The short story form is ideal grounds for experimentation, playfulness and innovation—all of which help us grow as writers. Writers can embrace this sense of play through creative story structures, use of time, point of view, genre-bending, and developing setting. In this presentation, attendees will learn from specific examples and ideas for exploring and practicing these elements in short fiction, and also come away with writing prompts to use in their own projects.

Dallas Woodburn is an award-winning short story writer whose fiction has been published in numerous literary magazines and anthologies including Zyzzyva, American Fiction, Cicada and Santa Clara Review. She has been a featured speaker at the Writer's Digest Short Story Conference, the Women in Publishing Summit, the Writing Brave Summit, and many other book events and podcasts.