as: How can a piece achieve arc and resonance in such a short space? How does one attain the precision of language essential to this form? What can this form offer the reader in lieu of the satisfaction of a longer narrative? How can the lessons learned by trying our hands at flash fiction be applied to longer works?
Speakers
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Helen Phillips

Visiting Author
Helen Phillips is the author of six books, including, most recently, the novel Hum, a New York Times Editors’ Choice. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, and the Italo Calvino Prize in Fabulist Fiction. Her novel... Read More →
Wednesday June 11, 2025 4:00pm - 6:00pm MDT
Lighthouse 3870 York Street Denver, CO 80205

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