Memphians with a manuscript: Here’s a chance to work with novelist and short-story author Richard Bausch, holder of the Lillian and Morrie A. Moss Chair of Excellence in English at the University of Memphis.
The Moss Workshop in Fiction, with space for 10 students, is free and open to anyone with the talent and the time. Classes will meet on Thursdays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., January 3rd through March 6th. Location to be determined.
Those interested in taking part in the workshop should act now and submit a fiction manuscript no longer than 20 pages and no later than December 20th. Those accepted into the class will be notified before Christmas.
Send your manuscript to Richard Bausch, Department of English, 429 Patterson Hall, University of Memphis, Memphis, 38152. And be sure to include your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address.
For more information, call Jan Coleman at 901-678-4692 or contact her by e-mail at creativewriting@memphis.edu.