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Meet THe Team
Feeling stuck? Need a jump-start? In this generative workshop, we will work with prompts that spark compelling new ideas for your fiction. We’ll start from scratch and play with exercises that create seeds for fresh material, while avoiding clichés and tropes. Each student will leave with at least one exciting idea to develop and new tools to use for future inspiration.
Lara Hughes holds an MFA in fiction from Vanderbilt University, where she taught undergraduate creative writing and served as Nonfiction Editor for the Nashville Review. She is a recipient of the 2025 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize. Her writing has received support from the New York State Summer Writers Institute, appeared in The Arkansas International as an Emerging Writer’s Prize winner, and is forthcoming in this year's Best Debut Short Stories (Catapult). She currently lives in Nashville, where she is at work on a novel and short story collection.
"I loved Lara's class! I really enjoyed how Lara structured the class as a blend of lecture, conversation and a few writing exercises. It made the time pass very quickly and the material didn't get overwhelming. I absolutely felt inspired and believe the work I did in this class will help me with some works in progress!"
"Lara was intuitive and responsive, smart and articulate."
