100-Page Summer Intensive Workshop
Virtual
August 8 - 11, 2024
Futurescapes is an intensive, exclusive workshop, offering writers an unparalleled chance to work with top authors and agents in speculative fiction (science fiction, horror, fantasy, paranormal). This summer, we’ll be exploring the first 100 pages of your manuscript. The workshop sessions will require work outside of meeting times as there is a generative nature to it.
This workshop is smaller and more competitive than our regular workshop. In addition to workshopping a larger portion of your manuscript (25,000 words), we’ll have plenty of unstructured and semi-structured time to network with fellow students and faculty.
| Workshop the first 25,000 words of your Novel |
| 5:1 Student-Faculty Ratio |
| Detailed Feedback on an Extra-Long (100 page) Excerpt of Your Manuscript |
| Generative Pitch and Structure Sessions |
| Hugo, Nebula, Edgar, Newbery, and World-Fantasy Award Winners & NYTimes Bestselling Authors, Agents & Editors |
| Apply Early - Seating is Capped and Competitive |
August 8
Welcome Session
A welcome to the workshop, important notes, and other early workshop items!
August 9
August 10
Themes
In this generative session, you’ll explore the art of identifying and integrating thematic elements seamlessly across their narratives.
Story Structure & Visualization with Fran Wilde
A generative session exploring how the essential elements of their stories—plot, character, setting, and theme—come together to form a cohesive and compelling narrative.
Excerpt Workshop
This is the bulk of your workshop! This session will focus on providing feedback on the 100-page submissions from your group. This is your chance to discuss your editorial letter and have any of your questions answered, as well as hear additional feedback on your work.
Pitch Perfect with Marvellous Michael Anson
Workshop Schedule
In this generative class, you’ll explore how to find the elements of your story that make it stand out, and how to use those elements to spin the perfect pitch for a query letter or submission.
Story Visualization Workshop
Remember that story structure class? In this session, you’ll bring the structure you’ve generated for feedback.
August 11
Excerpt Revisit
Following your first excerpt workshop and story structure workshop, you’re probably buzzing with ideas. This shorter session is the time to bring your revision ideas and get feedback on your plan.
Pitch Workshop
Similar to the story structure workshop, you’ll bring the pitch you generated as part of the class and during the workshop for feedback.
The 2024 Summer Intensive Faculty
Futurescapes faculty have won or been nominated for numerous literary honors, including the Hugo, Nebula, Compton-Crook, World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, Newbery, Locus, Norton, and the National Book Award.
Keir Alekseii
| Agent, Azantian Literary
Keir Alekseii is an associate agent with Azantian Literary Agency. She is an educator and anti-GBV activist born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, a twin island country in the West Indies. Keir is a writer, gamer, lover of folklore, and former research scientist. As a neurodivergent, queer woman of color, Keir is invested in discovering engaging work with similar representation, and is passionate about creating space for voices not often recognized. She is especially interested in stories from BIPOC who are born and raised in the Global South.
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Faculty announcements coming soon!
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Regular Admit
Futurescapes Alumni
Pricing
Super Early Bird
Apply by May 31
$1090
$890
Early Bird
Apply by June 10
$1290
Regular
$1490
Late
$1090
Apply by Jun 25
$1290
Apply by July 10
$1690
$1490
Scholarships and tuition payment plans are available
Applications Open Now!
Futurescapes is extremely competitive. You must apply for admission. Admissions decisions are made on a rolling basis. It is recommended that you apply early as the workshop’s limited spots will fill quickly.
Frequently Asked Questions
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We make a promise both to you and our faculty that we will not accept your hard-earned tuition money unless your writing is at least approaching professional level. Our faculty love Futurescapes because they know that the writing will be of an exceptionally high caliber. They don’t do Futurescapes just for the fun of it, they want make connections, too, and find potential clients.
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Acceptance rates vary by workshop, but generally Futurescapes is as competitive as admissions to many top tier graduate programs. The Fall workshop has a lower student cap and is likely to be more competitive than most.
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We prefer you make your tuition payment within two weeks. We also participate in the PayPal Pay-in-Four (or Pay-in-Three) program that allows you to pay in installments over a longer period of time.
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We’re looking for a few things:
Mastery of the fundamental mechanics of writing.
Compelling plot, characters, dialogue, and world.
Evidence of at least one standout attribute (e.g., sharp dialogue, great humor, impressive world building, etc.)
For this workshop, we require your submission piece to be from the work you plan on bringing to the workshop.
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You will need to submit your up to 25,000-word excerpt, trigger warnings, and a brief (1-paragraph) description of the work as one document by July 15, 2024.
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This workshop differs in structure than our Spring and Fall workshops. While you wilo have sessions working on your story structure and pitch, they will be, in part, generative.
You will have several classes as well as workshop sessions moving in the same cohort.Included with your tuition are master classes taught by our incredible faculty.
You will have about a 4 hour block each day of the workshop. You should also plan on dedicating an additional 4 hours each day to the generative and revision work of the workshop.