Looking to brush up on your writing skills but not willing to take on the annual National Novel Writing Month challenge that happens each November, then maybe Fiction 440 is just what you need.
Started in Lansing in 2010 by Ivy Hughes, Jeff Grabill, Suban Noor Cooley, and Aaron Matthews, Fiction 440 has enjoyed a long and festive run in Lansing and has expanded earlier this year to include a new Grand Rapids chapter meeting at Creston’s Reservoir Lounge.
The rules are quite simple: bring with you a completed work of fiction created around their supplied theme that is less than 440 words and be prepared to read it for the audience.
And while the word count rules are simple to remember because it is embedded in the name of the event, organizers of Fiction 440 are quick to point out their most important rules about your submission: “No excerpts, No poetry, No exceptions.”
This month's writing prompt theme picks up on the emotion many of us are experiencing as Summer 2017 is passing: “Its F***ing Fall!”
Fiction 440 is open to everyone 18 and older. Organizers ask that we mention that this is not a contest—so there will be no judging.
Most of all, this is a great way to meet up with other writers in your community who are looking to spark some creative flow in a space where the community has been welcome for more than a decade in the heart of the Creston neighborhood.
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