Short Story Intensive

Come in with a story idea and leave with a completed short story.

6 writers. 4 weeks. 1 story.

$400

  • Fully fleshed out short story of up to 5,000 words
  • Developmental feedback from an award-winning editor
  • Community of dedicated writers to share your work with
  • Space to write

Class meets February 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th of 2027

RESERVE YOUR SPOT

Each author gets dedicated attention on their story and editorial feedback. Each week there will be 2 hour classes. One hour of the class is focused on a specific topic: story idea, character, dialogue, and scenes. The other hour of the class is a quiet writing time to work on writing the story.

After the final class, writers will send their completed story to the teacher for editorial feedback and help on what to do next with their piece.

The $400 fee for the class gets you detailed feedback from an editor, guidance from an experienced teacher, critique notes, 4 two-hour classes, and the space to write a complete story with the help of an experience author and editor.

*All purchases are made through PayPal. Once you reserve your spot, you’ll be directed to the class signup page where you’ll input your information and receive word from me on any prep work you’ll need for the class or workshop.

Reviews

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Aigner was awesome! She was super patient and answered any questions I had. I’d highly recommend her to anyone with a concept for a story.

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Aigner’s detailed comments helped me see where my intentions weren’t coming through clearly on the page and gave me concrete ways to revise.

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Aigner did incredible work helping me with plot issues and character development, as well as some style issues. She was thorough and detailed in her feedback letter, and in our video calls.

WHO I AM

My name is Aigner Loren Wilson, and I am an award-winning editor, award nominated writer, and writing teacher with over 10 years experience. I want to help students learn how to write now and into the future, to build a sustainable practice, and learn specific craft techniques through deliberate practice, focused critique, and close reading. I want all students to leave from my classroom excited to create and challenged to push themselves.

LEARN MORE
A woman with curly hair smiles while speaking at a podium, illuminated by a desk lamp against a dark background.
M.F.A.Fiction, Bennington Writing Seminars, 2026
B.A.English & Creative Writing, The Evergreen State College, 2015

HONORS & AWARDS

  • 2025 Hugo Award Finalist – Best Semi-Pro Zine (editing)
  • 2024 Ignyte Award Finalist – Best Critic (writing)
  • 2023 Ignyte Award Finalist – Best Novelette (writing)
  • 2023 Ignyte Award Finalist – Best Critic (writing)
  • 2023 Hugo Award Winner – Best Semi-Pro Zine (editing)
  • 2022 Hugo Award Finalist – Best Semi-Pro Zine (editing)
  • 2021 Hugo Award Finalist – Best Semi-Pro Zine (editing)
  • 2019 Otherwise Fellowship Honorable Mention (writing)

PUBLICATIONS

FICTION

  • Whatever Takes Us.  Nightmare Magazine
  • Building Blocks. Interzone Magazine
  • How I Creak for You. Monstrous Futures: A Sci-Fi Horror Anthology (editor Alex Woodroe). Dark Matter Press
  • You Who Does Not Exist. Baffling Magazine
  • To Carve Home in Your Bones. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. 2023 Ignyte Award Finalist for Best Novelette.
  • The Black and White. Fantasy Magazine
  • It Came Gently. Lightspeed Magazine
  • A Crisis. Vice Magazine
  • Pew Pew. The Ghostlight Theater
  • Dead Children Stop Playing for Ungrateful Audiences. Nightlight: A Black Horror Podcast
  • Unwanteds. Nightlight: A Black Horror Podcast
  • Lucky Number 8. Beyond Ballyhoo: Carnival Themed Speculative Fiction (editor Jim Tripp)

Poetry

  • Christine. The Five-2
  • Phantom. Arsenika
  • Demon at My Window. FIYAH
  • Come to Me. Anathema Magazine

Select Nonfiction

  • The Perfect Escape: What Goes into Designing Cozy Life Sim Games. The Washington Post
  • Review of Premee Mohamed’s Annual Migration of Clouds. Lightspeed Magazine
  • Cozy Management Games Remind Us How to Care. WIRED
  • Using Dialogue to Show Character Growth. Writer’s Digest
  • Cracking the Code. The Writer
  • Your Guide to Africanfuturist Science Fiction. Reactor Magazine
  • A Complete Self-Editing Guide for the Successful Writer. Better Humans
  • What Communities Can Do. SFWA Blog 

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

Strange Horizons

  • Senior Fiction Editor, 2022–2026
  • Associate Editor, 2015–2022
  • Copy Editor, 2018–2022

NYC Midnight

  • Judge, 2020-2022

Fireside Fiction Magazine

  • Guest Editor, 3 Issues, 2022

Apparition Literary Magazine

  • Guest Editor, 2022

Nightlight: A Black Horror Podcast

  • Associate Editor, 2019-2022