Coaching & Manuscript Consultation

MFA Application Review

Close reading & detailed critique of your MFA application, including the creative work sample

(short story story or chapter) and your personal statement.

$300

(here’s the Poets & Writers database of MFA programs and their application deadlines)

Guerilla-MFA Mini Semester

For fiction writers considering an MFA program, postgraduates looking for a refresher, or indie spirits thumbing their noses at academia. A half-semester (9-week) individual course of study that shamelessly mimics the experience of working one-on-one with a faculty advisor in a low-residency MFA program. Includes craft annotations, assigned readings and discussion, and Shannon’s feedback on up to 30 pages of creative work every three weeks. Correspondence via email, video or audio calls and/or in-person meetings.

$2,000