Wednesdays, June 11-July 16
6:30-9:00pm E.T.
$525
$475
This advanced fiction workshop will provide individualized feedback to writers with the goal of helping them improve their craft. In our first session together, we will explore the contours of each individual project: identifying its keenest craft and narrative concerns and outlining specific artistic goals and interests. Over the following weeks, each participant will have their piece workshopped once. Subsequent craft lectures and discussions will be built around what emerges in those workshops. In the final class, we will turn our attention to revision, so that writers will leave with an individual revision plan and can look ahead to the completion of their projects, honoring their highest aspirations for them.
This class is limited to 10 students and is designed for writers with workshop experience. Tuition includes a 30-minute meeting with the instructor.
Fatima Kola
Fatima Kola is a writer-in-residence at Vanderbilt University, and holds an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at UT Austin. She was previously a Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University, a 2015 shortlistee for the Caine Prize in African Writing, a 2017 recipient of the Miles Morland Foundation Grant, and a 2023 artist-in-residence at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris. Her work has been published by One Story, Granta, New Contrast, The Guardian, and Zoetrope: All-Story. She is currently completing her first novel, about loneliness, the river Thames, haunted bodies, sickness, and time travel.
How to Apply
This workshop is open to fiction writers 21 years of age and older. Applications will open on Tuesday, March 4. The deadline to apply for the workshop has been extended to Tuesday, April 22. Please send in your application, which should consist of a personal statement and a manuscript (either a short story or novel excerpt of 5000 words or less) of what you would like to workshop, via Submittable.
We are seeking writers who are looking to hone their craft and are excited to learn from each other and the instructor in an intimate and supportive environment. Workshop participants will be selected based on the strength of their writing sample and personal statement.
Complete application guidelines are available on the application. Please note that you will need to create a Submittable account to apply.
There is a non-refundable $10 application fee.
Please note that to be eligible for the Patron rate, applicants must be an active Patron of One Story as of April 22, 2025. Patrons commit to annual donations and receive benefits that allow them to participate in the organization in more meaningful ways. Not all One Story subscribers are patrons. If you’d like to find out more about becoming a patron, you can do so here.
Applicants will be notified of their status in mid-May.
Policies
Our classes are designed to be safe spaces for all who participate. One Story will not tolerate hate speech, bullying, or harassment directed toward instructors or fellow students, and reserves the right to remove participants who engage in such behavior from our classes.
Full refunds are available up through June 3. Partial refunds (50%) are granted if the class is dropped within one week of the class start date (June 4-10). Payment is non-refundable on or after the class’s start date. For questions about the refund policy, or to receive a refund, please contact edu.support@one-story.com.
Application fee waivers are available. If you require one, please contact edu.support@one-story.com. We are unable to offer scholarships for our advanced fiction workshops.
If you have any questions, please contact edu.support@one-story.com.
