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The Year of Speculative Fiction – the SF Novel Challenge
With Lucy Sussex
Course: Speculative fiction is all around us: in film, TV and the prognostications of Earth’s future. It can vary from alternate worlds (Nazis win WW2), to near-future thrillers, supernatural romances, space opera (Star Trek novels) and dispatches from the frontiers of the human imagination. The challenge, in this series of workshops, is to write a speculative fiction novel in 2009, workshop it and learn how to market it – even sell it! Award-winning writer Lucy Sussex hosts the challenge, which includes guest spots from editors, publishers and publicists. Lucy Sussex is a writer in various genres, including speculative fiction. She has won Ditmar and Aurealis awards, and been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Guild and IGHW (International Guild of Horror Writers) awards. To be eligible, sample chapters and story outlines are required to be submitted by Monday 2 March (max 1000 words).
When: Saturdays 28 March, 23 May, 25 July, 26 September, 28 November, 10am – 4pm
Where: Victorian Writers’ Centre, 1st floor Nicholas Blg 37 Swanston St Melbourne
Cost: $570, Members $530/$500 Bookings essential: 9654 9068

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