This 1-weekend virtual masterclass mimics the low-residency structure at Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. It features four lectures by accomplished faculty, generative writing time, and a happy hour at the end of each day for casual conversation and Q&A.

 Cost: $300

​SESSIONS:

• “A Sublimation of Fanfics: The re-use of folklore, myth and legend in creating fantasy worlds” with #1 NYT Bestselling Author Elizabeth Wein

• Archetypes and Stages: Pleasures and Pitfalls of the Hero’s Journey” with 2x Nat’l Book Award Finalist Eliot Schrefer​

• Magic and the Real World: Fabulism, Magical Realism, and Allegory” with Newbery Medalist Tae Keller

• “Make Your Own Dystopia” NAACP Image Award Finalist with Sherri L. Smith

​DATES:

1-5pm ET Saturday, October 18

1-5pm ET Sunday, October 19