Personal essays, short stories, and other short form prose can be every bit as vital, artistic, and transformative as book length work. Maybe you are just trying to break in to publishing short stories or essays—maybe you have a book manuscript and have realized not everything “belongs” in it but would like to reshape the bits on the cutting room floor into art of its own—maybe you want to publish a memoir or novel but have been told you that you need some kind of publishing track record first to get the attention of an agent. Whatever brings you here, this workshop will focus on helping you to finish, revise, and—yes!—submit one short piece (5,000 words or less) in a supportive cohort led by an instructor who has edited at numerous magazines focused on short fiction and essays, including the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, the Coachella Review,…