IN PERSON Story Worlds: Setting and Worldbuilding Beyond Genre
IN PERSON in EDMONTON
One-Day Workshop | Saturday, February 28, 2026 | 10am-3pm MT
Instructor: Elisabeth Shehner
MEMBER PRICE: $100.00
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $135.00
When the terms ‘setting and world-building’ come up, most people think of fantasy and science fiction. While that certainly can be the case, well-developed story worlds create the basis for strong fiction (or non-fiction!) of every type.
In this workshop, participants will have a chance to develop the broader worlds of their story and learn how to create places that feel real and lived in, no matter how close to or far from reality their stories are.
This workshop welcomes writers and creators of all levels and backgrounds.
This class takes place IN PERSON at the Workshop in the ArtsHub Ortona (9722 102 St. NW, Edmonton, AB T5K 0X4, click here for the map).
Elisabeth Shenher is a writer from Edmonton. She recently received her MFA from the University of British Columbia. Her flash fiction has been longlisted in Room Magazine’s short forms contest and won the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Furious Fiction Challenge. In 2019, she attended the Emerging Writers’ Intensive Workshop at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, swimming, and yoga.
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