Unlocking the Magic of 100-word Stories: A Generative Workshop with Kim Culbertson
Tuesday April 28th & Thursday April 30th
5 - 7pm PT over Zoom
​COST: $150
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A 100-word story is what it sounds like: a full story in exactly 100 words (not including the title!). Each story has a distinct POV, characters, a setting, a conflict, and a story arc with a clear beginning, middle, and end. In this 2-day, immersive and generative workshop, Kim will share the magic of this small, bright form. Through close readings of example pieces and generative prompts, Kim will guide workshop participants in the practice of writing and revising 100-word stories as well as explore how practicing this form in an intentional way can build specificity in all the writing we do. At the end of this workshop, participants can plan to leave with 2-3 100-word stories ready for submission. Come practice with us!
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About The Faculty: Kim holds an M.S. in Education, an MFA in Fiction, and has been teaching high school since 1997. She is the award-winning author of five YA novels. Her titles Catch a Falling Star; The Possibility of Now; and The Wonder of Us were Scholastic book club selections. She won the Northern California Book Award for YA fiction for Instructions for a Broken Heart as well as had The Possibility of Now named a Bank Street Best Book of the Year. Her first novel for adults, Other People’s Kids (Sibylline 2025) is about (surprise, surprise) teachers and was named a 2025 CALIBA Golden Poppy finalist for Fiction. In addition to teaching high school, Kim sits on the Writers Council for National Writing Project and works as a Fiction mentor with Dominican University of California’s MFA in Creative Writing. With 100-Word Stories: A Short Form for Expansive Writing (Heinemann 2023), Kim finally found a way to blend her two professional loves, teaching and writing, into one book. These small, bright things have transformed her classroom and her own writing. She loves sharing their potential with other teachers and writers. www.kimculbertson.com