Novellas are growing in popularity, and we want to help yours stand out.
Structurally, they can get tricky—they’re not mini-novels anymore than children are mini-adults—while still demanding full, fleshy, character arcs and immersive descriptions.
What if you could learn from professionals, while editing YOUR novella with a real-time feedback during a workshop?
Applications for this Science-fiction/Fantasy/Horror Novella Workshop
OPEN: March 21, 2024 CLOSE: MAY 15, 2024, AT 11:59:59 EST
SUBMIT: One page, single spaced, novella synopsis and the first ten pages by April 30, 2025
(The full novella is due October 15, 2025)
- E-mail your name and the file to: applywaywardwormhole@gmail.com
- Pay the application fee through PayPal to catrambo@gmail.com
- or Venmo to cat-rambo-1
If you can’t use these options or need help with the application/payment process, please contact us using the “apply” address above.
Join us and work closely with:
Premee Mohamed https://premeemohamed.com/
Karen Lord https://karenlord.wordpress.com/
Tobias Buckell https://tobiasbuckell.com/
Cat Rambo https://www.catrambo.com/
Hone YOUR novella during the workshop, and leave knowing you’ve effectively incorporated new tools into your work. Selected students will be randomly sorted into cohorts of six. Each cohort will spend three days with each instructor.
- Day One will include a morning and afternoon workshop that includes specific exercises that focus on the day’s topic.
- Day Two is your chance to apply one or both exercises to any scene from YOUR novella. You’ll send both the original scene and the edited version to the people in your cohort and the professional for critique and discussion.
- Day Three is for critique circles. Your scene will be critiqued by each member of your cohort and the professional.
PLUS: A full novella, One on One discussion with a professional
WHEN: February 7 to 21, 2026
WHERE: Oistins area, Christ Church, Barbados
Why Barbados? Karen Lord invited us, and we couldn’t say no to Barbados.
FEE: $2,500.00 US
(travel, accommodations, and food NOT included)
The Wayward Wormhole is working to secure group rates at selected hotels.
