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Silk Jazmyne

Speculative Fiction and Ancestral Exploration | 4-Week Online Writing Workshop

$249.00

Speculative Fiction as a term was coined in 1947 but many cultures around the world have been displaying these non real elements that can make a narrative special.

This four-week course for fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and even poets is a journey through histories of different cultures and their folk tales. We’ll explore the work of P. Djeli Clark, Suyi Davies, Álvaro Enrigue, and Nuzo Onoh.

Through historical lectures, readings, videos, and writing exercises, we’ll focus on how to apply these tactics to contemporary work, displaying the unique magic of our heritages and imagining worlds in which we’re a part of.

4 class sessions
Mondays, October 6-27
8p-10p ET
5p-7p PT
7p-9p CT

All class meetings will be held via Zoom. For more information on how to download or use Zoom, please click here.

    Course Takeaways

    • By the end of the course, participants will understand the sub genres and identify the elements of speculative fiction, and will be able to craft deeply connected narratives of who they are based on the generational narratives that have been passed down.

    Course Expectations

    • This class involves weekly readings and discussions (20-40 pages) and short writing prompts
    • The final week will be focused on workshopping a short story (3000 word or less) that has been crafted throughout the first three weeks
    • Short story writers and novelists alike are welcome, as are students new to the genre

    Course Skeleton

    • Week One: Speculative Fiction History, Ancestral Roots, Africa & Diaspora
    • Week Two: Latinx Diaspora
    • Week Three: Asia Diaspora
    • Week Four: Workshop

    We offer full refunds for cancellation with written notice up until 7 days before your class start date. From 6 days to more than 24 hours before class begins, we offer a 25% refund. If you drop a class less than 24 hours before the class begins or after it has started, you are ineligible for a refund.

    By signing up for a class, you agree to our refund policy and code of conduct here.
    Meet Your Instructor

    Silk Jazmyne

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    Silk Jazmyne is a student of life who loves the artistically strange and narrative in all its forms. She’s a book reviewer and essayist. She’s also a Speculative fiction writer and teaching artist for Kitchen Table Literary Arts, Grubstreet Writers and The Porch. Her work has appeared both online and in print at Black Girl Nerds, Straylight Magazine, The Gateway Review, Serendipity Literary Magazine, midnight & indigo, African Writer Magazine, Ekphrastic Exhibition in Tandem: Back | Forth .

    She was born in New York and grew up all over as a Navy brat. She holds a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Tampa and a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from Florida International University.